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AIBU?

To speak to my neighbours about their children?

41 replies

BigHero4 · 19/04/2019 16:07

I'm not usually one to moan and obviously it's a lovely day and their children should be in the garden having fun however they have 2 DC and all they want to do is climb up their fence (it's a high privacy fence) and look into my garden. Every time I'm in the garden their sitting on the fence and watch everything I do. They say hello and just sit there all the time but the neighbours don't ask them to get down or to stop looking into my garden.

I want to go outside and have a cigarette in peace but I can't because they're always climbing up and watching me.

WIBU to ask the neighbours to stop them or am I being miserable?

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BiscuitDrama · 19/04/2019 16:09

Have you told them to get down?

flapjackfairy · 19/04/2019 16:09

No not miserable at all. I would be well hacked off over this .

Sexnotgender · 19/04/2019 16:10

Definitely tell them (nicely) to sod off. That’d do my head in.

TheInebriati · 19/04/2019 16:10

Thats really anti social, but good luck with their parents because people who weren't trying to pick a fight would have dealt with it by now.

Maybe smear something on the fence, like oil or garlic.

ANiceLuxury · 19/04/2019 16:11

Neighbours kids can be a nuisance!

My dd who is 6 has the kids knocking on all the time. Then they want to play in ours which i hate. They knock on repeatedly when they know she doesnt play out on a school night etc.

I would just carry on with what you are doing, if your not interacting with them then they will soon see that watching you is boring.

Katiepoes · 19/04/2019 16:12

Offer them a fag and the neighbour will stop them immediately

ComedicCat · 19/04/2019 16:15

Get a super soaker
Only jesting. Ask them to get down.

HomeMadeMadness · 19/04/2019 16:16

lol I was also going to suggest offering them each a can of red bull :)

In all seriousness though I would politely ask them to get down.

WiddlinDiddlin · 19/04/2019 16:16

Time to sunbathe topless whilst listening to GWAR and smoking a joint..

That'll fix it soon enough!

HomeMadeMadness · 19/04/2019 16:16

Also no YANBU that would drive me mad too!

SilverySurfer · 19/04/2019 16:18

Time to buy some fast growing bamboo or something more prickly.

flapjackfairy · 19/04/2019 16:20

If all else fails you could put up that curly barbed wire a la colditz.
Only joshing.

Cherylshaw · 19/04/2019 16:22

I'd say something! Trying to have a smoke and the little creepers are just starting at you 😂 i couldn't deal with that

CaptainJaneway12 · 19/04/2019 16:22

I feel your pain. Neighbours kids window overlooks my garden and everytime I go outside they wave, bang, shout... I know I am unreasonable and they are friendly kids but I hate it and feel like I have no privacy.

endofthelinefinally · 19/04/2019 16:24

Tall prickly plants.

Aquamarine1029 · 19/04/2019 16:25

Have you asked the children to get down? If not, why? That would be the logical first step.

AnnieMay100 · 19/04/2019 16:29

A polite ‘be careful you might fall climbing up there’ so their parents hear might be a good start if that doesn’t work a firmer ‘get down please’. bring it up when you next bump into the parents even if you resort to ‘I’m planning on sunbathing naked this year I’m sure your kids don’t want to see that’ Maybe some trellis/overgrown plants will make it harder for them too

Acis · 19/04/2019 16:30

Surely your lawn just by that area of fence urgently needs the sprinkler, on a setting that just happens to throw the water high against the fence??

MitziTheTabbyIsMyOverlord · 19/04/2019 16:31

Just put some headphones on and pretend you can't hear them. And if you wear shades, you can't see them either.

LumpyPillow · 19/04/2019 16:39

No, definitely tell them to get down and that you don’t want to be watched by them.

CrazyPineapple · 19/04/2019 16:43

We installed anti cat/bird fence strips to the top of our fence to stop cats climbing over and shitting in our garden. They're plastic spikes. Not very comfortable to sit on I'd imagine and super cheap! If the neighbours asks why, just use the cat excuse.

pandora206 · 19/04/2019 16:44

How about putting on your best teacherly voice (firm but neutral) and saying 'Please don't look into our garden all the time. It's rude' as you look straight at them next time they do this? Assuming they're older than two they should respond.

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viques · 19/04/2019 16:47

You can buy plastic prickly things that are supposed to stop cats walking along your fence (they don't btw) might be a small deterrent..... A bit less aggressive than barbed wire, broken glass, anti climb paint or electric fencing though less satisfying.

viques · 19/04/2019 16:49

Waves to crazy pineapple

LIVIA999 · 19/04/2019 16:51

I would speak to the parents. A new family moved into next to us and the children were wuite naughty. Throwing stuff in our garden all the time. Kicking balls over on purpose etc. Eventually I asked nicely could they stop.
The next thing the father came hammering on my front door screaming about never speaking to his children again and it was an insult to him and his family.
It got worse after that.
I'd be inclined to say to the neighbour would they mind awfully asking the children to not climb. But not addressing the children in case it makes bad feeling.

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