Page 14 | To find pavement chalking by neighbour unreasonable?

ThatLemonBee · 19/08/2026 21:06

Get a grip ! Wow . It’s chalk it will wash out . Everyone is always meaning about kids not playing outside so you have a neighbour who is actually a good parent and you want to be an awful person

Peonies12 · 19/08/2026 21:03

FFS get a hobby

PurpleThistle7 · 19/08/2026 21:02

In the middle of covid when my kids were 3 and 7 and bored witless, they did an activity chalk design up our street - like hopscotch and ‘spin here’ and ‘jump 5 times’ and such. All the kids in the neighbourhood were running up and down the street giggling (while far apart). A neighbour 3 doors down came out and power washed the exact space in front of his house. It poured with rain 4 days later anyway and honestly - it’s chalk! I have never forgotten that - like who was he even trying to impress with his perfect pavement while we were all desperately bored in our pjs.

Weeellokthen · 19/08/2026 21:00

viques · 19/08/2026 20:58

Chunky coloured chalk! Huh. When I was a kid we only had thin little half sticks of plain white chalk that we pinched from school. And they say us boomers have had it all our own way. 🙁

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😂

Cluelessfirstimer · 19/08/2026 21:00

Can't belive it myself. We all know chalk is a gateway drug.

One day doing chalk drawings the next day its dealing class A drugs. These kids must he stopped.

AndyKitten · 19/08/2026 21:00

Isittimeformynapyet · 19/08/2026 20:58

Ox shit?! Where on earth do you live? 😄

Great typo btw

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Fox! 🦊

Although I do wonder sometimes just what breed of god my neighbours have.

ShedShedShed · 19/08/2026 20:59

Hanji83 · 19/08/2026 20:29

We are in a row of houses which have a footpath running in front of the road with a grassed area either side. One of the neighbours has two kids, who for the past week have been drawing on the pavement using chalk. It looks an utter mess. Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?

Unless it says "HANJI83 IS A CUNT"

Let it go, it will wash away in the rain eventually

Gribouille · 19/08/2026 20:59

Are they Bert the Chimney Sweep?

JJWT · 19/08/2026 20:59

Bloody Nora, this has got to be rage bait!? Seriously? Children drawing with chalk?! What a lovely, screen-free pastime. I'd probably call over - can you draw me a giraffe please, or something like that. Its called life.

Stressedmummyof4 · 19/08/2026 20:59

i did this as a child as did my kids when younger, a younger family moved into our street and the girls brought the chalk out last summer, everyone stopped and told them their drawings were great, adults took part in the hopscotch ect. Then one neighbour came out with a brush and a bucket of soapy water, let’s just say everyone in the street with kids now looks at her like a nutter especially when someone who is ages with their grown up daughter said they done it every summer with her daughter when they were younger, strange behaviour especially when you know the first rainfall it’s disappearing anyway. It tends to be a summer activity kids enjoy why not let them until the schools go back or the weather turns?

loulouljh · 19/08/2026 20:59

When it rains it will wash away. Leave them be. They will be back to school soon enough.

Bookbears · 19/08/2026 20:59

It’s just rained where I live for the first time in what feels like 5 years. If you live anywhere near me, it’s probably gone now! It’s not worth the conversation.

Also If my neighbour did some chalk drawings instead of chain smoking out his bedroom window so my babies nursery didn’t smell like a 1970s pub on a Friday night, I would be a very happy neighbour.

viques · 19/08/2026 20:58

Nousernameideaaga · 19/08/2026 20:44

Same here for all my kids. Miss those simple innocent days ☺️

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Chunky coloured chalk! Huh. When I was a kid we only had thin little half sticks of plain white chalk that we pinched from school. And they say us boomers have had it all our own way. 🙁

BudgetBuster · 19/08/2026 20:58

Hanji83 · 19/08/2026 20:29

We are in a row of houses which have a footpath running in front of the road with a grassed area either side. One of the neighbours has two kids, who for the past week have been drawing on the pavement using chalk. It looks an utter mess. Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?

Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?
Wait now, I've just realised that maybe all of us commenting have misunderstood and actually what you wanted to say to the parents was.... "Isn't it lovely to see the kids out in the fresh air doing lovely chalk drawings"

Isittimeformynapyet · 19/08/2026 20:58

AndyKitten · 19/08/2026 20:38

Really?

A bit of chalk is only going to hide the uneven stones, the stinky stains, the general rubbish and the dog and ox shit on the pavements round here.

Bring it on!

Ox shit?! Where on earth do you live? 😄

Great typo btw

Uricon2 · 19/08/2026 20:58

I've seen some precious idiocy on here but this is on another level.

ExplodingSmittens · 19/08/2026 20:58

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · 19/08/2026 20:50

An old man on our street would give as many kids as appeared at his gate a pot of water and a paintbrush and set them off painting the whole street's front walls. Can you imagine the chaos, op? Wet walls everywhere 😱

This is great and I bet they enjoyed it too.

Weeellokthen · 19/08/2026 20:56

Omg, I'm outraged on your behalf!! What are the parents thinking! Don't they know that their kids should be in their bedrooms on screens!!!
I would write to my local mp first, if it persists Andy Burnham.
Good luck
Ps
So sorry this is happening to you

Isittimeformynapyet · 19/08/2026 20:55

YouHaveAnArse · 19/08/2026 20:36

Grow up.

Lazy, clichéd post.

WeddingDressguest · 19/08/2026 20:55

Yes they are children!

It will wash away as soon as there is rain. They aren't harming anyone or causing any permanent damage or being noisy.

That wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

LashesZ · 19/08/2026 20:55

Pavement chalk is one of those idyllic childhood experiences. Skipping is another 🥰

JustAnotherWhinger · 19/08/2026 20:55

I’m wondering if you’re one of our neighbours. 12 of the kids in the street (inc mine) were out today and drew a giant hopscotch style course between 5 drives.

Two of the folks on the other side of the road were definitely unimpressed, one used to complain constantly but after someone privately reminded them of the time her (now adult) son damaged 3 cars while learning to ride his bike she just looks at the kids with an unimpressed face rather than saying anything to spoil their fun! The other just glares constantly.

TheCheekyCyanHelper · 19/08/2026 20:55

Hanji83 · 19/08/2026 20:29

We are in a row of houses which have a footpath running in front of the road with a grassed area either side. One of the neighbours has two kids, who for the past week have been drawing on the pavement using chalk. It looks an utter mess. Would it be wrong of me to say something to the parents?

This is a joke, right? Sidewalk chalk, that will wash away next time it rains? Children just having fun?

Drivingselfmad · 19/08/2026 20:54

I think it’s wonderful they are playing with pavement chalk tbh. How wholesome and lovely.

Thefrenchconnection1 · 19/08/2026 20:54

My husband agrees with you. I think you are both BU