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AIBU?

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to think our neighbour is spying on me through a wall?

729 replies

gnocci · 01/07/2012 22:42

We live in a semi but a semi that backs onto another house, so our entire back wall is another house's entire back wall IYSWIM. So upstairs we share a wall on our bedroom, the landing and our bathroom.

The only noise I ever hear from their house is that noise of a pull switch light cord. And the only time I ever hear it is just after I go to the bathroom at night before I go to bed. Whatever the time. I never hear it before or after. Without fail it is just after I leave the bathroom. I go to bed at very random times (DH works away...). it could be 8pm, it could be 1am. Whatever time it is, I always hear that cord go within 20 seconds of me leaving the bathroom...

Uuummmmmm AIBU to think I might be being spied on..??!!! How do I find out for sure?!!

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gnocci · 03/07/2012 22:44

I cant reach the hole, way too high. Will need DH to fill it.

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50ShadesOfSaggy · 03/07/2012 22:50

Your DH really needs to investigate the hole! This could be a police matter!

garlicbutt · 03/07/2012 22:52

I'm sure DH will be delighted to help fill your hole when he gets back [cheesy]

Does anybody else wonder if the neighbour's DIY involves trying to fix a faulty light switch??

Gnocci, thank you SO much for experimenting! I'm enjoying your thread :)
Sorry!

gnocci · 03/07/2012 22:55

Ok I'm going up.................

If I am not back in 20, errrrrrr....

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garlicbutt · 03/07/2012 23:01

EEEK!

starfishmummy · 03/07/2012 23:02

There is a simple solution here. Gnocchi should not use the bathroom but wee in a bucket in her bedroom.....

garlicbutt · 03/07/2012 23:03

... in the dark ...

GlassofRose · 03/07/2012 23:03

Grin starfish

Babylon1 · 03/07/2012 23:06

10 mins gone now Confused

Come on gnocci wee faster let us know you're ok!!

TheSpokenNerd · 03/07/2012 23:09

[Gives BiddysMama a sticker for her amusing comment]

rainydaysarebad · 03/07/2012 23:10

Grin I have tears in my eyes from giggling about making the wee funny!! Poor DS can't get a proper latch! Love this thread.

wannabedomesticgoddess · 03/07/2012 23:13

If someone is looking through a hole their head would block the light....

creativepebble · 03/07/2012 23:15

She's just doing a merry jig now

Beamur · 03/07/2012 23:17

I haven't read the whole thread and chances are there is a perfectly reasonable and rational explanation behind it......but weird stuff does happen. Way back when I was a student, a chums house turned out to have been wired up with hidden cameras in all the girls bedrooms and their landlord/co-house mate had been watching and filming them....it went to court.

MamaMaiasaura · 03/07/2012 23:17

Been 20in

garlicbutt · 03/07/2012 23:18

You need to eat more fibre, Gnocci.

EverybodysDoeEyed · 03/07/2012 23:19

the light of the phone would blow her cover!

TheSpokenNerd · 03/07/2012 23:20

Don't like the thought of a head blocking the light! What if she set off a stink bomb in there and shut the door? That would flush em out surely!

MsOnatopp · 03/07/2012 23:20

OK that is one paranoid MsOnatopp thank you very much.....

Empusa · 03/07/2012 23:21

I love this thread!

recall · 03/07/2012 23:22

its good innit

recall · 03/07/2012 23:23

I'm taking my laptop up to bathroom while i have shower so i can refresh

recall · 03/07/2012 23:23

the post - not me

gnocci · 03/07/2012 23:23

Ok I have just scared myself err shitless?!

The power cord to the shower was OFF... The power cord to the shower is NEVER off. It is the little box where the cord goes in that has the hole next to it. I was staring at the hole when I noticed it was off... Wtf?!!!!!

I am now having braxton hicks from the stress!!!

Um ok I did a wee but didn't flush, waited and waited. Nothing. Have now flushed and am in bed. Not heard pull cord yet.

I'm totally freaked by the shower cord though. I had to give it a real yank to turn it back on and it made a massive click to switch it from off to on.

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Migsy1 · 03/07/2012 23:25

Go to the bathroom in the middle of the day when they are out and see what happens.