Neighborly disturbance update.

[rivka]

Thanks to all of you for your sympathy and advice on the situation with our neighbors. One of our landlords called on Sunday to tell us that she would be bringing a lead inspector by this week, and I told her about the situation. She was extremely sympathetic and agreed that the situation is not fair to us, in addition to being alarming. Interestingly enough, she seemed to think that she had an idea about who the aggressor was. She's going to intervene.

She also told us that one of them is going to be away all this week on military duty. So we should at least have a week of peace and quiet. Whew.

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Interesting concept of 'liberal' there.

Based on my years in service, I'd be inclined to suspect the service member too, just on the basis of statistics, and I suppose a lot of people who identify as 'conservative' would do the same. But things can be funny, and I've certainly known of cases where a non-military partner was being abusive. So best to not assume anything in these situations.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

One thing that occurs to me is that, under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, the nonmilitary partner has a lot of power over the military partner. Assuming that she wants to stay in the service, anyway.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Good point.

[ailbhe]

Thanks for the reminder. That didn't crop up during my talking-to-self lecture, and it's an important point.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

So Don't Ask, Don't Tell is really Don't Ask, Better Hope No One Finds Out Through Any Means Or Else You're Toast?

-J

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's pretty much it. Any disclosure, voluntary or otherwise, counts as "telling."

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

YOu are correct - it's neither liberal nor conservative to assume that, of two people, the one in the military is likely to be more aggressive/violent. It's probably just common sense.

But I think my comment was clear that making assumptions was inappropriate.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Yes, it was. My point was to make clear that there are many of us in the (current or former) armed forces who hold liberal views. Several are currently running for elective office.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

It's not a point you needed to make to me. :-) I know plenty of current/former military types who are liberals, including my own father.