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To think that having loud sex in the middle of the day with the patio door wide open isn't appropriate!

94 replies

TwinMummy30 · 08/04/2017 17:32

My neighbours are driving me crazy. She whines like a dying cat! Every single time. Sometimes 2 times a day. Today I was left speechless. Midday, I'm hanging the washing , my 3 kids are playing outside and then I heard her screaming "oh yeah, oh god!" Really??? It's a terraced house, their patio door wide open in fact all their windows were and they didn't even bother to shut them. I don't want to spoil things and speak to them but for god's sake don't be so loud. They are in their mid forties. Don't know what to do. That's it really, just had to get it out.

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KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 08/04/2017 17:33

Just ask them to 'pipe down a bit, please'.

Easy.

CrohnicallyPregnant · 08/04/2017 17:33

I think the correct response is to change your wifi name to 'wecanhearyouhavingsex'

CrohnicallyPregnant · 08/04/2017 17:34

Or clap loudly when they finish.

coconuttella · 08/04/2017 17:35

How do you know it's sex... she might just be getting a bit excited on putting a 'Q' on a triple letter space in Scrabble!

gamerchick · 08/04/2017 17:36

Lucky bugger, twice a day?!

Have a play with them. Loud applause, some 'go on son, get the other side involved. Rip the piss a bit and she might get the hint.

EccentricPickle · 08/04/2017 17:36

Shout something back when she shouts.

Gallavich · 08/04/2017 17:37

That wifi thing is pretty silly, nobody looks at their wifi signal when they are at home!

I would put a note through the door saying you don't let your kids watch porn and you'd rather not have the live soundtrack playing all day.

coconuttella · 08/04/2017 17:37

Perhaps they have a cat.... And it is actually dying. (Cats can sound spookily human sometimes!) They'll mention their cat died in conversation, and you'll feel very guilty.

SpreadYourHappiness · 08/04/2017 17:37

Meh. Her house. She can have sex as loud as she likes.

ijustwannadance · 08/04/2017 17:38

She probably gets off on knowing she has an audience, so I doubt she'd stop.

PastysPrincess · 08/04/2017 17:39

Next time you hear it shout over the fence in a concerned voice "are you alright?" They'll get the hint.

kingscrossnoodle · 08/04/2017 17:42

Meh. Her house. She can have sex as loud as she likes.. What a crock of shite. Would you really be happy with your children hearing someone else's pleasure moans. That is disgusting.

Within the confines of our own properties I think 'my house my rules' applies, but when it's oevrspilling into the garden then we should show a level of consideration for others.

8misskitty8 · 08/04/2017 17:42

Pop a note through her door to let her know she can be heard and suggest she close her windows. Probably also mention young children in the street can also hear her and it's not appropriate.

Or you could always go the council/noise people route. There was a woman a few years ago that got an asbo for sex noises. Maybe she she moved and is now your neighbour. ! Lol

Oysterbabe · 08/04/2017 17:42

Knock on the door when you hear it. Tell them you are concerned about their cat because it sound's like it's dying.

kingscrossnoodle · 08/04/2017 17:43

I would be shouting something along the lines of 'shut the fuck up or shut your windows'

Wishiwasmoiradingle2017 · 08/04/2017 17:43

Maybe you need to select suitable cds for them to shag to??
Play them when you first hear then turn it up for the grand finale. . .

Suggestions could be : I'm sexy and I know it?!
Madonna - like a Virgin?
Possibilities are endless!!

Screwinthetuna · 08/04/2017 17:45

Yuk, I'd write a note and saying something like, 'the whole street can hear you having sex, please keep it down.'

coconuttella · 08/04/2017 17:46

Maybe you need to select suitable cds for them to shag to??

Great idea... my choice would be the Postman Pat theme.

HarryPottersMagicWand · 08/04/2017 17:46

Is this really happening? Does she also have a teenage boy sunbathing naked?

Avioleta · 08/04/2017 17:49

Several possibilities.

  1. They are well aware that they're being noisy and get off on people being able to hear them. In this case, confronting them about it will only spur them on.

  2. They don't know that you can hear them and would be mortified to know that you can. Saying something would probably shame them into having a bit more discretion.

  3. They're not exhibitionists per se but they're selfish and don't care who hears them. In this case, they won't change their behaviour even if you say something.

I couldn't NOT say something though. How rude of them.

TwinMummy30 · 08/04/2017 17:49

They are sort of nice people when you are nice to them. We've been living in our current house for nearly 3 years and I don't know them very well, just hi/hello. I do understand it's their house and they can do whatever they want but the whole street can hear them. It's really uncomfortable.
I did try loud coughing, speaking in a raised voice, singing. Nothing works. Sometimes it's in the middle of the night, their bedroom is next to ours and it wakes us up. It can go for more than an hour sometimes.
No they haven't got a cat, that's definitely her 🤔

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TwinMummy30 · 08/04/2017 17:51

Postman pat theme sounds great! Will try 😜

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grumpygiraffe · 08/04/2017 17:54

Make sure your kids are completely silent when playing outside before you complain about any noise the neighbours make.

topcat2014 · 08/04/2017 17:56

Mid forties - twice a day - on the one hand 'fair play'

on the other stfu.

I remember when I started Uni (and I was a late developer..) not realising initially what the sounds were emanating from another bedroom. Turns out the rest of the floor had nicknamed the girlfriend 'the screamer'.

TwinMummy30 · 08/04/2017 17:57

@avioleta they do sound like no 3. They were doing it when their sons (21&23) were in the house. Maybe it's normal for them.
The house had 2 previous owners before us who bought and sold within 2 years of buying. The neighbours told me they thought the house was cursed because everyone was leaving what I think is that they couldn't take that shit any more. They had small kids as well.

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