Q
Dear Pearl, I need some advice because I am sitting with a strange situation.
I know the Daily Voice people might think I’m crazy and I almost don’t believe it myself.
You see Auntie, my problem is my neighbours, specifically the woman. Almost every night she walks around the house kaalgat.
I swear to you, not a stitch of clothing on her lyf.
They never close the curtains, anyone can see what’s going on in there if they just look. Because we live next to them, we can also see into their kitchen.
She even cooks in the nude. Is sy nie bang iets brand nie?
The whole time her husband just lams on the couch watching TV.
Do you think I should say anything to her?
I don’t know if they care that anyone can see her. The whole street skinners about them!
I suppose they are not really harming anyone, but my hubby has now also said he wants me to do it.
He laughs, but I’m not sure if he is joking.
What if he starts only having eyes for the “naked chef” next door?
From Shy Girl
A
Sjoe, now that’s what you call a sizzle in the kitchen, a real spicy dish.
Maar alle grappies op ’n stokkie, Auntie is not here to laugh at your problems.
It’s true what you say, Shy Girl, your neighbours are not hurting anyone!
So, technically, there’s not much you can do.
You mos don’t want to be that woman who goes and skels your neighbour for nothing.
Kyk hier, if she was flaunting it outside the house, it would have been a moerse issue.
How much can other people really see of these naked maniere?
You, as the neighbours, can see into their kitchen. But can people see them from the front of the house?
Auntie hopes that you are not the one spreading the skinner around the neighbourhood!
If you think it’s really a problem in the neighbourhood, just slip a letter into their mailbox to let them know people can see them. They may not even be aware.
Just keep it anonymous and sign it “from a concerned friend in the neighbourhood”.
The bottom line is that what people do in the privacy of their own home is none of our business.
So if it bothers you to see her strutting around in her birthday suit, maak maar jou gordyne toe.
As for your hubby and his grappies, how do you feel about spicing things up in your house? Many people like to walk about in the nude in their homes, and it doesn’t have to be sexual all the time.
Jy weet mos hoe warm dit raak in die somer in die Kaap!
If his eyes start wandering so easily, you have to ruk him reg.
Show him that what he is looking for is right in front of him… you!