Imagine moving in next door to new neighbors and finding out that they aren’t as nice as you expected. Nobody wants to be living next to a hateful neighbor. One Utah woman quickly found that her elderly Mormon neighbors aren’t what she expected from two people who claim to be religious and loving. As they become increasingly passive aggressive toward her, she wonders what she did to deserve this type of treatment from two literal strangers.
Gracie (@_gracieoneill) shared a previous TikTok talking about her new Mormon neighbors in Utah. She said they knocked on her door really late one night and asked her if she was Mormon or Catholic. When she told them ‘Neither,’ they started to treat her differently. Now, in an update video, she talks about a letter she got from the Mormon neighbors after she was on a trip for two weeks.
Gracie reads the letter, which was was written in all caps. She starts, “Taylorsville is meant to be a fun place to live. Sorry we bothered you. Happy that you all bought a mower. Our neighbor pulled all your foxtail weeds because they bother his little white dogs.” Why even mention this if you’re going for anything other than totally rude and passive aggressive? Shows a lot religious ‘love’ toward your neighbor.
The letter also mentions, “We know now not to bother you. The purpose of all churches is to bring people together, no harm intended.” Gracie turns to her audience and says that the letter “feels like there’s harm intended.” It truly seems like they already don’t like her just because she isn’t from the same faith. If this is what Mormons teach one another, why would she want any part in that? Gracie says that it seems like they’re trying to convince her about “how great their church is” but she just isn’t seeing it and really isn’t interested. This is the issue that so many religions create. They tell people to unite and be a community but people only want it to look like the community they have in mind. If you have different ideas, you’re probably not about to feel very welcomed in their Mormon church.
One commenter warned Gracie, “They’re only inviting you and sending letters to convert you, not to be good neighbors.” Another commenter shared, “I HATE the ‘neighborhood’ events. It feels really sneaky. It’s not a neighborhood event, it’s a church event you’re inviting people to in the neighborhood. And when my kids have shown up the people are like who are you and why are you here?” The entire situation feels strange to me. Gracie seems to think that the best course of action is by simply ignoring it and keeping her distance, and I couldn’t agree more.
