Clocks go back and as if by magic....

There are some deliberately disingenuous fuckers on this thread. Pretending not to understand that 'children playing outside' and 'children making endless, deafening, anti-social noise' are not the same thing. Off you fuck to parenting classes if you're really that shit at parenting. Or maybe just stop pretending not to understand the difference between the sound of kids having fun and the sound of kids parented with no rules, no boundaries, and no sense of consideration for others.

Yes, summer can be hell with feral kids and their idiot parents.🙄

Who doesn’t live where? My GC visit, is that ok? They like playing football in my garden, I like them playing in my garden, is that ok with you?

Not sure why you decided to childishly call me a vile name? Are you ok?

I don't know. But I hope that when we drop off the twig, a family moves in here and makes a hell of a racket.

In the meantime, as long as we keep throwing the ball back, I think they'll put up with us. The all-night al fresco bacchanals don't seem to bother them.

Round here the parks are full of adults drinking alcohol and swearing at kids and dog walkers. That's during the day so I dread to think what it's like in the evening. My kids are older teens now but if they where youngerI would prefer them to play in the garden or on the street which is a shame because my kids always went to the park. Times have changed for the worst unfortunately.

@WalkDontWalk do you think your new neighbours are hoping you die so they can have a young family move in next door

We were dead chuffed when a couple with a young family moved in after the old lady next door shuffled off the mortal thingy. They have a goal in the garden and a trampoline and they're out there all the time, shrieking and laughing.

I think it's one of the most joyful sounds in the world, and I've missed it.

There are also some posters who can’t see the difference between reasonable noise of children playing in the garden and unreasonable noise like balls being kicked against a fence - whump.

Exactly!

I think I love you, @OooPourUsACupLove

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Little kids having a kickabout - not, in general, noisy or annoying

12 yo plus dad doing target practice up against the fence for hours on end, when they know full well that we are attempting to sit on the patio the other side of the fence about 6ft from where the ball is continually whumping - really, really fucking annoying and entitled, bordering on distressing when it's Every Fucking Day, even when the sun is not out. I swear our old NDN thinks his kid is the next Lionel Messi, it was ridiculous

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Our new neighbour’s children do the football against the fence bang bang bang - super annoying. First time the ball came over shortly after they’d first moved in - came round with his mum, v polite - can I have my ball back - of course no issues. Then last week - knock on the door as it had come over the fence - I didn’t answer as I was on a teams call - so then he just starts going into our front garden (don’t know how that would help as ball out the back) - so then I have to answer the door - I was slightly grumpy and said I’m in the middle of a meeting, so it will have to be later that I get it. Bit later my husband gets and throws it back to them - no issues. But then 10 mins later it’s over again - I was grumpy I’ll admit - my office is right next to our front door, if I’m WFH I’m still working and I don’t want to be interrupted all day to throw their ball back. The additional context is I think his parents are entitled lazy and selfish because they always park in the visitor bay between our houses despite having a perfectly big driveway for their two massive cars. Hmmm methinks we’re going to find these new neighbours annoying in several ways…..

Don generalise. I’m in my 70s. I like to hear children playing out. There are grumpy people of all ages. What I wouldn’t like is people playing loud music after 11pm, during the day a bit of noise is normal.

Says the person accusing others of reporting their whump post?

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Enjoy your summer!

Must get the GCs a new football!

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I am however absolutely loving how wound up the "they are just having fun, ignore it, why are you getting wound up" people are getting with the incessant whump-whumping... even though unlike people stuck listening to it in their own homes, all they need to do is scroll past!

What seven words? 🤔

Hmm I wonder how irritating your neighbours find you?

Hope the children enjoy the lighter evenings when the clocks go forward!

Take down your fence so the balls can’t bang against it. There you go. Sorted.

Maybe I should get outside and play then!

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(In case you are concerned, took me less time to post this than it will take you to think up a snide reply 😀)

Absolutely this. Easy to see who the inadequate parents are on this thread.

A bit of shrieking and laughter, yes.

But that concerted, top-of the-lungs 'AAAAH! AAAAH! AAAAH!' thing some children find it necessary to do while playing?* To mind about that isn't being a 'misery'. And it hasn't always been a feature of children playing, it's relatively recent. Presumably you're not defending that sort of screaming?

(* I'm not referring to SEN here, I realise there are different factors in the mix there. I'm talking about when kids scream for the sheer hell of it.)