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

This thread cannot be real, surely?

Have noisy sex the other side of your fence when he’s in a work call

are you Hyacinth Bouquet? ( older Mumsnetters will know who I mean

This is to report the garden team calls isn't it ? Unbelievable still if it makes you feel better...

This really must be some heat wave, it has totally cooked OP’s brain. Going on Linkedin? Anyway I invite OP to come to North America. Any state or province with legal recreational cannabis will do. Perhaps next to my old neighbour who preferred to smoke in the garden to keep the house from smelling. He also had a large fire pit as well as a BBQ and liked to use both in the summer heat…

You have over-egged this now - so I no longer feel this thread is genuine.

Oh please do send the note but be sure to include complaints about women having the nerve to wear standard swimwear in their own gardens and that you have snooped the DH”s company whilst including your approved meal time rota.

It must be hours since we had a decent multi threader on here. Since NaNoWriMo collapsed I miss that particular form of insane drahma.

And so?

Actually OP, there is NOTHING that I would rather hear less from my back garden than someone’s children - and that includes my neighbours’ deafening construction work that has been going on since 8.30 this morning.

Oh op you've gone in with this way too soon this is a page 32 revelation to ensure a second thread. Amateur

Thanks for the 50's input 😆I'm older still but I've never thought the way OP is writing. I still think like I'm 30, I'm not a madly social animal but still laughing and having a great lifebecause that is what it is about.😉

The neighbours sound fine. Id prefer to listen to gossip than kids! And surely anyone can have a fun evening BBQ with friends at any age.

Ha ha ha, as a definitely non bikini owning or wearing woman, I'd never have an issue with women I could see from my window/garden wearing one at all. In fact. I'd admire their probably beautiful figures and wish I could look like them! Live and let live, OP!

You are obviously a quiet soul but as others have said moving to a new estate wasn't the best move, it might be mostly families but obviously people are going to move there before they might decide to have families.
Judging other peoples relatively normal behaviour is only going to stress you out and make things worse because you feel more resentful.
'Most people I know are at home with their families' they probably are but I'm sure they are leading normal lives with bbqs and friends visiting. Possibly have music playing for their little get togethers and some probably vape. There could be any number of social activities they have that you know nothing about.
Tbh if I knew a family member or friend who thought like you [ nothing wrong with that, each to their own] I wouldn't broadcast what I was doing either especially when it is normal behaviour of the masses in my own garden.

Some of my best childhood moments were over hearing adult conversations not meant for my ears , used to find it fascinating even though I didn't understand half of it. Still love a good eves drop. Bikinis! how dare they! I do live in the middle of nowhere now though, and would probably find the work meetings in the garden annoying( but still an excellent chance to be nosy) I expect it will start raining again soon, so problem solved.

I thought it was a joke thread when I read OP

Either that or we've found an actual real life Hyacinth 😆😆

Basically, she needs to get a life.

Jesus Christ OP you and your husband are giving this too much headspace.

And why would it matter, even if they all had their tits out?

I think the OP needs to move somewhere really rural, where there aren't any neighbours within a few miles for her and her DH to spy on and listen to.

Bloody hell, you sound like you’re the nightmare neighbour, not the people living their life having fun while the suns shining!
Good god, you definitely have a stick up your arse!

If I lived next door to your neighbours I’d be trying to get an invite to one of their gatherings, they sound like fun people.
You however OP have a stick up your arse. Leave them be for Christ’s sake

Literally this entire post is dripping with jealous vitriol

😂😂😂

Same here. Anyone temporarily struggling a bit before a job progression or a temporary income reduction to pay for a house with its own space, away from other people, should read threads like this. The struggle is worth it.

You need to get a trampoline. Today. Alternatively, a basketball hoop would do. You need to get your own bbq or garden bonfire started. You need to get some music outside and a few loud friends round to visit in your garden. At present, you have nothing to bargain with.

Gah, yes, it's just getting more and more obviously ludicrous.