I just have to add more! My little girl has been sick for the past week since my most recent run-in with the fat, horse next door, so she has not had to be involved in the neighborhood kids play yet. This woman is so sick, so WARPED that she is now pawning all of the kids so that Tori will have no one to play with! Since Tori is not allowed in their yard, she has now taken to inviting EVERY kid in the neighborhood to her house to play with her mutants. Now, let me tell you that there is one particular girl that she swore her girls were NEVER "allowed" to play with...in no uncertain terms. She has repeatedly referred to this cute little girl as "evil", "bad" and a "brat" whose parents are "swingers" and "bizarre". Now, we are friendly with these "swingers" and their "evil" daughter, and let our daughter play with her whenever she wants to. Suddenly, she is being included in all sort of activities at the house next door. If only this girl's mom KNEW the things that crazy lady has said about her and her child! I don't want to stoop to the level of telling her, though, as I believe it would be hurtful. It is beyond my comprehension that a 45...yes 45-year-old woman (I THINK she's a woman, though its hard to tell...) would bow to the depths that she has by using children to "get" at me. And to basically "punish" our daughter because I couldn't comply with her wishes to be running our lives. I really did try, for 2 years, to be polite and take everything that she said with a grain of salt. But it got to the point where everytime I saw and spoke with her, she left me feeling awful. She always said hurtful, bizarre and judgemental things to me. Always attempted to control how I do things in my own household. Plus, having to deal with her half-assed advice such as "don't drink milk when you're taking antibiotics!" I mean, how antiquated is THAT? And who the hell cares? And what business is it of hers? AND did anyone ask for your opinion? Now she has the nerve to speak poorly about me to others in the neighborhood, and basically make me feel like a prisoner in my own home. (She has threatened to call the police for harrassment if I ever step on her property, though I have NEVER been violent or even rude in nature...SHE is the one without boundaries who wandered into our yard and HOUSE uninvited CONTSTANTLY.) My husband says, "Don't worry. Hold your head up high, because it'll all come out in the wash." But, I don't know. I don't want my children hurt in the process. They should be carefree and able to play with whomever they choose. I would even allow them to play with the mutants, as long as I were present due to the fact that their mother is a FREAK and I'd be afraid to have my daughter alone with her. What do I do? I feel like I am in some weird "Twilight Zone" episode or something.