Write me an AITA reddit post from the perspective of a man who cut down his neighbor's apple tree
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Write me an AITA reddit post from the perspective of a man who cut down his neighbor's apple tree
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AITA for cutting down my neighbor's apple tree?

I (43M) have been having issues with my next-door neighbor (55M). Our properties are divided by a fence, and the apple tree in his yard is close enough to it that the branches hang over it into my property, which means apples are regularly falling into my yard and rotting. It's a huge pain to clean it up. I've asked the neighbor politely many times to trim the branches so that this doesn't happen, but he refused. Well today, while my kids were playing in the yard, yet another apple fell and hit my son (10M) in the shoulder hard enough to bruise. I was furious. I got out my gardening tools and cut every single branch that crossed my side of the fence and went inside. A few hours later, my neighbor started pounding on my door, screaming that I had committed a crime by damaging his property and threatening to sue. He said I was a huge asshole for not talking to him first, even though I had talked to him and nothing was done.

I know it probably wasn't the best way to handle the situation, but AITA for what I did?
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AITA for cutting down my neighbor's apple tree?

I (43M) have been having issues with my next-door neighbor (55M). Our properties are divided by a fence, and the apple tree in his yard is close enough to it that the branches hang over it into my property, which means apples are regularly falling into my yard and rotting. It's a huge pain to clean it up. I've asked the neighbor politely many times to trim the branches so that this doesn't happen, but he refused. Well today, while my kids were playing in the yard, yet another apple fell and hit my son (10M) in the shoulder hard enough to bruise. I was furious. I got out my gardening tools and cut every single branch that crossed my side of the fence and went inside. A few hours later, my neighbor started pounding on my door, screaming that I had committed a crime by damaging his property and threatening to sue. He said I was a huge asshole for not talking to him first, even though I had talked to him and nothing was done.

I know it probably wasn't the best way to handle the situation, but AITA for what I did?</s>
