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Neighbours rang the police on me and OH?

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dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:29

Me and OH we're arguing this morning nothing out of the usual probs 10 minutes OH looked out the window and goes the bloody police are here. I thought something had happened to my brother as he is a drug user so I was crying. Then they said that they've had a noise complaint.

I'm so angry I feel like going round there! They have only done this as I spoke to there landlord (my friend) about all the dog poo in the garden.

Do I go round there or seek some kind of revenge I'm so angry 😡

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dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:30

Police also mentioned having to pass it on to social services as DD was here.

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QforCucumber · 12/04/2019 13:31

Nothing, if you're arguing went on long enough and was loud enough for them to call the police then I'd say they were justified.

Why does them having dog poo in their own garden mean you have to call their landlord?

Ewitsahooman · 12/04/2019 13:31

Don't go around and certainly don't go seeking revenge, you're only going to escalate matters if you do.

Accept that you were probably arguing more loudly than you thought, be more considerate in future, and let that be an end to it.

dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:32

Who calls the police on neighbours arguing if I want to argue in my own house I will.

Also the landlord said to keep her eye on her house for her as she is out of the country. So I told her that there was a lot of dog poo.

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PristineCondition · 12/04/2019 13:35

They were probably worried about domestic abuse, be grateful they cared enough to call and keep your arguments to a normal level

JuniperBeer · 12/04/2019 13:35

If you are arguing loud enough to disturb neighbours, you’re unreasonable. Same as loud music.

JuniperBeer · 12/04/2019 13:36

You should perhaps pop round and say “really sorry about the noise this morning, just to reassure you it wasn’t anything to worry about, we were just disagreeing!”

PristineCondition · 12/04/2019 13:36

if I want to argue in my own house I will.

You sound like dick TBF.

Sazquatch · 12/04/2019 13:37

If you were arguing loud enough to be heard by the neighbours then you must have been shouting at each other in front of your daughter. Does this happen often? Maybe you do need support from SS?

dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:38

Our houses are semi detached we here everything they do we don't complain.

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Itscoldouthere · 12/04/2019 13:38

Well I used to live 2 doors up from a lady who was often physically abused by her husband, unusually started with arguments. The police became regular visitors, it must have been other neighbours who called them.
Perhaps your neighbours were worried about you?
Please don’t take my comments the wrong way, I’m not making any suggestions about you and your situation, just trying to point out why a neighbour might call the police.

Thisnamechanger · 12/04/2019 13:38

Who calls the police on neighbours arguing if I want to argue in my own house I will

People who are worried there is violence
People who don't want to listen to you

dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:39

@Sazquatch no we're fine OH has gone blind in on eye I was telling him he needs to stop working.

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Creatureofthenight · 12/04/2019 13:40

I would say 10 minutes is a long time to be arguing especially if in earshot of your DD.

dyingforaholiday · 12/04/2019 13:41

Nah I don't think they was concerned just to get back at us. It wasn't that type of argument lasted 10 mins max.

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Thesearmsofmine · 12/04/2019 13:41

You sound quite childish.

If you were arguing loudly in front your daughter then they were most likely worried about you and your child.

Mintandthyme · 12/04/2019 13:42

What way did the police leave it?

villagesecret · 12/04/2019 13:43

Great example you're setting to your DD, arguing loud enough for long enough that your neighbour felt one of you might be in danger!

Ewitsahooman · 12/04/2019 13:43

It doesn't matter what type of argument it was, it was loud enough for the neighbours to hear it and be concerned enough to call the police.

Stuckandsad · 12/04/2019 13:43

How old is your dd? It's really not nomrla to have arguments do bad that they carry through walls ☹

Justonemorepancake · 12/04/2019 13:45

You argued loudly enough for your neighbours to hear for a solid 10 minutes with your daughter in the house? YABU. That's shitty.

TheQueef · 12/04/2019 13:46

You may be glad of those neighbours one day when someone caves your head in.
If they could hear it you were too loud.
If I'd listened to a ten minute row I'd consider ringing.

ALannisterInDebt · 12/04/2019 13:47

Do you have very loud voices? Some people have really loud booming voices and don't realise how much their neighbours can hear them.

Also, I doubt this is the first time your noise has disturbed them, perhaps try to be a bit considerate in the future.

QforCucumber · 12/04/2019 13:48

dyingforaholiday There's a case currently where I live where a neighbour called the police on her arguing neighbours at 8am, when the police arrived at 8:40 they found the womans body and him nowhere to be seen. If my neighbours were arguing enough for it to concern me I too would phone the police.

DeloresJaneUmbridge · 12/04/2019 13:51

Lol, I can tell you RIGHT now OP, that if social services come in and you tell them that “if I want to argue in my own house I will” they won’t be impressed about your ability to put the needs and rights of your DD not to witness that first.

Don’t be silly, if I heard people shouting loudly at each other for 10 mins and could hear a distressed child I would call the police too.

It may be tit for tat...I don’t know but the dog poo in your neighbours garden is not your business. They may pick it up now and then or they may not. Either way it’s hothing to do with you and if I was your neighbour I’d be really hacked off if I thought you were tattling to the landlord about something which actually does not affect you.

Arguing loudly though CAN damage other people...not least your DD.

Grow up!

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