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To think it's vulgar not to close your blinds at night?

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Ontheboardwalk · 21/08/2017 22:35

So I'm not stared at every time I leave my house and don't see moobs when I let the cat in.

The front of all the houses on my drive completely overlook each other and the bedroom and living room windows are the same width of the room and 3/4 the height. You can see everything in the houses opposite. The backs aren't overlooked so people tend to angle the front blinds so you can't see in and open the back.

NDN have always kept their blinds downstairs fully open doesn't help with constantly yappy dog but that's a different story and it annoys me with them sat in the window all day and night looking out but I can live with it.

Newish family opposite keep living room and bedroom blinds pulled back, lights on till about 2am. I mean each to their own but would you really want to be on display to the whole street?

Just gone to let DCat in and bloke opposite is on full show in the bedroom, blinds pulled right back, moobs out scratching his arse. It's not the first time. Now he's unfortunately got my attention, I've angled my blinds to see out and he's walked in and out 3 times turning the light on and off going nowhere near the blinds to close them.

I was worried when I first moved in if people could see me in the bathroom through the blinds.

AIBU to think it's polite to close the blinds and not have your life and scratching your arse on full view or is it each to their own?

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Babyblues14 · 21/08/2017 22:45

Why are you peeking out of your perfectly angled blinds to check what people are doing. If it's vulgar don't look. Unless they are all parading around naked on purpose to annoy neighbours it's none of your business what they are doing. Don't look if you don't like it.

Ontheboardwalk · 21/08/2017 22:45

Maybe vulgar isn't the right word, just seems a bit showy to me. I couldn't do it.

NDN and bloke opposite are angled so they look into each other's windows watching telly all night. Aqua I wonder, no actually I don't, if they could pick out each other's cock!

I've re angled my blinds so no one opposite is watchIng me sat on sofa in my nightie on MN.

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CleanFreak123 · 21/08/2017 22:44

GrinGrinGrin this post made me giggle! I'm obsessed with opening and closing my blinds and get cross when DP leaves the front bedroom closed during the day (he gets dressed in there in a morning)
Next time you see them say hi as normal but then some how strike up a fake conversation about a neighbour that never closes their blinds.....maybe they will then get the hint

WyfOfBathe · 21/08/2017 22:42

I think it's vulgar to not draw your blinds when you're nude. Other than that, I don't see the issue.

Nuttynoo · 21/08/2017 22:41

It's safer though right? Because if they have a home invasion the neighbours will be able to see something wrong. It's why a lot of my family do it.

Fairylea · 21/08/2017 22:41

Vulgar? Confused

Most people want privacy but I don't think it's vulgar not to care, some people just don't think about it

Aquamarine1029 · 21/08/2017 22:40

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen my neighbours cock through his window when I take my dog out at night, I'd be a very rich woman. The only two dicks I could pick out of a line-up are my husband's and my neighbour's. Sad

SabineUndine · 21/08/2017 22:39

I don't think it's vulgar not to draw your blinds, no. I think it's a bit vulgar to think other people are for not drawing theirs.

Mumof56 · 21/08/2017 22:38

I've angled my blinds to see out

Hmm
Bluntness100 · 21/08/2017 22:37

I don't think it's vulgar no, that's a weird thing to say. I do think it's a bit odd though to not want privacy and not care.