Oct. 27, 2024
A terrible thing
I encountered one of my neighbors when I approached my apartment tonight.
We rarely met because we had very different routines.
We politely said hello to each other and had a small chat.
Then he started talking about my windowsill garden. It's a little weird because the windows of our two apartments face parallel in the same direction, which made it quite difficult for him to see the details he talked about.
The weirder thing was that he began to ask me questions based on his observation of my daily life.
I feel uncomfortable even now, sitting in my apartment. I feel like someone's spying on me. Am I being too sensitive, or is this neighbor too borderless?
Anyway, it's a terrible thing for me. I will think about a solution tomorrow.
今晚我回公寓时，遇到了一个邻居。
我们很少见到，因为我们的日常生活非常不同。
我们礼貌地互相打了个招呼，聊了一会儿。
然后他开始谈论我的窗台花园。这有点奇怪，因为我们两间公寓的窗户平行地面向同一个方向，这使得他很难看到他所说的细节。
更奇怪的是，他开始根据对我日常生活的观察来问我问题。
即使现在坐在家里，我也还是觉得不舒服。感觉有人在窥视自己。是我太敏感了，还是这个邻居太没边界感了？
不管怎样，这对我来说是件可怕的事。我明天要想想解决方案。
I encountered one of my neighbors when I approachedas I got back to my apartment tonight.
approached is not incorrect, but it doesn't sound natural.
We rarely meet because we hadve very different routines.
We politely said hello to each other and hmad ae small chattalk for a while.
I don't know the contents of your small chat, but it sounds like it would have been trivial things like the weather. In that case, you can call it "small talk".
It's a little weird because the windows of our two apartments face parallel in the same direction, which made it quite difficult for him to see the details he talked about.
"Parallel in the same direction" is a clunky phrase, maybe something like "are both south facing" (or any other direction) would work better?
The weirder thing was that he began to ask me questions based on his observation of my daily life.
I feel uncomfortable even now, sitting in my apartment.
I feel like someone's spying on me.
Am I being too sensitive, or is this neighbor too borderlesdisrespecting my boundaries?
Boundaries are what we call the edges of people's personal space.
Nov. 4, 2024
Thanks again!
Your feedback made me understand more about the expressions. I really appreciate your help!
A terrible thing
I encountered one of my neighbors when I approachedon my way back to my apartment tonight.
We rarely meet because we hadve very different routines.
We politely said hello to each other and had a small chat.
Then he started talking about my windowsill garden.
It's a little weird because the windows of our two apartments face parallel in the same direction, which made it quite difficult for him to see the details he talked about.
The weirder thing was that he began to ask me questions based on his observation of my daily life.
I feel uncomfortable even now, sitting in my apartment.
I feel like someone's spying on me.
Am I being too sensitive, or idoes this neighbor too borderlesshave no concept of privacy?
Anyway, it's a terrible thing for me.
I will think about a solution tomorrow.
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Yikes, that's creepy! Hope you stay safe
We’ve rarely met because we hadve very different routines.
We politely said hello to each other and had a smallhort chat.
“…made small talk”
“…had a short chat / talk / conversation”
It's a little weird because the windows of our two apartments face parallel in the same direction, which made it quite difficult for him to see the details he talked about.
“Face parallel in the same direction” is an awkward / confusion description. “Facing the same direction” makes me think the windows are next to each other and face the same way.
Parallel would generally be used when talking about 2 or more things that are across from each other and running the same direction. Eg “the children on the playground formed 3 parallel lines”
Am I being too sensitive, or is this neighbor too borderleslacking boundaries?
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Hope things work out with your neighbor!
Oct. 28, 2024
Thank you so much! I learned a lot from your feedback and corrections.
Have a nice day!
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