In general, I love my neighborhood. None of the houses in the neighborhood are too tacky; the Homeowners Association doesn’t bother anybody too much; neighbors are either nice or tolerable. Anyway, since I do like the place, I try extra hard to get along with my neighbors. I don’t complain when they have get-togethers in their backyards or complain to the HOA about little things like leaving their garbage cans outside.

Recently, though, I’ve been having a little issue with the neighbor immediately to my right. I don’t know him particularly well, but we get along and talk sometimes when we run into each other outside or at the block party, and he’s got an amazing house. The highlight is the out door kitchen on his back patio. It has a big island grill with all the outdoor kitchen supplies I could imagine and even has an outdoor fireplace to boot.

The problem is that he has an unusual Sunday morning practice. He likes to cook naked. Luckily I don’t have any kids around to speak of, and my wife has yet to see him, but once she does, it will become even more of an issue, so I’d like to nip it in the bud. The problem is that I’m not quite sure how you approach somebody about such a strange habit. 

Can I just go up to him and say, “So, you know that naked cooking thing you do? Could you stop?”

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