AIBU to feel uncomfortable in my own home?

[DertieBertie]

We've just moved house into a little ground floor flat. I was sitting in our living room with my husband watching a film, when I feel I'm being watched. I look outside and the woman who lives in the first floor flat over the road is just staring into our living room! I stared pointedly right back at her so she would know I could see her, and she left the room... to get her partner so they could both stare at us!

I have no idea why they thought this was okay, and I feel really uncomfortable and tbh a bit violated. AIBU to feel this bad about it? Maybe they're just curious?

Put up some blinds. If you leave your windows uncovered people will look in. You either live with that or cover your windows.

Why would you not just close the curtains?!

Maybe you just need to close the curtains when its dark? We used to live by a bus stop and someone once put their face right against our window to have a look inside!!

Make it fun and start doing stuff like pole dancing round the sweeping brush.

Curtains, woman!

cheminotte That sounds awful!

We have blinds, but they are broken- you have to turn down each slat at a time, and it got dark whilst we were watching the film so didn't get up to close them. Can't change the blinds or add curtains over the blinds as we are in a rental property.

When we noticed this my DH got up and shut the blinds, and they stared the whole time, making eye contact as we did it. I just feel really uncomfortable and confused at how brazen they were about it!

Wave madly at them like you know them?
They might get scared off?

Tell them to jog on to fuck.

I think have functioning window coverings is a fairly basic requirement so contact the LL about the blinds and / or a curtain pole.

Put a sign up.

Personally, I'd flash my tits. Give 'em something to stare at!

I would be tempted to act out a drama for them each time bow then draw the curtains like stage curtains. Seriously do a jig bow draw curtains no eye contact!

Can you do the walking downstairs thing?

Maybe they weren't looking into your flat? Maybe it just looked like they were? Maybe they've a small tv infront of their window and we're looking at that or looking at the New couple staring out the window at them

Why won't your landlord let you replace a broken blind?

Put a sign against the window "we're about to indulge in some fuckings, shall we leave the blinds open for you"

That sound strange, but defo sort out working blinds/curtian rail via the LL or just do it yourself.

Out rental flat had those horrible cheap blinds that break really easily. We took them all down (loads of windows!) made good the ceilings where the LL's builders had totally noshed the feeling. Filled and painted. Put up curtial rails and nice curtains. Flat a zillion times nicer.

We'll put back the blinds when we move out if the LL wants, or leave the curtian rods and buy some cheapo ikea curtains and take our nice ones with us.

I'd have obviously snogged DH, taken off my top and closed the curtains, waving as I do it.

You need some of this. Non marking, non permanent, opaque or patterned plastic window covering.

I was trying to find some mime videos to post for you - eg trapped in a box, walking against the wind

but everything I could find on youtube had the mimes giving verbal instructions about the acting techniques Very odd....

Stage a stabbing.

Lots of ketchup and flailing arms.

Then when you see them reach for the phone and dial 999 quickly clear it up so they're arrested for wasting police time.

That opaque window covering is remarkably transparent when the lights are on, LBOCS. I know because the people in the house behind mine have it in their bathroom. I can see the bloke's hairy, spotty arse when he gets out of the shower, and the daughter's enormous bosoms when she's jiggling around in there at night. I've told them about it but they don't give a stuff. Hard to avoid unless I don't look out of the window or go outside during the hours of darkness. I did start an AIBU on it once.

In OP's case I'd tempted to carry on watching TV whilst keeping 2 fingers stuck firmly in the air.

Sorry but WHAT sort of rental property doesn't allow you to put up curtains! If your blinds aren't working then ask for more if they won't allow you to use some others!

I wouldn't ever live somewhere they didn't allow bloody curtains!