Do you shut bathroom window so neighbours don’t hear?

[WeAllDoIt]

Not a Troll but feel annoyed by neighbours comment.

It’s been warm, we have most of our windows open, including the bathroom.
Neighbours moved their patio a couple of years ago, so now have a seating area pretty much in line with our bathroom window. I did feel a bit odd one morning the first year, as I sat doing what comes naturally, and heard neighbour scraping the cereal out of their bowl, but figured it was their choice to site the patio there.

Went to the loo earlier -just a wee- I was bursting so it was a bit louder than normal I suppose, when I heard neighbours talking and one said ‘oh great, we get to listen to that again’.

I was ‘WTH?’ Are they expecting us to keep our windows closed so we don’t offend their sensibilities whilst we are using our loo?

So, do any of you close the window so neighbours don’t hear you, or just accept it’s part & parcel of living side by side? In our last house we heard our neighbours when we were in our garden & never gave it a second thought. Are we inappropriately using our bathroom?

[Blondey2023]

Yes I always close the window when using the loo, would be embarrassing if neighbours heard. Then open it back up when I've flushed.

[Hamfish]

Yes, shut the window, no-one wants to hear that

[WhimHoff]

Wtf why would someone be so close to your house they would hear that?

[MrsSkylerWhite]

I don’t. Probably would if neighbours were sitting right below eating though.

[Flamingnorahs]

I shut the window then open when done.

[GuinnessBird]

We tend to leave our top bathroom window open, even if it's just on the latch and we shut the bigger window once the steam has gone after a shower.

Mind you are bathroom looks out over the front of our house so there's nobody sitting out there eating!

[InAFettle]

You should have leaned out and said “thank your lucky stars it was a just a wee and not the explosive diarrhoea I’ve been having, it’s loud!”

If you want to shut your own window because of your own embarrassment that’s fine, but the bras neck of some people, if you don’t want to hear your neighbours done set up a fucking seating area outside someone else’s window.

[MrsDanversGlidesAgain]

Have a seating area under a loo, expect to hear toilet noises.

[coffeecupsandwaxmelts]

I wouldn't go to the toilet within earshot of my neighbours, no.

It's a bit grim 😬

[drpet49]

@WhimHoff

Wtf why would someone be so close to your house they would hear that?

This. How utterly bizarre.

[Tinybrother]

I wouldn’t even consider whether anyone could hear. When I lived in a flat you could hear people using the loo in the flat above. Didn’t bother me, just part of living in close proximity to each other

[pukepoint3]

Nope. It's just a piss/shit.

[WeAllDoIt]

@InAFettle 😂

@Blondey2023 I’ve always operated with the view that if you immediately open the window after flushing then anyone sat out there will think you’ve done something really smelly.

@Hamfishso they shouldn’t have moved their patio by our bathroom maybe?

@MrsSkylerWhite tbf there is a lawn, a path and a hedge between our house wall and their patio.

@WhimHoff i didn’t even consider it to be that close, as above comment.

@MrsDanversGlidesAgain quite!

@coffeecupsandwaxmelts we all do it. I didn’t know they could actually hear until they rudely commented though tbh.

[coffeecupsandwaxmelts]

I mean, I do lots of things I don't want my
neighbours to overhear 😬

[Tinybrother]

If your loo is within earshot then there isn’t a lot you can do about it

[RightWhereYouLeftMe]

I don't shut the window but I don't think you can hear. I've been in the garden when DH has gone for a wee and couldn't hear (not the I was specifically listening, but then I assume no one is sitting silently carefully listening out for it).

[EvenmoreDisorganised]

If I could hear them outside I certainly would. Ours tend to sit on the far side of their garden to our boundary though, they are only close if they are gardening or similar.

I once heard a different set of neighbours having very loud sex mid afternoon with the windows open, that felt awkward.

[delilabell]

Our neighbours have put a small patio table the other side of the fence to Our bathroom. I still have the window open. They knew the bathroom was there when they moved the patio @WeAllDoIt so don't worry.

[CrumbliestCrumble]

I have to stand on my bath to reach the window i am not climbing up and down opening and closing window each time i use the loo

[CharlottenBurger]

If I heard a neighbour definitely moaning about me peeing, I'd probably take a big jug of water and pour it into the toilet from shoulder height every half hour while they were outside. With theatrical groans.

[WeAllDoIt]

If I could hear them outside I certainly would
I didn’t even know they were even there until I was actually on the throne!

If only we weren’t on a water meter @CharlottenBurger

Hmm so a bit of a mix of responses.
I actually feel very uncomfortable that they’ve made a PA comment whilst I’m in my own bathroom but I will probably make a huge effort to shut it in future, just like we made an effort to move the compost bin we heard them muttering about.

I just asked adult DS. He shuts the window sometimes, other times he disguises that it’s him by sitting down!

[CatsOnTheChair]

No, I wouldn't.
What happens if you put any extraction on when you go into the bathroom? Does that mask the sound?

[EbonyRaven]

What a bunch of twits, placing their seating and table right beneath your bathroom window. And then making snide comments about you peeing!!!

I'd be doing super loud farts, tipping water out of a bottle into the loo and going 'aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh I needed that!' and wafting the poopy smell out of the window. How fucking DARE they comment on something you can't help doing? (Doing your toilet business!)

And no, I would NOT be closing the bloody bathroom window!

[CharlottenBurger]

@EbonyRaven

What a bunch of twits, placing their seating and table right beneath your bathroom window. And then making snide comments about you peeing!!!

I'd be doing super loud farts, tipping water out of a bottle into the loo and going 'aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh I needed that!' and wafting the poopy smell out of the window. How fucking DARE they comment on something you can't help doing? (Doing your toilet business!)

And no, I would NOT be closing the bloody bathroom window!

I'd be shouting 'Mercy Jesus!' and 'Oh God! Is that blood?'

[EbonyRaven]

@CharlottenBurger

I'd be shouting 'Mercy Jesus!' and 'Oh God! Is that blood?'

😂