My neighbour made the cheekiest request & I’m furious – the answer is obviously no & I don’t care if it’s unfair

A WOMAN was furious after an encounter with her neighbour in the local supermarket.

The woman, who is a grandmother in her 60s, slammed her neighbour for being so bold.

GettyThe mum asked the woman if her kids could use her garden to play in[/caption]

Posting on Mumsnet, the woman explained why she was so taken back by the mum’s request to let her kids play in the woman’s garden.

“We have a fairly small three bedroom house but the garden is huge. Quite a bit of land there,” she wrote in the post.

However, the woman’s house is overlooked by a new estate but she’s never had any issues until now.

A mum from one of the new builds recognised the woman in Tesco, and complimented her house and garden.

But them mum didn’t end the conversation there and went on to ask if her neighbour had any kids.

“I said they moved away sadly so no visits from any children beyond a few times a year,” the grandmother explained.

The mum thought it was a shame the garden wasn’t being used by any kids so asked if her two little ones could play there sometimes because her son, who has autism, “loves tree houses and big trampolines.”

However the mum already had her own garden for her kids to play in with a slide and trampoline, although a lot smaller.

The grandmother continued: “I was so shocked I said something like ‘ahh that’s nice! We will have to see’. And on I went with my day.”

In the post the woman asked fellow user if she was being rude to deny the kids her garden, but thought she was “almost definitely not” and instead thought it was “cheeky f**kery of the highest order.”

Mostly, users agreed it was out of line to make the request, especially since it was the first time the pair met.

One wrote: “I almost admire the effort she went to to find you and the sheer cheek of even asking.

“I think you might need to give a firm no or she will find a way to make any answer a yes.”

A second agreed: “Very cheeky yes but I sort of admire her brass balls of not only tracking you down, but outright asking you.”

“If she asks again, you need to give a clear no, or before long you will be hosting birthday parties for her kids in your garden,” someone else commented.

But others thought the woman was being harsh and noted there was no harm in just asking.

One said: “I honestly don’t get how asking a neighbour something politely is rude. They don’t have to say yes.

“How do we get through this world without asking things of each other?”