New homeowner discovers he moved next door to former friend, refuses to move after she comes knocking on his door demanding he leave: ‘You don't own the neighborhood’

When a friendship falls apart, the outcome can be life-changing.

Sometimes, ending a friendship can be just as painful as a romantic breakup, if not more. The older you get, the harder it becomes to find friends who will stick around for long. And when you realise a friendship must come to an end, it can be tough to come to terms with. But we've all been there; we've all had to accept that having a certain friend in your life is doing you more harm than good, and that it's better for both of you if you simply grow apart. It's not pleasant, but it's necessary.

Some friendships end because you realise you have nothing in common, others end because of romantic complications. The friendship in the story below ended because one friend thought it was okay to steal an academic piece of work from the other, and they simply could not move past that.

If we had a friend who got us in trouble in university because they stole our work, we definitely wouldn't have wanted to keep any kind of friendship with them either. We would probably never want to see them ever again (especially after finding out they got away with it). Unfortunately for the friends in the story below, the universe had a different plan for them.

After they had their falling out and each of them graduated, they didn't expect to ever cross paths again. That changed when the friend who got their work stolen accidentally bought a house right next door to the thief. He didn't know that was where her parents lived, and he definitely didn't know she still lived there as well. But the house was already bought, and even renovated, so there was not much he could do about it.

When the thief found out who her new neighbor was, however, she was not pleased. Apparently, she thought it was unfair for him to keep living in her neighborhood, and even went as far as demanding that he leave.

While these two don't have to be friends again just because they are now neighbors, they can still manage to live next to each other without any drama. But that depends on how they decide to move forward…