My neighbour hates my kids playing outside & has a nasty way of telling them off – she’s come after our guinea pigs too
A WOMAN has been left feeling “super anxious” every time she goes outside, thanks to her miserable neighbour who hates her kids playing in the garden.
She took to Mumsnet to explain the situation, kicking off: “Next door to us is a neighbour who doesn’t like children.
“We live in an area for families.
“My children love to be outside when it’s nice, and laugh and play and talk and occasionally can be loud for a few seconds.
“My neighbour cannot stand any noise they make, or any sound.
“They are never out early or late, and we are rarely in the garden at all because of her.”
And things have become so bad that the neighbour has even turned the hosepipe on her kids to try and stop them from playing outside.
“She watches my boys when we are out, has in the past used a hosepipe on us but said she was watering her plants, but boasted about doing it, moans about our paddling pool, trampoline and our loud guinea pigs…..” she continued.
“I now feel so anxious about being outside at all when she is there, but they are really not loud at all, they are just being children.
“What else can I do? When we are outside, she turns her music up really loud so we can’t even speak to each other to drown out any noise we make….”
People took to the comments section to weigh in, with one writing: “Ignore her. If she tries to moan at you – walk away.”
“Amplify the guinea pigs,” another hilariously suggested.
“If she’s playing her music very loud outdoors, report her to your local council,” a third commented.
“She’s trying to intimidate you into moving. Do you have any tall loud male friends you could invite round one evening?
“She could do with a taste of her own medicine!
“She might then realise ‘better the devil you know…'”
And someone else wrote: “I might decide my fence needed regular watering.”