How DARE he

OK so I am not normally a person that gets offended easily. Occasionally I get my feelings hurt but never really offended. And I don't like confrontations or hard feelings. But I was put over the edge and had to say something.....which I don't normally do either. And I don't even feel guilty about it. That might be a bad thing. And I probably should change my heart and repent.

So we have this neighbor who is always out walking his dog. He works from home so he is always there. But anyway....we let our dog out to do her business and she runs around a bit and sometimes ends up in someone else's yard. She will end up back on our portch...barking to let us know she is back home. I have NEVER had any complaints other than this neighbor and our dog never goes into his yard. But what upsets this person is the fact that our dog is out roaming (she doesn't go far) and he fears she might get hit by a car. WE live in a neighborhood that has minimal traffic. Each home has 2 acres and I rarely see a car go by. YES...it could happen. A few weeks ago he came to our door letting us know that Lexi was out running around and that he knew someone that could take her if we didn't want her. EXCUSE me? I was nice and told him that we did want her. End of conservation.

OK now onto a couple of days ago. Yes it was cold out. It was snowing. And Lexi LOVES to be out in the snow. She was barking at the door to go out so I let her out. And guess who shows up at the door?

I can't remember everything that was said....because my blood was boiling. When he first came to the door he said..something is really going to have to change here. Lexi cannot be out here alone. Someone has to be out here with her. She could get killed. Then he pointed to HIS dog and went on to say that he puts a sweater on his dog and that Lexi has short hair just like his dog and he mentioned how cold it was. I already knew how cold it was. It didn't seem to bother Lexi and in fact...she loves it out there.

That wasn't even the part that made me start foaming at the mouth. He said that he knew that I had five kids and he said that if he had five kids he would probably shoot himself. He did give me a compliment...said I was a strong woman. YEAH well he was lucky I didn't show him HOW STRONG I was. Then he said.....I think you need one less dog.

That is when I had to stick up. I told him he offended me and that I didn't like him coming over to my house trying to tell me how to live my life. I started to say that I don't go over to his house....then he stopped me and pointed to himself and said "Yeah I know there are probably things you could tell me to do differently". But I told him that wasn't my job. It wasn't my job to tell him how to live.

I can't even remember everything I said....I was livid. I wasn't mean about it. Well I don't think I was. I didn't yell at him or threaten to get the gun or anything. I just told him how I felt.

I still can't believe someone would do that...even if they think I am wrong for letting the dog out unattended.

OK it is documented. I don't normally do things like this....I promise. SO..am I wrong for what I did? Should I have been nice and just left it at that? I really hope he doesn't come to my door again because..well...that is about the 3rd or 4th time and I am kind of getting sick of it. I try to be Christ-like. Was that Christ-like? :) I think so. I was trying to teach. Christ was a great teacher. I was teaching him how he could be less nosy and how he could forget about telling me what to do. Because, like my dad, I DO NOT LIKE TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO.