In a bit of quandary here and I'm hoping for some helpful suggestions from friends and members.
Last Tuesday I was accosted and, according to the Shopping Complex's Lawyers, Verbally Abused.
Yesterday I received a phone call from the Complex's Owners and the Management asking if I would attend a meeting with them to discuss the matter, I agreed and 1 hour later a car was sent to my home to collect and take me to this meeting.
The Owners and Management explained that they are appalled, disgusted and angered by the behaviour of the woman involved in the incident and they fully intend to take Legal Actions against her in the Local Courts.
These are the Legal Actions they intend to take in the Magistrates Court,
My daughter is a lawyer and if it wouldn't hurt your mental health more to go it alone, I would. I refuse to ever give anyone else my rights over things of this matter. They may be more inclined to agree to an agreement that I don't entirely agree to. It's up to you. It costs more to go alone. It's quite a pickle and decisions that only you can make as to what works best for you.
Your mental health is the most important issue here. If you can hand the issue over to lawyers to sort while you get on with your life.....do it. On the other hand, if you're going to be stressed for the next year, you have to ask yourself if it is really worth it? Sometimes there is freedom in just forgiving and moving on (yu make your own narrative eg: Obviously the woman is stressed and unhappy with her life to be taking out her rage on you). But will you regret not taking action?
By god there is more drama in Broken hill than I would've reckoned. If they moved Neighbours out to B.H. I just might watch it.
LOL, at least the scriptwriters might actually have REAL dramas to write about then.
Let her be a "shining example" of how Not to behave & that there are consequences to such BS! They will take care of it, so you do not have to raise a finger other than give a deposition. BTW, it is Very Important to write everything down, in order, & be prepared to add to it as more detail crops up in your memory! (I have given several depositions....this is the single best thing you can do, do it Now!)
There is a balance to be struck here, and unfortunately I cannot give you a clear-cut answer. The balance is between your own (and wholly understandable) desire for a quiet life, what your own opinion of just how much her sort of behaviour should be confronted and controlled by society. Only you can answer that question for yourself.