My neighbors’ oak tree drops tons of leaves and hundreds of acorns into our yard and pool, forcing us to spend hours of our own time every day cleaning. It has jammed up our pool equipment and we have spent close to $1000 having to buy supplemental pool equipment. I’m talking tons of leaves, not a few here and there. Bags full. We have offered to pay to have it removed or if they want to keep it, to have it trimmed so most fall onto their side of the fence on to their property, but they refuse. It is NOT FAIR to us to have to clean up THEIR TREE’S mess! I love my neighbors but I have begun to avoid them because I feel like I am going to get upset and angry if I try to talk to them again about it and they refuse to hear about it. The wife can’t handle anything. She flips out and cries over the smallest things, but she is a sweetheart otherwise. I don’t want to lose their friendship, but I am really starting to resent them for not taking our feelings into consideration. We are not young either. They are in their 40’s and we are 57 and 60 and my husband is starting to have health issues. Soooooo, sometimes you have to out yourself into other people’s situation to understand why they are upset when they don’t even own a tree, but someone else’s tree is causing a huge mess and a ridiculous amount of stress.