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Neighbours at it in full view

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IwishIdidntlikesugar · 28/04/2024 16:48

As the title suggests, there I am around 10pm last night doing the washing up and they are at it right up at the kitchen window (no curtains) in full view of me and at least 5 other flats (plus around 10 more with full/partial view of them). Girl notices me looking in disbelief and ducks down randomly in a not very effective way, still at it, both realise they are in full view and continue. I make a ‘what the heck?’ Hand gesture and they somehow back out of the kitchen and continue in the living room up at the window, again giving a good view as the curtain does not reach the windowsill at all so a good view is still on offer to all plus more flats/passersby now. Wondering what i might do now when i see one of them in their kitchen again…

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OldTinHat · 28/04/2024 17:57

Also here to suggest a score card!

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IwishIdidntlikesugar · 28/04/2024 17:58

Of course they realise they can be seen. Its a window facing into a block of flats a few metres away, lights on, facing the window. Some people just like to be awkward I think.

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MsAsparagus · 28/04/2024 17:59

I’m laughing at the thought of them trying to back out of view whilst keeping erm, momentum.

LakeTiticaca · 28/04/2024 17:59

Film them and sell the footage to a porn site 😉
How long did he last? (Asking for a friend) 🤣

Creamandtan · 28/04/2024 18:04

Doesn’t everyone do this at least once in their life? Me and DH had sex on the kitchen table in the middle of the night in an apartment block and I imagine someone may or may not have seen from the opposite apartment….its just a one off being caught in the moment and forgetting the world around you.

Crunchymum · 28/04/2024 18:32

Why is the onus on the OP and not on the exhibitionist couple?

I'm with you OP, it's totally unnecessary and given the fact thay carried on where they can be seen is not on. It's not a mistake, it's exhibitionism.

If this was a once off then there isn't much you can do, but any further incidents and I'd be trying to work out where they live and shoving a note through the door.

MumblesParty · 28/04/2024 19:41

IwishIdidntlikesugar · 28/04/2024 17:53

Wow there are a lot of cool people on here!

They’re not cool, they just like to disagree. If you’d posted that you were having visible sex in your kitchen and the neighbours had complained, those same posters would probably tell you to get blinds and stop being such a nuisance to your neighbours.

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IwishIdidntlikesugar · 28/04/2024 19:47

And if i had posted that a lone man was enjoying himself at the window im sure the responses would have been different too!

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CharlotteBog · 28/04/2024 19:53

WhatFlavourIsIt · 28/04/2024 17:56

I would imagine that at 10pm, most kids are in bed with their curtains closed. What kind of answers are you looking for? If not the obvious, close your curtains.

They really aren't - if by kids you mean under 18s.

OP, this is akin to the 'what to wear in the gym' thread - basically anyone can do what they like and it's up to bystanders to adjust their behaviour and thoughts. Your neighbours are just having sex up against the window living their life, even though they know people can see them, so it's up to you to deal with it. Apparently.

Sweetcheesecake · 28/04/2024 19:57

My neighbours used to do it in the garden very loudly.
It’s technically indecent exposure. Not sure there’s anything you can do about it though.

timetochangethering · 28/04/2024 20:06

UnicornMamma · 28/04/2024 17:46

Either close the curtains or ignore it.

Clearly just in their own home and living in the moment.

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Oh, they know. 100% deliberate.

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 28/04/2024 20:11

Buy a dishwasher

FlyingWithBabyLongHaul · 28/04/2024 20:15

Do you live in the same building or are they in a different set of flats to you?
If same building, could you email the managing agents who have responsibility for the whole building and let them know about the anti social behaviour?
They could then send a letter to all residents reminding them to be considerate neighbours.

QueSyrahSyrah · 28/04/2024 20:39

If the couple did it deliberately for the thrill of being watched then a note through the door or an email from the management company is unlikely to make a difference if they decide to do it again. Regardless of who is right or has the moral high ground, the most drama-free way to solve this for the OP is for her simply not to watch if they do it again. There's no 'being cool' about it.

KeyboardWhinger · 28/04/2024 20:42

Do you think it’s a kink for them? Maybe start them an only fans…

RedRobyn2021 · 28/04/2024 20:45

You could call the police and let them deal with it. People saying don't look, it's right in front of the OP she's just minding her own business. It's just gross really.

DrJoanAllenby · 28/04/2024 20:45

A sign in your window.

The blonde shagging at no 23, try harder, he enjoys it more with the brunette when you're out of the house!

Iwasafool · 28/04/2024 20:48

I don't think it is that unusual although I've never seen it myself. Used to work in a police station and we had complaints about it more than once.

Iloveyoubut · 28/04/2024 20:51

Id just stick a note through the door saying if they attempt to put on an exhibitionist performance like that again you’ll be phoning the police. Why should you shut your blind! Pair of saddos.

Maximumbo · 28/04/2024 20:59

FoxtrotOscarFoxtrotOscar · 28/04/2024 20:11

Buy a dishwasher

👏👏👏👏👏👏

3beesinmybonnet · 28/04/2024 22:17

AFAIK this is outraging public decency which is a crime. Surely having sex in a public place is a totally different matter to having sex in conditions where you're clearly hoping you'll be seen, and there's a chance those onlookers could be children.

It's not cool, it's illegal, even if it is in your own home. If it happens again perhaps a visit from the police to have a word might cool their passion a little.

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IwishIdidntlikesugar · 28/04/2024 23:37

Im glad to see the sensible people have finally joined. It’s the same management for us so I will definitely contact them if it happens again. I wont be closing my blinds or ‘not looking’ if it happens again. I was gobsmacked to see it in the first place and even more surprised when they just carried on. I did actually write a large warning note and left it up till late morning (other neighbours are probably wondering what happened!) It isnt something anyone needs to see and it’s perfectly possible that a child/teen could have seen. I think im only able to be calm about it because of the ridiculous attempts to half duck down, back out then face pressed up against the living room window as he hammered away made it just silly.

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78Summer · 28/04/2024 23:40

This reminds me of when my brother saw the neighbours at it on their balcony. They didn’t do it again so he chalked it up to a one off.

Diamond007D · 28/04/2024 23:42

SoupDragon · 28/04/2024 17:04

Wondering what i might do now when i see one of them in their kitchen again…

Stop watching?

😂

PoochiesPinkEars · 28/04/2024 23:44

I used to have a neighbour who did this and he hoped to be seen. 🤢
If you were in the garden you'd sometimes see it going on and he'd be looking out of the window to spot an audience and smirk and increase his <erm> 'sex god' body language. 🤮
Any attention just fed the performance so I'd just disappear asap. What a shit he was.