Neighbours and having to listen to them (blush)

[Notcontent]

So, some new neighbours just moved in a couple of weeks ago next door. I am just sitting up in bed and have realised I can hear them having sex. It's just a bit disconcerting hearing "ooh, aah" over and over again. It's a terrace and the walls are thin but I didn't think they were that thin.
Having been on mumsnet for a while now, I think it's quite a common problem, isn't it? Not much I can do is there - I mean even if I did tell them (and I couldn't!!!!) there is probably not much they can do!!
Just glad they are not next to DD's bedroom.

Tell me I am not the only one to have this problem!!!!

[maddening]

When they finish shout "no - don't stop - I'm about to come :)

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

maddening :o

[ThatArtfulPussy]

Our bedroom (head of the bed to be precise) used to share a wall with next door's bathroom (bath to be precise). We used to hear something along the lines of squeak GRUNT squeak oooh squeak Ooooh squeak squeak OOOOOH squeaksqueaksqueak EEEEEEEEEEEE silence.

It was quite a small bath and I imagine they were quite crowded in there, but they seemed to enjoy it despite the friction burns.

[bringbacksideburns]

Play Sex On Fire through the wall afterwards.

Or Maybe Agadoo halfway through.

[MidniteScribbler]

When you see them ask how the renovations are going. When they say 'what renovations?' you reply 'oh I keep hearing lots of banging and grunting and assumed you were putting up new dry wall. ::innocent face::". If they have any shame at all, that should give them enough of a hint.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I could hear my former neighbours have sex. The girl was so loud and the noises so repetitive I assumed she was faking.

[vladthedisorganised]

My former neighbours were quite.. animated, but it was the punctuality that got me - you could set your watch by them.
At 10:35 on the dot the thud-thud-thud-thud-thud would start, and finished with a 'Gaaargh! Hm!" exactly seven minutes later. Every single night.

[MCMLXVII]

Charlie Brooker made a playlist called Aural Contraceptive. It is IMPOSSIBLE to do the wild thing with it on. Features, inter alia, 'Grandma's Hands' by Barbra Streisand, and 'I Love Europe' sung with all seriousness by Christer Sjögren:

open.spotify.com/user/charliebrooker/playlist/2uz17uyzXjsodWYzwsgp5J

and the followup, Aural Contraceptive II:

open.spotify.com/user/charliebrooker/playlist/37kW8lxKdkdSdJLslc0Sfw

I must give the new one a listen!


Al

[TiggerWearsATriteSmile]

I feel your pain!

We had some renovations done to our house and rented a semi d for a few months.
The couple next door used to go out every fortnight. Depending on the level of drunkeness they'd either argue ( and then have make-up sex) or just start as soon as they came home. The hilarious thing was, the guy made this noise every time he came. I used to look forward to that noise!

[ISayHolmes]

This thread is hilarious.

However, if it bothers you, it's time for some white noise: something like this . Download something like it onto your phone or mp3 player, put in some cheap earphones, press play and drift off again to sleep. Good for late night music, arguments and parties. I used to live next to nightmare students and this was the only thing that let me get a good night's sleep when they were being inconsiderate bastards. I found that so long as the rain noise was loud enough to block out most of their music I could sleep or read a book, even if I had the volume turned way up.

[Notgrownupinmyhead]

We used to shout scores out of 10 and applause at our old neighbours.

DH groans loudly in pain when turning over every night so fuck knows what our neighbours think.

But said neighbour lives with his Mother and Sister and everynight I hear a rhythmic tapping......

Play NIN Closer.

[mummymuffintop]

You could try my neighbours' technique. I once got a round of applause when I climaxed..... Don't think I've ever been disturbingly vocal since.

[Jojobells1986]

Surely you've got to play Tom Jones's Sex Bomb. It's well enough known that people will recognise it through a wall!

[Jojobells1986]

Or, if you want to put them off, If You're Happy & You Know It! because everyone else knows how happy they are!

[Jux]

We had truly obnoxious neighbours in our old flat, so I'd exaggerate any noise I was tempted to make to the point where I was shouting. DH thought it was hilarious.