Think it's weird that my neighbours EAT their dinner in the street?

[Esoresila]

I live in a usually quiet cul-de-sac (now I say usually, we do have 2 persistent drug users who are middle-aged women and an old couple who seem to think it's 'normal' to have their ds, dil and GS round to their bungalow 7 days a week from 7.30am till about 9pm).
Now the aformentioned old couple have a tendency to think they 'own' the cul-de-sac they sit out side in all weather's watching their GS (who isn't a nice little boy- he swears and punches other kids) ride around on various powered cars from about 10am till about 8pm weekends and school holidays and then from school finishing time till 8pm during the week.

This isn't just the odd hour here and there it's ALL the stated times!
Now the better weather is here the whole family sit in the road on deck chairs with a parasol up and a kiddie bench for the GS. They have now started encouraging other children (some of their own family's children some that are strategically dumped on them by the lazy mother who would rather be out on her own than watching her 2 kuds and others on the estate) to congregate in our 'quiet' cul-de-sac, (please bear in mind that there are about 12 houses in this area with about 2 cars for each house).
So today it's been a lovely sunny day I went outside to put washing out only to be met with the familiar smell of cannabis from drug addict no1 them to top it off we went out to take our 3 kids to the park only to be met with the old couple their DS, DIL And GS EATING their full Sunday roast on their laps on deck chairs strewn all over the road!
I am definitely no snob but come on surely this is a no-no? Or am I just as my husband puts it 'getting myself worked up over nothing'?

Definitely get a whole gathering of niace people round to yours for " spill over the cul de sac" party. Lots of loud braying types if possible.
Can't beat them..give them a taste of their own medicine.

I'd find it weird, even if they were dead posh and eating a roast swan stuffed inside a peacock. do it in your fecking back yard.

I'd be more concerned about the drug- addict!l being around my kids!

Some of the stuff doesn't sound too bad but the smell of canabis would possibly piss me off and obviously the aggressive behaviour. As for the deckchairs and roast dinner, nah, nothing too much wrong with that.

Hopefully it will start raining again soon and sort itself out...

OP, we need a diagram.

Ah dear OP you made the mistake of hinting that there's a class issue. So while actually 99% of people would hate any type of anti-social behaviour disrupting their lives on a daily basis and would call 101 right away for even smaller issues (let alone some loud family taking over their street and threatening everyone), on here they'll rush to tell you off.

Doesn't sound fun at all to me, and would make selling the place a nightmare. (But then you could just tell prospective buyers that they were being awfully judgmental and boring).

Are they nice? Not aggressive? Just smile and wave. I'd be more worried about an accident!

From your updates they do sound really unpleasant and intimidating. The dinner thing seems like a small part of the problem.

OMG!
YANBU

I agree, we need a diagram.

Ha ha, we need photo evidence OP.

do the druggies supply? the buyers round here used to drive into the garages' forecourt taking 90 degree bends on two wheels. that'd soon put a stop to the dinner in the street malarkey. though would be worse as no-one would be safe crossing the road

Weird isn't it when people here say they'd be perfectly happy with neighbours doing this but maybe couldn't stand a child walking along their brick wall. Oh now I see, they may be different people!

The powered cars from 10am til 8pm, the threats of violence, actual violence against your DD...YANBU at all!! This is without the al fresco Sunday roast. Can you complain about them? Shame the housing association do nothing and seems your elderly neibour tried to reason with them unsuccessfully so that is not an option. You have my sympathy OP!

I see your all fresco roast and raise you topless sunbathing.

Oh yes. 😑😑😑😑

The downside of summer - roll on winter!

They sound like a bunch of animal's to me, Don't they have a back yard or a porch?
I wouldn't like it Either.
I'm with YOU OP.

Why don't you look to move house, how can you put up with that everyday, the dinner bit (though strange and definitely not normal) doesn't compare to the other things you mentioned. Perhaps it's there way of marking the area as their property/they sound like they own the street - crazy as that sounds.

This is why I miss living on a rough council estate.

I'm a non smoker, drinker or drug user myself but weed kills fewer people than fags and in my view should be legal so I wouldn't have a problem with it.

Eating dinner in the road sound quite community minded. The bully would bother me a little but kids need to be exposed to some bad behaviour to know what it is and how it annoys people, over protected child have no vaccine against bullies and are too soft later.

The old couple don't run your life. They may love how they live, leave them alone.

Rain apps are perfect for drowning out late night noise, get used to an app with thunder on it and you can sleep through anything.

Treat your road like a soap opera and nowhere will seem as interesting again. My quiet road bores me silly. Just keep your boundaries and be chatty and vaguely nice to everyone.

My sons used to tell me off for reading a book on the front door step in our extremely quiet cul de sac. Said it looked common. I was in fact chasing the sun, not being nosey or common.

I've had nightmare neighbours in the past. I feel for you. It's the invasion of having to look at/hear them all day everyday without choice that is the worst thing. Their lives being forced upon you. I totally get where you are coming from. My commiserations OP.

Hmmmm... maybe they don't have a dining room table? If not, maybe they'd rather sit in the fresh air than in front of the TV?

Ring 101 and mention the cannabis. If they're smoking dope, who's responsible for the kids? I suspect this is also verging on antisocial behaviour.

I don't think getting punched as a toddler builds character..

I feel for you op. The roast dinner is the funny ( and yes weird) detail in a non funny situation.

Sorry I misread your daughter is 2 years older not 2!

Still not good..