Despite having lived in my little house on the hill (not Amityville) for nearly four years I haven’t had a great deal of contact with my neighbours.
Much earlier in the year the lady leant over the fence while I was hanging out my washing to ask a question. I was wearing a jersey top, padded bra and leggings. We had a short pleasant chat and she passed no comment nor did I see any reaction in her face. Possibly deluding myself slightly that it hadn’t been too noticeable from a distance? Perhaps they had already noticed me going in and out dressed?
At tea time tonight I popped round as soon as I arrived home because a parcel for Helena (nothing lovely sorry to say) had been left with them, and I asked about the dispute they were having regarding their neighbours overgrown hedge.
I returned home and as usual immediately changed into a dress and padded bra, and was washing up whilst dinner warmed up. Next, I hear knocking and the cat is running in scared, and I turn and the lady is waving. Not a lot I could do, but fortuitous as I had been thinking it was time to stop scuttling away to effect a quick change, so I went and answered the door. Non of the usual elevated heart rate, or nervousness. We chatted further regarding the hedge problem, which also affects me slightly.
Again, no reaction whatsoever to how I was dressed.