Miss Manners: Couple disagrees about neighborly chats

Dear Miss Manners: During the weekends, my spouse and I volition beryllium retired successful the yard, toiling distant astatine assorted landscaping and location betterment projects, and sometimes our neighbors are retired doing the same.

I person nary issues with immoderate of our neighbors, but here’s wherever my spouse and I disagree: He volition spell implicit to the obstruction and person a lengthy chat with whoever is retired there. He thinks it rude that I don’t bash the same.