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Mowing lawn at 7 am !

211 replies

Sunnyday321 · 02/06/2025 07:00

Tell me my dh is being unreasonable ?
We have a noisy petrol mower at he is outside mowing the lawn !
I've been out ( in my nightie ! ) and told him it's too early , and he has told me it's not .
Surely it's way too early ?

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Baital · 02/06/2025 09:36

Too early for a weekend, but OK for a weekday, though I would wait until 8am at ready myself

Reliablesource · 02/06/2025 09:16

8am earliest on a weekday, I’d say. Shift workers, people without children/school runs, people on a day off are all likely to still be asleep at 7am, so he should be more considerate. 8am is usually the earliest start time for noisy building works etc under most local authorities.

And definitely not before 10am at the weekend, when many people want a well-earned, peaceful lie-in.

dandeliondandy · 02/06/2025 09:13

Floatlikeafeather2 · 02/06/2025 08:45

Birds don't have a peak feeding time. They feed all day long. I've also never known any birds to be scared off by a lawn mower. They might startle and fly up if it makes a lot of noise starting up but that's all. The world is noisy and they really wouldn't survive if noise worried them.

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Actually early morning and early evening are the most important bird feeding times. Disturbing other people and wildlufe early in the day just because you can doesn't necessarily mean that you should.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 02/06/2025 09:06

Tbrh · 02/06/2025 09:04

Your neighbour is an asshole

It’s her husband doing the mowing. Not sure what her neighbour has done wrong?

Tbrh · 02/06/2025 09:04

Your neighbour is an asshole

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 02/06/2025 08:52

Letmecallyouback · 02/06/2025 08:33

Doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone what people who run gardening businesses are doing at 7am. I can assure you it's not paperwork.

Well our gardener turns up to work at 9am. I assume between 7 and 9 he’s showering, brushing his teeth, eating his breakfast and getting dressed.

Floatlikeafeather2 · 02/06/2025 08:45

dandeliondandy · 02/06/2025 08:25

It is very inconsiderate and nothing that can't wait for an hour unless you don't have neighbours close by? Why not do a few other gardening jobs like weeding first then mow a little later? Also there is still usually dew on the grass at that time as the sun isn't warm enough to cause it to evaporate so it isn't good for mower blades. It is also peak feeding time for the birds so the noise would scare them off.

Birds don't have a peak feeding time. They feed all day long. I've also never known any birds to be scared off by a lawn mower. They might startle and fly up if it makes a lot of noise starting up but that's all. The world is noisy and they really wouldn't survive if noise worried them.

MoistVonL · 02/06/2025 08:44

The local council here says noisy work from 8am. 7am is too damned early.

None of us get up until just after 8 anyway, and the windows are all open because it’s warm, so I would have been very unimpressed if my neighbour used a petrol mower at 7!

Ilovemyshed · 02/06/2025 08:43

It might be Monday and a working day but I think its too early. 8 am is OK.
Saturday 9am, Sunday 10 am and try and avoid lunchtime.

whitewineandsun · 02/06/2025 08:41

I wouldn't mind this on a weekday. If it were the weekend, I'd want to kill him.

SeventeenClovesOfGarlic · 02/06/2025 08:40

myplace · 02/06/2025 07:07

How can people be asleep at 7am on a weekday? Surely most people have work or school?

You Can’t really work around shifts as they are so variable.

I often sleep until 9 or 10am, no way would I ever get up before 8am.

(Childfree, and work part time)

UnderratedCabbage · 02/06/2025 08:40

MuffinsAreJustCakesAtBreakfast · 02/06/2025 08:32

Going against the grain here but I go with the planet's seasonal rhythms.

if the sun's up you're free to make noise until it goes down 🤷🏼‍♀️

The birds wake me up long before any human does anyway

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Sun rises at 4:50 approx now. So by that logic, everyone can mow at 5AM.

icelolly12 · 02/06/2025 08:39

Definitely irritating. I'm awake early but want to hear bird song or silence first thing not a noisy mower.

Screamingabdabz · 02/06/2025 08:38

If I was your neighbour I’d feel murderous at anyone making that sort of noise at 7am. It’s one thing people being ‘up’ but there is a special kind of torture when people are making a racket first thing in the morning like they don’t give a shit about anyone else. It’s so bloody inconsiderate.

UnderratedCabbage · 02/06/2025 08:37

I would be raging. I wake up 7:45 so 45 min is not much difference, but who the fuck wants to listen to lanwmover that early in a morning anyway. And yes the grass ought to be still wet.

PuppyMonkey · 02/06/2025 08:36

I mean if it were literally the only time he could find in the day to do it, that’s okay on a school day I think.

NYSea · 02/06/2025 08:34

Depte · 02/06/2025 08:32

He’s inconsiderate as is retire so could mow anytime

his wife asks him very reasonably to hold off and he basically tells her to shove it but carrying on anyway

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Even in healthy relationships, couples don’t agree on absolutely everything. And that’s ok.

Letmecallyouback · 02/06/2025 08:33

Doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone what people who run gardening businesses are doing at 7am. I can assure you it's not paperwork.

Loubelou71 · 02/06/2025 08:32

Isn't the grass still dewy,....too early for that reason for me.

MuffinsAreJustCakesAtBreakfast · 02/06/2025 08:32

Going against the grain here but I go with the planet's seasonal rhythms.

if the sun's up you're free to make noise until it goes down 🤷🏼‍♀️

The birds wake me up long before any human does anyway

Depte · 02/06/2025 08:32

NYSea · 02/06/2025 08:31

What do posters like you gain by silly posts like this?! You are writing nonsense.

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He’s inconsiderate as is retire so could mow anytime

his wife asks him very reasonably to hold off and he basically tells her to shove it but carrying on anyway

thecatneuterer · 02/06/2025 08:31

user1476613140 · 02/06/2025 07:04

We are up every day 6am. 7am isn't a big deal.

Well I'm usually up until 1am. So by that logic midnight wouldn't be a big deal. And as it's not a big deal to me my neighbours should be fine with me being noisy then?

Depte · 02/06/2025 08:31

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 02/06/2025 08:30

I adore my husband and we’re very happily married but I’d tell him he was being unreasonable if he tried to mow the lawn at 7am.

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Yes! And would he ignore you and plough on anyway?

NYSea · 02/06/2025 08:31

Depte · 02/06/2025 08:28

Yeah, there’s issues! Just as I thought

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What do posters like you gain by silly posts like this?! You are writing nonsense.

WhereHasMyPlanetGone · 02/06/2025 08:30

Depte · 02/06/2025 08:28

Yeah, there’s issues! Just as I thought

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I adore my husband and we’re very happily married but I’d tell him he was being unreasonable if he tried to mow the lawn at 7am.

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