AIBU to ask the neighbours to open the curtains?

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A youngish couple with no children bought a house on our estate about a year ago. They don't get involved with any of the activities such as the summer bbq and basically seem to isolate themselves from the rest of us, their loss. However my main bug is that they NEVER have the living room curtains open and quite often leave the other ones shut also, today every single one of them are shut and I know they are home.

I've hinted a couple of times that it would be best for them to leave them open, the girl mumbled something about a projector and watching films, but they can't be watching films all the time.

AIBU to just point blank ask them to open the curtains during the day, it really depresses me to look across to their house with all the curtains closed, it doesn't look inviting and it looks odd compared to the rest of the estate, we all manage to open their curtains everyday, so why can't they? My DH thinks I'm BU and should just leave them to it but I think when it effects other people I have a right to say something?

Hey, I wonder if the OP and her neighbour actually live and work in Amsterdam's red light district? That's the only neighbourhood I can think of where "open" curtains and "closed" have any meaning!

I keep mine closed apart from in the morning when I like watching the birds eat.

It also makes dust less noticeable! I am that lazy with dusting!

They open more in the summer until the sun shines through then they are closed again.

I also grew a big hedge so I didn't have to see my neighbour when she was in the garden (semi house)

OP, you would hate me as a neighbour.

I nominate this thread for classics!

Oh this thread is fantastic. I hope the young couple hear of this and put a different pattern of net curtain on each window and some plastic tat in the garden just to piss off the OP.

Years ago I went to stay at my inlaws' house while they were on holiday. We lived in London so were used to no one giving a damn what we did. After 3 days there was a knock on the door and it was the woman opposite who invited me for coffee (we had kids the same age and my bossy MIL has ordered asked her to).

She told me they had not been sure I was ok as I had not drawn the curtains in the master bedroom for 2 days. After that remark I could tell why she got on with the MIL.

You actually remind me of my old neighbour. Very odd.

Oh op so you are on the committee!

I think you're taking the P! No baby could be serious about this...could they?

I'm going to pop round theirs with a pampas grass in a pot and some gnomes.
And the government instruction leaflet about Curtain Management.

OP just in case you weren't aware, you are stark raving bonkers. It is absolutely none of your business if your neighbours do or don't draw their curtains. Get a bloody life.

Good grief...

LOL @ nice family estate. OP you are a great big annoying and pretentious chav wannabe whose only aim in life is to see and judge what your neighbours are doing. I bet those poor people actually hate you with a fiery passion. God knows I would keep them closed just so I didn't have to look at your pinched up judgey face.

I will admit, they keep the garden ok-ish Well how magnanimous of you to allow them that.

not common exactly... but maybe more suited to an apartment then a nice family estate

Oh look, just sod off.

You've have loved it where I used to live OP. People couldn't afford curtains so used bed sheets :)

Once odd ex neighbour was caught peering through my front window curtains open because I had not answered the door and baby was crying. I was doing a poo.

I should have started making a steak and kidney pie about 45 minutes ago, but this is so funny I can't leave it!

There is apparently a place called Underbridge in West Gamorgan. Do you live there, OP?

One of Neighbours puts a BNP sticker in their window. I do catsbummouth but you just have to stiff up lip it and worry about your other 1st world problems (and hope they step in dog shit and tread in into their carpet).

Pahahaha. Of course yabSOu. I'd want to isolate myself if I lived near you too by the sounds of it

Dear God, I hear the sound of howling at the moon.

Really, op, mind your own business and worry about things that are worth worrying about.

The poor sods probably hate having to live on an estate with nosy neighbours. Maybe they lived somewhere nice before and they need to shut it out.

not common exactly... but maybe more suited to an apartment then a nice family estate

Hahahahahhaaha

Oh so because they dare to be young, childless and, shock horror, not open their curtains they should be shipped off to apartments?

ODFO

Think you mean naice family estate.....

Ha Ha, we don't always open our curtains. its our house and nobodies business only ours.

I wouldn't come to your estate bbq tbh and somehow don't think it would be my loss.

I'm glad of this thread its reminded me why we chose not to live on an estate.

I never open my upstairs curtains in winter. Keeps the rooms a bit warmer. I've been known to close the downstairs ones as well when it's really cold.

Glad I'm not your neighbour though.

not common exactly... but maybe more suited to an apartment then a nice family estate.

Oooh, miaow, sounds like your jealous that they are able to afford a nice house in a nice estate at a much younger age than you? Probably have a better job then you, better car? Lol

Perhaps you should start a petition with the rest of your neighbours? I'd love to hear what they think.