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just say "I woke up one morning and the sign was gone!"
That actually happens all the time.. last year, my dad had 3 or 4 McCain signs stolen off his lawn.
There's a great way to take it down unscathed: "Opponent supporters must have taken it." It happened to all sorts of people this past election.
I had tree work done, and one day the sign was there, the next day it wasn't. I called the company, and he said that competitors would come by at night and steal the sign.
Just because it's a dead end st doesn't mean people don't come down it.
Agree. Ditch the sign and if anyone asks, say it got stolen.
No matter what my political preferences are, I HATE those freakin' signs. They should be outlawed. My friend had someone sticking a new one on her lawn every day even though she called the campaign office to complain!
They were totally in the wrong by putting that crap on your lawn without asking, too. I hate when people don't think.
I'm glad he took it out. I would be furious if someone did that to my lawn. Like the others said, just say someone stole it or the wond blew it away - or maybe you don't know what happened to it - you never saw one there.
I have a clause in my homeowners association that says I am NOT ALLOWED to put up political signs in my yard
Got anything like that to fall back on?
If they get pissy just say it makes it tough to mow the lawn, lol =]
Same goes for dog poo--keep it off my lawn dude
I'd be like, sign? What sign?!?! And every subsequent one that appears after that... sign? What sign??
I think they will know we took it down. But if they don't ask, I am not going to offer a bogus explanation. I told my parents that they could casually mention that while we are behind him 100%, we just aren't comfortable being so publicly political in our new hood.
But I am seriously annoyed.
First of all, they don't even know whether or not we support him. Secondly, even if they did, they shouldn't assume that we want to publicly declare our political leanings for everyone to see. It's a very personal issue! Especially when you are so new!
I'd take it down and have a nice talking to the people who so kindly placed it in your lawn.
That is some serious overstepping! I'm glad your husband took it down, but that's still a sticky situation. I hope it works out!
What a rude thing to do! Political decisions are so personal - they can't just assume that you want to display your support for him on your lawn!!
I'm glad you took it down - that's just ridiculous!!
Rude! I think your honest approach is perfectly reasonable. Just tell them the truth and the guy shouldn't get ratty about it...he is running for public office, after all. He should understand the importance of making a good impression! I think you're being smart and doing the right thing to make some new friends. Woot!
Nuh uh. Nuh uh, that is all kinds of wrong. The person putting the sign there was wrong. Your parents were w-r-o-n-g. It is common courtesy to ask permission first before placing a political sign on your lawn.
By the way, your thoughts and opinions are VALID. Your parents, and everyone else for that matter, should respect you and your husband enough to recognize that.
I agree with everyone else. Just take the sign down. If your parents or family friends ask what happened to the sign, explain that while you support the candidate (assuming you do), that you didn't grant permission to have the sign posted in your yard and you aren't comfortable displaying your political feelings in front of your new house.
Yeah, that is what we did. I am not going to say anything to them but if they say something to my parents, I told them to say just that. "They are big fans but are just very private and don't want to be political in their new neighborhood."
It should blow over.
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The son of a friend of my parents is running for town counsel in the town I JUST (like, last week) moved to. Today we woke up to go to work and saw his campaign sign stuck into our front lawn on our dead end street. Turns out the candidate's father stuck it there on his way to work. While we don't have an opinion on this guy one way or the other, we don't want to move into a new neighborhood and within one week drop a political sign on our lawn. Plus, they never asked!
I told my parents and they are worried that taking down the sign will cause a lot of problems between them and their friends because they will interpret taking it down as a strong message. I, on the otherhand, feel bad for my husband, who is always worried that my parents are a little too involved in our decisions about the house.
There is no way I am coming out of this unscathed. But seriously, that is pretty ballsy to do that, right?