that seems to me to be strange behavior....I dunno what to say except how rude?

without knowing what they were saying to you it is hard to know how to respond to this....are they inviting conversation or chewing you out for something or just what are they uttering? very weird.....

What do they say when they walk up to you? That is strange behavior - I do sometimes encounter feeling invisible and unimportant, left out even, but not necessarily something so blatant like that, so I am not sure why that is happening - maybe they know the other neighbors better, maybe they were thinking of something else when they walked up to you, I am not sure. Can you start a conversation with one of them instead of waiting for them to start it?

I get this idea in my head all the time.

I regulary go to a gym its been about a month ago since I started. Well my oldest daughter is my workout buddy. The people that have walked up to us have seem more connected to my daughter then me and these people are older then me. I give eye contact and smile and say hello to this one older lady and she seems much more friendly with me 24 year old daughter . She will give a sort of forced smile and when she see's my daughter she gets a genuine smile and holds it longer. Crazy how we can notice things like that and I wish I wouldn't , because it keeps me wondering what is wrong with me, lol.
I don't smell ,(might have cofee breath) and I don't dress crazy so whats wrong with me

The important thing to remember is that you can not make assumptions about what these people may or may not be thinking unless you ask them. If they cannot be bothered to communicate with you then its their problem not yours.
They are very rude and I would tell them so.

I do have to admit that pretty much all of my neighbors are mentally ill people, people with criminal backgrounds, and people with substance abuse problems (alcohol, pills, marijuana, etc). Maybe I'm expecting too much of them. Maybe they turn away from me because I am not one of them, and they prefer their own kind over someone like me. I never tell them that I'm not one of them, but they can probably tell.

It's probably the fact that they have mental problems then. Considering the kind of world we all live in, who can blame them? Raise your hand if you have mental problems * Raises hand*...Aye.

If I were you, I'd just pay them no mind. And if they talk to me, I'd walk away from them and see how they like it. That's all.

It's really sunny outside, the birds are making their bird-type noises, the squirells are digging up mothers flowers, & there are bees & ants everywhere. I hate May...and June...but not as much as I hate July & August....Fuuuuuuuck Yooooou, Summer time. I make NO distinction between Spring or Summer, cos you both absolutely SUCK.

It seems to me that an awful lot of people are like that now, like rudeness is fashionable or something?
I've gotten treatment like that before, but not so consistently. With me, it's nearly always men (not that I talk to men so much anyway!!), so I thought it was some macho redneck "don't listen to women" thing. I've noticed they don't do that with women who flirt. They pay attention to them. But I don't flirt--at all--so they may think (not consciously) that I'm just not interesting. I don't make eye contact so good either.
Many people find it hard to give their attention to those who are different. The fact that you are unusually short may be enough to make them uncomfortable. I don't know, of course; that's just a thought.
If I were there, I'd listen.

from my experience, it is best to be friendly with neighbors, but not buddies with them. i say two or three sentences a year to a few of my neighbors. every time i have gone beyond that, i have regretted it. just an observation.

I am friendly with the retired neighbors, at least enough to make conversation. I live in a condo. The couple next door..she barely talks to me, I have to choke a "Hello" out of her. He is one of the doctors in a practice I work with, but I usually don't work with him directly. The whole thing is awkward, he had an affair and left his wife and 3 boys for her, she is half his age. He still manages to be more outgoing than she is.
Downstairs neighbor, doesn't speak much English and cooks smelly food. Her son is an expert at garage door slamming so that you would think there was a minor earthquake. One time I swear I heard their country's national anthem through my bathtub drain.

PS if you can get a dog. If you are out walking the dog, many people will converse with you...they want to pet the dog, or they want to comment about the dog, or their dog wants to meet your dog, etc.
I purposely got my Yorkie to force myself to leave the house!

My neighbour often says hello how are you and walks away before I can reply. They think they are high class because they are from England and have a lot of money. At first it upset me, now when it happens I just laugh at them.

Why can't people be nice to each other? I just don't get it....

Some of my neighbors are the root of my depression. In my case, it seems that I just don't fit in...and it isn't something I can fix. For starters, I am done having kids and my youngest is older than most of the other kids. My kids don''t require my supervision outside....and they don't want me out there, either. Since my neighbors have younger kids, they obviously have formed a group...which includes dinners and sharing babysitting, etc. *sigh*

I have friends outside of my street but....it does hurt that I am not a part of the neighborhood group. Believe me, I've tried to insert myself....but truthfully, it is awkward. There have been so many times that they are all out their chatting with each other...and when I have walked out to join them it is like I am interrupting something or...I am invisible. Maybe I am too old?

Living on my street really stirs up loneliness in me and that is saddening because I feel so much better when I close my door or garage door when all the neighbors are out there.

When my neighbors are out of town, I feel wonderful, happy and free.

Exclusion is lonely.

Beau, I think you get the feelings you get because you have actually done it to others, me included. When it's done to you, you don't feel good about it and probably way deep in your mind are regrets of how you might have better handled things with others. It's never too late.

I avoid people who are pushy because its offputting to me and this would be any person who tries to push their interest on me as if "I have to do this"......whether they are a drug pusher or a religous pushers or simply a pushy person. I have had people avoid me but its because someone has talked smack about me and eats up everything they say without even bothering to get to know me and to me that is ignorant and just a plain bias. Just remember a lot of peoples behavior just comes from plain jane ignorance.

The inbred hillbillies in my town only say hello/hi to people on sidewalk if they know the person; strangers, like myself, get the silent treatment.

Same way in some stores with the cashiers.

The idiot that was upstairs from me selling unlicenced cigarettes---none of his lowlife customers said a word to me as I passed them on the steps, and now it's a half-way house bunch in same apt that don't say anything as we pass by one another.

I've also come to accept that I'm also a 4-eyed nerd, so that's another reason all the would-be tough hillbilly idiots----practically none of whom wear glasses, no matter how elderly---don't acknowledge my existance.