Laughing at what the neighbours said

[Listentogold]

In the last few weeks we have had a new driveway and garage doors.
(All needed as in bad condition)

It was DHs birthday a big one.
Our grandchildren (or their parents)designed a very large plaque for the top of the garage doors.
It's of DHs favourite football team. Plus stick figures and their names.
We love it. And it fits in the space.
We have a long drive and to see this sign you need to come by the gates which are at least 5m from the footpath and another 6m to the doors.

Next door neighbours have told us that even though we have spent a lot of money on the new things this plaque lowers the tone of what we want to achieve.

Don't know what we wanted to achieve just a driveway that wasn't full of wobbly flagstones and doors that will not fall off when opened.

Pity we couldn't get an even bigger sign.

Sounds tacky and hideous. Wonder why you won't show us a picture?!

You don’t seem to like them, so why do you care what they think?

Some people like football paraphernalia, some don’t. Some like to display crafts made by family, some don’t.

I would say that more people would choose not to have football paraphernalia decorating their house, but just because not everyone likes football - even in the Euros only a few people had flags up etc.

Can you link something similar op?

All sounds a bit bonkers if they can barely see it.

It's your home and none of their business what sort of plaque you have above your garage. Just ignore them.

It's not to my taste but, who cares, your family sound fun!

I would get a flag on a flag pole next, one of my friends did this to annoy his neighbours. It was a pirate flag.

You enjoy your massive plaque and sod the snobby neighbours! Things made with love are priceless and wonderful even if they are ridiculous.

If they say anything else then just give a sigh and say that you looked at their garden and decided if you can't beat them you might as well join them.

Your NDN is a miserable old f@rt.

Don't waste your energy on them, their opinion is crass and baseless.

They lack the ability to see the good in others, so just don't let it bother you.

They’re entitled to their opinion, but they shouldn’t voice it. I think my neighbour’s new car is ugly but I shan’t tell him so.

A giant personalised football plaque atop the garage sounds gruesome to me, (and if someone lost their mind gave it to me, I’d tactfully break it after an appropriate period), but your house, your taste. I assume your neighbours think that it wrecks the general look of the new drive and garage door, that it’s like having a garden designer plan and plant you a beautiful garden, and then sticking mooning gnomes among the alliums, but not their call.

Did you ask them, incidentally, or did they show up on your doorstep to complain?

Can your grandchildren design one for the neighbours abode and you could give it to them for Christmas and comment that you never see it up and your grandchildren will be deeply offended if they don't get to see it up on their wall when they come to visit...might that be something you could arrange perhaps???

This.

Is it a big version of this?

This.

Just no.. 😂😂

@DoreenonTill8 it's not exactly like that but similar theme.
The figures are smaller. It has handprints around the figures.
Full names, which is why I won't show a photo, under the figures.

For all of you that are saying it's horrible or in bad taste I just hope your children or grandchildren don't give you a gift that you don't like.
This was given with love and we received it with love.
In actual fact my family could give us the most awful item yet we'd still display it as it would be given with love.

What are the neighbours like in general? I just wonder if they are a bit like a former neighbour of mine who would think he was perfectly entitled to remove anything he felt that lower the tone of the neighbourhood.

It sounds lovely, what a fabulous thing for your grandchildren (and children) to do. If they moan about it again just tell them to stop bogging through your gates and then they don't have to see it.

Personal gifts like that are the best, it sounds bloody marvellous to me.

Hang it in the back garden 😂

When you say you laughed at them do you mean laughed in their faces or behind their backs?

Either is fine, I'm just curious 😁

You like it, it's on your property, you don't need to give a flying fuck whether it's to anyone else's taste or not because it's got bugger all to do with them.
Don't let the unsolicited opinions of random nobodies take the shine off something that you like.

That all sounds lovely.

It's the football colours they will be talking about.

And I do agree with them, but would never have said it. It was absolutely not their place.

But as you say, it was made with love by your grandkids.

Enjoy it and don't let them bother you. They are tactless and rude.

Regardless of personal taste a few things that may have been missed/looked over.

1. Hope DH had a lovely birthday and is thrilled with his present, given with love and thought.
2. Neighbours feel you haven't achieved the desire look you wanted. So no complaint of it being hideous and how much it offends them. Just a low comment about all your new things and treasured gift. Sure, you will continue to be happy in your lives.
3. Not visible from the footpath, have to be on your property to see it. If I have read this correct, it really is a non issue.
4. You laugh at them. Ah well it is humourous. Is their surname Humbug? Your decor doesn't sound my cup of tea, but so what. Life is really hard and if this is how you live your life and enjoy it, have the best life you can. Enjoy your family, sounds lots of genuine love about in it.

Why are PPs so keen to say it isn't their taste before they make any comment positive or negative? It just smacks of judgment and snobbery 🙄

Why do they care?