How can any of you say someone is not being abused by their spouse? How dare you make that judgement call? You don't know what happened behind closed doors and many battered and abused spouses hide it from embarrassment. They think that others will think they deserve it and abusers are very good at what they do. This guy probably told you his side of the story and probably used the word "crazy." When a guy says a girl is crazy, it is often a red flag that says he is abusing her. Abusers use words over and over to brainwash their victims, as well as trying to establish to friends and neighbors that the abused person is unstable, because honestly, they want to eventually hurt them or even kill their victim.

There is a ton of information on the internet about the stages of abuse. Also, I know from experience.

I have a neighbor who threatens everyone in the neighbor, kids included, calls the cops on neighbors whose trash is too close to hers or kids playing in the street in front of her house. She once even went in to a neighbor's backyard while the neighbor was at work to have a guy cut the neighbor's tree down because it was too tall and was blocking the sun.

This is a constant thing. Most kids are afraid to play out front because they're afraid they'll police will take them away because that is what she says. She walks the neighborhood with petitions trying to get people in the neighborhood evicted from their houses.

I was just curious if there was anything my neighbors or I could do about this woman in the state of Nevada. I feel bad because her husband and daughters are really nice. She's just known as the "neighbor from hell" though, unfortunately. I hope I worded this correctly.

My father made a verbal agreement with his girlfriend to allow her to stay in our town home for three months to allow her time to find a place of her own. My father did not make me aware of this agreement and Sheila moved in our house during the second week of November in 2011. She has not found another place to live and refuses to leave the house. Also, I believe she is now a legal tenant of our home.

My sister, Samantha informed me that my father contacted a police officer. The police officer told him that she cannot be forced to leave unless she is evicted. I do not feel safe enough to wait for a eviction.

Before her transition into the house, Sheila has displayed irrational behavior in my presence. She has had outbursts of anger and repeatedly has argued in our house with my father. His girlfriend has shown such a temper that seems threatening to the well-being of the inhabitants of this house. Sheila has a license to carry a concealed weapon and owns a handgun. I feel very unsafe living in the same confines as her.

Her temper causes me to fear physical harm even though she hasn't clearly stated threat towards me.

Can I request a restraining order that will not allow her to live in the same dwelling as me and if at all possible, have a police officer escort her out of our home?

@Cupcake15 - I agree with what you are saying, but I also know that some people file false harassment charges especially when they are going through a bitter divorce. A neighbor of mine is going through a terrible divorce and his wife filed a harassment suit against him because she claims that he threw some keys at her and hit her in the face.

She also claimed that he was abusive all through their marriage, but she never pressed charges before. The charges were dismissed by the judge, but this is really frivolous and it also damages their young children. I think that people that file false harassment charges like this should face a criminal charges and a substantial fine because they are taking away from real cases when they resort to this petty behavior.

@Cupcake15 - I think that sometimes people are afraid of filing harassment charges because they are afraid of the repercussions. They don’t want to anger the perpetrator and try to avoid rocking the boat.

I think that the first time someone harasses you should be a huge red flag that they will likely do it again. It is better to get out at that point then to continue on with the relationship because you dismissed the harassment and try to sweep it under the rug.

@Sunshine31 - I know what you are saying and I agree that you should go to the human resources department and keep detailed records about what is happening, but for some people it might be easier to get another job.

I think that if you can avoid people like this you would be better off. I remember when I was managing a department store; I had an employee that was being stalked by her ex boyfriend. She had a restraining order in place, and I don’t know why she did not purse filing harassment charges. Well, a few days before she was to go to college, she was murdered by her ex boyfriend in her home.

It was so sad. Maybe if she had filed aggravated harassment charges when this was going on she would be alive today. I know that sometimes people in these situations have mixed feelings about filing harassment charges, but you really have to protect yourself because domestic violence only gets worse.

I do think that if someone is harassing you that you have to protect yourself because these cases usually escalate. At my husband’s company the former CEO was sexually harassing two women in the company. One was fired and the other remained with the company. Both women filed lawsuits against the company when they felt that the company was not protecting them from this person.

They settled the case out of court and the CEO was fired. So don’t think that because of a person’s stature that you will not be able to make a difference. You can, but you have to keep very detailed records and realize that you may lose your job before it is over because filing harassment charges is never easy.