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lilybit2025 · 2026-04-07T10:18:09+00:00

As the title suggests. Young girl around 5-6 keeps looking over at our fence. Did it a handful of times yesterday until I turned around and said 'hello can I help you?' And she's doing it again today. It sets our dog off and drives her insane yet she still does it. I find it incredibly intrusive and I don't know if our neighbours know she's doing it and she's only a child but we do not have children and aren't particularly fond of them either.

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 20:17

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 20:13

Maybe I’m sensible enough to know that most people aren’t actually suggesting deliberately attempting to harm a child?

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Oh so only dirt common people mean what they say on MN. The rest are only joking.

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 20:13

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 20:12

You seem fine with people threatening to soak or hurt a 5 year old child though. Or is that the MC way of dealing with annoying kids?

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Maybe I’m sensible enough to know that most people aren’t actually suggesting deliberately attempting to harm a child?

Steeleydan · 07/04/2026 20:12

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hazelberry · 07/04/2026 20:12

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 20:10

If it’s snobbish to think that only someone dirt common would threaten to boot somebody up the arse, then I’m proud to be a snob.

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You seem fine with people threatening to soak or hurt a 5 year old child though. Or is that the MC way of dealing with annoying kids?

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 20:10

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:58

Snob.

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If it’s snobbish to think that only someone dirt common would threaten to boot somebody up the arse, then I’m proud to be a snob.

ilovesooty · 07/04/2026 20:07

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That's just horrible. Of course the child needs to be told firmly to desist but what is wrong with you?

ilovesooty · 07/04/2026 20:06

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:52

But you can take proposed soaking the child, hurting the child, exposing the child to naked people seriously?

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I'm not one of the people who suggested that. I agree with you that hurting the child is an inappropriate suggestion too. However I don't take posters seriously who crow about how they'd behave like thugs and that's the point I'm making. I suspect posters like that are all bluster.

Dancingintherain09 · 07/04/2026 20:04

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hazelberry · 07/04/2026 20:03

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What?

No wonder there was a thread in site stuff about the rise in posts about hurting children on MN.

Steeleydan · 07/04/2026 20:00

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hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:58

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 19:56

Going about claiming you’d boot people up the arse. Like you’ve just come out of Greggs and are so “fewmin” you can barely finish your sausage roll.

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Snob.

nevernotmaybe · 07/04/2026 19:58

liamharha · 07/04/2026 18:48

Shows the mentality of some ppl .

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The irony coming from you.

PolkaDotPorridge · 07/04/2026 19:57

Water pistol or hose.

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 19:56

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:49

What the hell is the 'council estate routine' ?

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Going about claiming you’d boot people up the arse. Like you’ve just come out of Greggs and are so “fewmin” you can barely finish your sausage roll.

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:52

ilovesooty · 07/04/2026 19:48

You can't really take proposed thuggish behaviour like that seriously, can you?

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But you can take proposed soaking the child, hurting the child, exposing the child to naked people seriously?

hazelberry · 07/04/2026 19:49

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 19:46

I love posts like this, from people puffing out their chests and acting like they’re dead “no nonsense”. I bet you love watching Piers Morgan and think Clarkson should have got a pay rise for punching that researcher.

There’s only one problem with your “If they said that to my child they’d get a firm boot up their arse and NO mistake” attitude. What if they’re not scared of you? What if they boot your right back in YOUR arse? You’ll feel a right twat if the council estate routine doesn’t work.

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What the hell is the 'council estate routine' ?

ilovesooty · 07/04/2026 19:48

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 19:46

I love posts like this, from people puffing out their chests and acting like they’re dead “no nonsense”. I bet you love watching Piers Morgan and think Clarkson should have got a pay rise for punching that researcher.

There’s only one problem with your “If they said that to my child they’d get a firm boot up their arse and NO mistake” attitude. What if they’re not scared of you? What if they boot your right back in YOUR arse? You’ll feel a right twat if the council estate routine doesn’t work.

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You can't really take proposed thuggish behaviour like that seriously, can you?

SummerFate · 07/04/2026 19:46

liamharha · 07/04/2026 17:49

No we don't treat innocent , inquisitive 5 year olds with anger . We go and knock at mum and dad's and have a civilised friendly conversation. If anyone spoke to my child to show their anger without having first given me the opportunity rectify any issues they'd get a form boot up their arsehole.

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I love posts like this, from people puffing out their chests and acting like they’re dead “no nonsense”. I bet you love watching Piers Morgan and think Clarkson should have got a pay rise for punching that researcher.

There’s only one problem with your “If they said that to my child they’d get a firm boot up their arse and NO mistake” attitude. What if they’re not scared of you? What if they boot your right back in YOUR arse? You’ll feel a right twat if the council estate routine doesn’t work.

gardenflowergirl · 07/04/2026 19:45

Take a photo of her doing it and show it to her parents.

tinyspiny · 07/04/2026 19:41

Jane143 · 07/04/2026 19:13

She’s only a kid, probably wants to see the dog. I honestly wouldn’t mind and I’d say hello. We all seem to live in bubbles nowadays

That’s fine the first two times after that it’s annoying and making the dog crazy . @lilybit2025 as she’s standing on something it’s probably worth getting some big plants in pots and standing them at that bit of the fence , preferably something very prickly .

Mintteaplease · 07/04/2026 19:33

We used to have an adult who watched us over the fence, now that did upset me but a young child, no she’s just being curious.

SnakesandKnives · 07/04/2026 19:30

@Minimili amen. “I have an opinion which doesn’t actually match the current scenario so I’ll make up some shit to justify my viewpoint”

it makes threads like these just insane. ‘The overall picture I have in my mind’ followed by a load of made up drivel. Honestly it’s ridiculous. Discuss the actual fucking situation, not your made up version!

also - so many ‘oh she just wants to see the doggie be nice to her’ posts. No she doesn’t she fucking barks AT IT to wind it up and then runs off when spotted. She KNOWS she shouldn’t be doing this.

Princesspollyyy · 07/04/2026 19:23

Jane143 · 07/04/2026 19:13

She’s only a kid, probably wants to see the dog. I honestly wouldn’t mind and I’d say hello. We all seem to live in bubbles nowadays

But it’s making the dog bark which is annoying to the OP. Haven’t you read the thread??

Princesspollyyy · 07/04/2026 19:23

Maybe time to get the hosepipe out? Im sure if she got wet she wouldn’t do it again.

watering your garden is all you’re doing, right?

BlueMum16 · 07/04/2026 19:17

lilybit2025 · 07/04/2026 15:01

Yes, I said she's done it a handful of times today, barked at the dog minutes before I came over and it's very intrusive of my privacy. Dog goes AWOL etc etc. please don't let it happen again.

Also just to add - the dad wakes us up every morning at 4am as he converted his garage into a gym a few years back and the garage part of our brick wall in our garden. So I don't think they particularly care for others. So we've put up with a lot over the years. It is what it is, if she does it again when I'm next out there I'll just tell her to bluntly to stop. Regardless if she's 5/6, I never did that as a child as my parents would throw a frenzy. We found it funny at first her just peering over but now it's actually very annoying.

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If she does it again I'd shout the neighbour over the fence 'Susan/Bob, hello, can you please stop your child ' Each and every time. They'll get bored and will hopefully either stop her or move the table or whatever she is using.