When you move to a new area it can be great to get to know your neighbours. You'll always have someone to have a chat to, or someone to ask for a favour.
When one woman moved to a one-bedroom apartment in a a densely populated neighbourhood, she didn't mind having a chat with her neighbour who always used to sit on his porch.
However, after a while she says she began to feel uncomfortable and wondered if it was "creepy behaviour" or if she was "overreacting".
In a post on the Am I The A**hole forum on Reddit, the anonymous woman explained: "I have to walk past several blocks of houses in order to reach my apartment building from the train station.
"A man, probably in his 60s, really loves to sit in front of his porch and we can always see each other every time I walk home."
The woman didn't mind doing this when she was with her boyfriend, but most of the time she walks by she is alone.
She started to feel a little uncomfortable due to the words he was using.
"The first time I talked to him alone, he always addressed me as 'beautiful girl' or 'gorgeous girl' while also looking at me up and down. That word slipped in between sentences six to seven times, for example, 'It's nice to see a beautiful girl like you in this neighbourhood'."
The situation turned strange recently when she stopped to chat and told him she was having soup for dinner. He replied saying "it's sad that a beautiful girl only eats soup for dinner," and mysteriously told her she would be eating chicken the next day.
"I was just confused and didn't think much of it. For a week or more I took a detour so I would not see him because I was getting bad vibes talking to him alone," continued the woman.
A week or so later she was tired after work and decided to walk past his house as it was quicker.
In the forum post, the woman explained: "This time he asked why I didn't come [to his home] after he said he would give me chicken. Turns out the chicken conversation means he would give me dinner because he doesn't want me to eat soup. But since I took a detour he couldn’t give it to me.
"He said next time he promised me something, I should come and get it because he is serious," she added. As usual, he called her "beautiful girl," and told her she could always knock on his door, even if she was working late.
The comment section was flooded with support for the woman, everyone agreeing that it was "creepy behaviour".
One person said: "This is creepy behaviour in my opinion and I would avoid him whenever possible. It may be that you have to find a way to politely tell him you feel uncomfortable when he extends invitations that don't include your boyfriend."
Another said: "It could be innocent but I wouldn’t interact with him alone much less take anything from him. It's just big creepy vibes."
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