Dear Annie: I recently moved into a new townhome, and for the most part, I love it here. It’s quiet, cozy and exactly what I wanted for this next chapter of my life. That is, until my new neighbors moved in upstairs.

It’s a couple with a dog. The dog is an angel -- never barks, never causes a problem. The issue is the husband. From morning until late at night, it sounds like he’s walking around in boots made of concrete. Heavy, constant thumping across my ceiling, sometimes so loud it startles me out of a nap or drowns out my TV. For a while it even sounded like he was dropping weights, though thankfully that stopped.

Not long after they moved in, I went upstairs to introduce myself. The wife came to the door; the husband did not, even though I could see him standing in the background. I

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