Should I ask my neighbours if we can have designated times to sit in the garden?

I did not realise there were roads, or houses, that could only be purchased by "normal families" with children (and without trampolines it seems). I certainly did not know of this. I would love to know what the definition of a "normal family" is and if as a foster carer looking after teenagers with complex behavioural issues I would qualify? I suspect I wouldn't as one of my teenagers is currently sitting quietly in the garden in his football shirt!!

My DGM had neighbours who were noisy until late. What truly vexed her was when they climbed over the fence and took her garden chairs for their guests. She took delivery of some bags of manure for her garden which sat by the fence for months.

So because they don't have children they shouldn't have bought a house in this road? Is this what you are saying OP?

For all you know they could have bought this home expecting to have children but are having fertility issues

Perhaps you should pay for them to move away from such a horrible judgemental neighbour

Are your children allowed to be children and play op, or are they made to sit indoors and not utter a single word, seen and not heard?

I'm just glad OP doesn't share a communal garden. She'd expect everyone to vacate it for her sole use!

The reality is that this is a family road and my husband and I (and other normal families on the road)

Oh is "a family road" a Council zoning category now?

OMG No, I would not prefer to hear your children. Such arrogance. So what if you think it's a "family area" - it's not. It's where your neighbours live. And so what if you've lied there longer than them. Entitled, much?

You need to unclench OP.

I was in my garden yesterday, drinking alcohol, listening to music and wearing a bikini...................

Good job my neighbours are not the fun police like you are OP

This has to be rage bait. Nobody can be this much of a knob 😅

Get yourself a nice loud radio in your garden

I thought you were being unreasonably but on the other hand I had sympathy with you (not about the clothing though as that’s none of your business). When I just read that you husband had found him in LinkedIn though, my sympathy disappeared in a flash. What a horrible spiteful thing to do and why on earth would you think his employers would need to know???

Newsflash, they don't care if your children sleep tonight or not

Singletons and party animals. You’re bloody hilarious.

You can’t dictate who lives on a street. If you don’t like it when you are the one who should move.
It’ll probably do you kids some good seeing people have fun.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a drink on a Sunday. In fact, me and my friends always meet for drinks on a Sunday afternoon and the kids come with us. They love it.

Me, DH and DS (aged 11) all stayed up to watch the match wearing our England shirts. We also went out for beers beforehand.
Loads of people I know did the same or had parties/bbq’s.

None of us are hooligans. You’re so incredibly narrow minded that you see a football shirt and assume they’re a hooligan.

I hope your neighbours had a brilliant night. It was a match to remember.

@Guarddogdaschunds the thread had died a death after people stopped believing it. The only reason someone who was allegedly so upset by people's comments would come back and resurrect it would be to get attention 🤔

If they are are regularly having parties into the early morning then by all means report that.
But the rest of your 'complaints' , you'll get nowhere complaining to anyone official about.

Wearing bikinis, perfectly legal infact she could be naked in her OWN garden and nothing you can do. Stop watching her out of your top window. If she has implants, so what !

Get a higher fence.

Morning. I went to bed but I was worried all night about you out there .. prancing in your bikini. Hope your head isn’t too sore today!

Sordid details of dating and skimpy bikinis?

Think you need to put down the Daily Star!

I am an elderly Mrs Bucket and I think she’s hilariously ridiculous.

How old are you? You sound like some elderly Mrs bucket.

No thank you. Give me the fun and the gossip over your little darlings. 😄

Hope they woke you up and kept you up all night

There are limitations to living on an island with as many people as there are populating this island.

Sitting outside, talking at normal decibel levels, having a BBQ and enjoying the sun in a bikini (which can only be seen from your windows upstairs) sounds very tolerable.

I think this is one of the strangest posts I've seen on MN but, then again, highlights for me that the British are some of the most miserable people in the world in great need of hobbies that don't involve trying to judge and control others lives due to lack of fulfilment in their own.

I love that the first few comments of this were kind of half empathetic - but the more OP dug herself into a hole everyone started to rip her one 😂

I hope the football hooligans kept you up all night Mrs Bucket!