Neighbour and my washing

[insan1tyscartching]

Don't have much to do with neighbour generally, say hello if we meet and pop a Christmas card through her door so it was strange for her to shout to me over the back garden fence when I was pegging out the second line of washing today.
She says that my constantly having washing out spoils the enjoyment of her garden as there is constant movement and noise from flapping clothes and so she wanted to know if I could have a day or two every week where I didn't peg out.
I was gobsmacked tbh and trying not to laugh but explained that with seven in the family there is a lot of washing and drying to be done and I like to take advantage of the drying days so planning days not to peg out wasn't really possible but come October I rarely peg out anyway as garden is mostly shade then so not much longer for her to be bothered now anyway. But of course come October she won't want to sit in the garden then anyway.
So AIBU to peg lines of washing out when neighbour wants to sit in her garden? For clarity there are no small children here so no noise in the garden otherwise and other than cutting the grass and me pegging out our garden isn't used so it's not that we do anything that might disturb her if she's in the garden anyway.

[SatsukiKusakabe]

That's bizarre.

Tell her to stop shouting rude instructions at you over the fence as it's stopping you enjoying the mellifluous sound of your pants drying in the breeze.

[GingerbreadCake]

Ignore and retreat she is crazy.

[pictish]

Satsuki

OP obviously ynbu. Just laugh at her next time. If she gets persistent tell her to stop being silly and that you will continue to hang washing as you please.

[Headofthehive55]

My washing was so quiet last night I forgot it and left it out all night!

[KurriKurri]

Tell her that her being in her garden is spoiling your enjoyment of hanging out your washing and could she limit her garden time to one evening once a fortnight.

[SapphireStrange]

Unless perhaps every other item has a set of wind chimes attached to it.

I quite fancy doing this, now you mention it...

[123rd]

Tell her to face the other way if your washing so is distracting. What an odd thing to say

[insan1tyscartching]

Her garden is lower than mine and the fence is four foot on my side but would be five foot on hers as it's on a wall. You can see my washing easily above the fence. To be fair it is a really quiet spot as it's a cul de sac on the front and back with no real traffic.
I'm putting it down to her having a moany day, definitely won't be cutting down the pegging out but won't be antagonising her either

[OnceThereWasThisGirlWho]

Haha! I was pissed off with my neighbours constantly hanging washing out as we share a small garden and it was blocking the (limited) light for my growing veggies. Although the main reason it annoyed me was that the laundry would be dry quickly but they'd leave it out for days and it would likely get rained on and then be left out even longer. (I'd have taken it in myself but they were always in ).

I didn't say anything because I knew it was a bit lot batshit!

I used to have a beautiful Indian skirt with little bells sewn all over it... shame I got rid of it, could have sent it to you to peg out.

[diddl]

If it bothers her that much she can put a higher fence up then!

[pictish]

Kurri that would have been an amazing comeback.

"I'm glad you brought this up because I was just thinking how you being your garden spoils the enjoyment I get from hanging out my washing. If you could not go in your garden on Monday and Wednesday, that would be great."

[Topseyt]

She is batshit. She must have way too much time on her hands and be actually looking for something to complain about.

Sew bells into the hems of some of your stuff.

[DragonNoodleCake]

that is seriously batshit crazy lol

[QuizteamBleakley]

You and the family need to take up jousting AND Morris Dancing. As everyone knows, medieval knights were all about hanging out their armour to air.

[Prontomonto]

My ndn spoils my enjoyment of my garden because she uses one of those highly scented fabric conditioners & I can smell it even when I'm in my kitchen
AIBU to ask her to change to something that is more in keeping with an English Country Garden?

[Happyinthehazeofadrunkenhour]

How funny ! I also love seeing washing having a good blow out! As they say, Keep calm and carry on...(I would think of maybe blasting some music out too and really give her something to moan about)

[Cary2012]

Well if that's all your daft neighbour can find fault with, she must lead a very charmed life.

[FasterThanASnakeAndAMongoose]

Your neighbour is on glue.

[CigarsofthePharoahs]

Unless the clothes you're hanging out are that lovely 1980's artificial fibre stuff that generates so much static it would cause little lightning strikes or you're actually hanging up sheets of metal then I think your neighbour is one pillowcase short of a tasteful bedding set.

[Craigie]

YANBU. Your neighbour is a lunatic.

[Daisygarden]

Another village not far from where I live actually have village rules about not hanging washing out as it lowers the tone. (v posh village). (not my village!)

[sassolino]

Hang the bells on your washing. She is a crazy bat.

[Lunchboxlewiswillyoumarryme]

Wash every towel ,sheet ,Item of clothing you can get yr hands .and peg it out gleefully

[e1y1]

Tell her that from now on, you will tumble dry every stitch of washing you have and you trust that you can pop your electricity bill through her door and she won't mind settling it.

[GoldPlatedBacon]

She's crazy.

I'll just add my anecdote. I use to live in a flat with another block of flats opposite. We shared a communal garden. There were concrete washing line posts in the garden, enough for two flats to share a line.

I moved in in December. The first sunny day I hung my washing out to dry. By about May I thought it was a little odd that no one else was hanging any out. Eventually around June time I was hanging my washing when a lady came down and hung hers up. She started pretty much gushing about how 'Keith' had told her she wasn't allowed to hang hers out when she moved in as it ruined everyone's his view. It turned out he'd basically intimidated every new comer into not using the line or the garden for anything else. He had lived in his flat for 20 odd years and thought he was in charge.

I however had had a run in with him twice in the first week of moving in. One occasion was due to me securing my bike at the back of my flat which was opposite (albeit quite far) from his living room window. I nicely told him it was tough (there were no restrictions of doing this) so I assume he never tried to dissuade me realising it was pointless. I've moved now but I sometimes wonder what the line situation is now!