in drying my underwear in my back garden?

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The sun finally came out! So I stuck some washing out on the rotary drier to dry, including some plain black Evans M&S knickers (nothing racy!)

Later a note popped through the door (didn't see who left it) and it read:

"Please do not dry underwear in the garden, it's not very nice to have to look at"

I was a bit

To clarify, my garden is has 6ft fences, and to see into it someone would have to be looking out of the top back windows of their house, and then at an angle (hard to explain, but basically it's not in view from other gardens - unless they are climbing the fence - or in view from anyone's lounge/downstairs rooms).

And I try to be discrete! I put pants on the 'inner' rows of the drier so they aren't spinning their crusty gussets around on the outside in full view of anyone who might be looking, and I usually put them sandwiched between other items.

AIBU?

Everyone should hang out everything! Don't these people care about the environment !

oh this is so funny!!! Who'd ever have thought neghbours could be so entertainign.
Love the Purpleknitting mum one with the neighbours thinking they did not wear knickers amazing what people notice...

Ignore them. I hang everything out. If they say anything further just look surprised and ask them if they are not bothered about the environment?

I laughed at beesimo's nightie story too Cheerful.

I'm just amazed at all the weird neighbours I read about here on MN! I almost feel unusual by having nice quiet neighbours

On second thoughts-don't gve them a chance to argue, just mildly say that you hang all your washing out, it is the environmentally friendly way.
(Maybe it was your neighbour's weird sense of humour.)

I knew it'd be the Cradle of Filth one MrsHavisham

What a flaming cheek, that would be like a red rag to a bull for me, that neighbour would so get it.

But she has to establish which neighbour first ...........
I think she should employ some sneaky tactic of getting a sample of handwriting from them all to compare (don't ask me what tactic, signing a sponsorship form or something )
Or run forensic chromatography tests on the ink from the note. But it was probably written in crayon

Hi Blatherskite, you sound like you feel my pain. He's 40 ffs!

my former next door neighbour's wife asked me to stop hanging out some of my "scantier purchases". Apparently it was causing words in their house because her husband was seeing them and suggesting she worse similar

Fortunately we all got on and I told her husband off for perving

I suggest you hang out a selection of belly busters and skimpy thongs on alternate days to see if either give a reaction

wore

Tigerbomb

Salmotrutta - love the idea of the forensic chromatography...

- I'm a wannabe CSI person!

yes from my own line, i was so shocked, strange people strange world!

maybe a knicker nicker, was an odd guy anyway, type who'd talk to you, then say ''see you later mrs boobs brown'', or ''tah miss nipples nickels

of too wash and dry my knickers.... peed at 'menstrual bunting'

Eeeuww Pregola!! - he sounds charming

I have a mental image now..........

i have no shame. our new place is overlooked by loads of houses and the first load of washing on the line was my extensive collection of knee to under the boobs spanx... plus dh's holey boxers

tiger. Love 'scantier purchases'. Did you tell her that actually these were your more modest efforts and the REALLY hardcore stuff was dry-clean only?

Hang out some basques, crotchless knickers and 1/4 cup bras, fishnets too perhaps. Then peg up a small vibrator, some nipple clamps and Thai beads to dry too....just in case they don't get the idea that a) they're being totally unreasonably and b) you don't give a fuck

at Thai beads.

Keep the note to compare hand writing when you get a Christmas card.

I'm going to use an unMumsnetty PMSL at Menstrual Bunting. I do try and put mine on the the sock hanger but B/F will peg them all out in a line, luckily were not too overlooked.

I would rather see washing out than hear a tumble dryer going like my neighbour even in bright sunshine

LadyClariceCannockMonty
the hardcore would be wipe clean rather than dryclean

Think leather, vinyl, pleather, cellophane, rubber,

Your neighbour must be a few slices short of a loaf or Hyacinth Bucket!
And very rude.

I've never given hanging out the families "smalls" a single thought. Some people are just weird!