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Neighbour swearing at my children

131 replies

smilingsweet · 12/11/2017 18:52

Little bit of a back story to this. I moved in just over a year ago and didn't seem to have any problems at all with neighbour next door. Three months ago I had a knock at the door from the police, they searched my home and stated that the said neighbour had made continuous phone calls reporting that my home was some sort of cannabis factory!

No cannabis here I'm afraid. The police officers said that she clearly isn't mentally well and said they would refer her to the mental health unit - I've said nothing and not seen the neighbour up until 3 days ago.

I have two sons, 7 and 8 who play football in our garden, she has kept their balls by her back door which I thought was strange, why not throw them back over?

The children were in the garden and myself in the kitchen. They asked for their balls politely to which she replied "no"! I heard that came out and said erm, hello? Can you please give their footballs back, then she replied no, and if they keep coming here I will be throwing them in the electric box (an area behind both our gardens with large high voltage warning signs) she claims the ball hit her back door and made her jump when she was in her kitchen and fears one of the balls will damage her water feature. I've got very ranty saying they are children and the reason she is keeping them is because the police left here empty handed. She told me I must have gotten 'whiff' of them coming so I removed all the drugs!! Blush anyhow later that evening she threw them back over.

Upon speaking to the person that lived here before she had done the EXACT same thing and she made his life hell as far as I'm aware, continuous calls to the police about a cannabis factory!! Coincident?

I have called the housing on the first instance when the police came around and never heard back from them. I have called again to explain about the children's balls but I fear it will fall on deaf ears again.

Anyhow, yesterday my eldest son was bouncing on the trampoline and came running in to tell me she was sticking her middle finger up at him through her window!!! At which point I just don't know what to do so I told of him to come inside and we went off to our party.

Today one of the balls went back over her garden, whilst the children were in the garden she came straight out shouted at my two sons "piss off you mother fuckers" and yes, threw the ball into the electric box area so it cannot be retrieved! They've ran inside to tell me as I'm making my way through downstairs to go into the garden I hear her screeching at the top of her lungs "evil fucking mother" literally screamed! By the time I've opened the garden door she has gone inside and slammed hers.

What do I do?!!!!

OP posts:
LaurieFairyCake · 12/11/2017 19:20

Stop the balls going over

Tell your kid to face the other direction when bouncing and stop looking at her in her window

TemptressofWaikiki · 12/11/2017 19:21

Your neighbour sounds very unpleasant but does appear to have mental health issues. But you are out of order to let your kids play with balls that repeatedly bounce in her garden. She did return them. But you let them continue winding her up. I would not like to live next door to you either. You sound very inconsiderate! We only got your edited version, perhaps your kids and you were very loud and wound her up to make such rude gestures and swear. Not right but you come across as a hypocrite. What should you do? Stop winding up your neighbour who is obviously not well and teach your kids to be more considerate!

RunningOutOfCharge · 12/11/2017 19:21

Hold on... so, the police were called to previous householder over cannabis claims?

So they know her history and yet still raided your house??Hmm

I don’t think so op

SaucyJack · 12/11/2017 19:21

I should imagine kids winding up the neighbours by kicking footballs over the fence is a fairly common complaint Ecadia.

Anyone OP. Be the change you want to be in the world. Try treating your neighbour and her property with respect (and teach your DC to do the same), and you've probably got a better chance of her doing the same back.

PiffleandWiffle · 12/11/2017 19:22

This isn’t going to be what the OP wanted to hear, is it?

You can guarantee that if she'd opened a thread saying she was fed up of next doors kids & was keeping the balls she'd have been slated for that!!

She made the mistake of posting in Fight Club, sorry, AIBU....

toolonglurking · 12/11/2017 19:23

Stop interacting with her, stop letting your children kick balls onto her garden and leave her alone.

Ecadia · 12/11/2017 19:23

Yes I imagine so. But op describes it exactly the same. Neighbour won't give ball back, neighbour swearing at the children. The op didn't like the replies last time either Confused

Dailystuck71 · 12/11/2017 19:25

Bottom line you need to stop the balls going into the neighbours garden. Once in a while I’d say is just about ok but from what you’ve described it’s constant. You may think they are just playing but your neighbour may find it distressing and annoying

greendale17 · 12/11/2017 19:25

She claims'? You don't believe her?

Why would the OP believe her? She maliciously falsely accused the OP of having a cannabis factory and as a result having her house searched by the police!

I for one would not believe a word she says.

Tiredmumno1 · 12/11/2017 19:25

So the police just turned up, without a search warrant and searched your house Hmm because a neighbour bugged them with false allegations Hmm

zzzzz · 12/11/2017 19:26

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purplecorkheart · 12/11/2017 19:26

You kids are old enough to not to send footballs into her garden. Tell them to face away from her house when bouncing and do not have anything to do with her.

tombstoneteeth · 12/11/2017 19:28

Surely no police officer would speculate publicly on someone's health issues? A serious matter, I would have thought.

RunningOutOfCharge · 12/11/2017 19:28

Hmm tiredmum I thought the same

Police would not just do that ( I’m ex police!)

I doubt the op will be back!

HannahHut · 12/11/2017 19:28

If you look at her from her side:

-Your kids are kicking the balls into her garden constantly.
-They are bouncing on the trampoline and looking over into her garden and into her house.

I'm not condoning her behaviour but if she posted that she was annoyed at these behaviours, people would be telling her to report you.

EleanorXx · 12/11/2017 19:29

Yanbu to be annoyed at her swearing at your dc
Yabu to keep letting your boys kick football's into her garden, put up a net or something.

NinonDeLenclos · 12/11/2017 19:29

You need to stop with the balls and the ranting. Have some sense.

EdmundCleverClogs · 12/11/2017 19:32

Why would the OP believe her?

Ok, maybe it's difficult to believe a woman who has lied or at least has an active imagination. However, the fact there are balls (plural) in this woman's garden speaks for itself. The fact they're flying over into next door means they could very well be hitting doors and other bits of property. Quite frankly, if something does get broken, despite the alleged mental health condition, the op would be liable for repairs or similar compensation.

ThisBigSky · 12/11/2017 19:34

Clearly the fact that your son's footballs are in her garden, and that there are multiple balls there, means they've kicked them over more than once.

I have complexPTSD - a single ball hitting the back door would scare the shit out of me. This happening multiple times would scare the shit out of me multiple times.

And, it takes a bit of effort to get balls over a fence, even more effort to get them to hit a back door repeatedly. Think you may need to discipline your boys rather than complain about the neighbour.

StressedtoHellandback · 12/11/2017 19:37

I agree with the PP who said that Police would not have discussed one person's health issues with a neighbour. That probably breaches a whole barrow load of laws etc. I do hope that no Police Officer said that I would imagine that would get the officers into serious trouble if it was said

ShimmeringBollox · 12/11/2017 19:37

Oh come on vipers, haven't you picked up on the fact that op's children bounce on a fucking trampoline..... Just think of the noisy creaky springs.
Op, the only way yabu is posting on aibu. You won't get any reasonable advice here.
Not sure where else to go, but I would hide the thread tbh. It will only go downhill from here.

Tiredmumno1 · 12/11/2017 19:38

RunningOutOfCharge I am so glad someone else noticed as well, and given that you are ex-police I'm sure you'd know WinkSmile

MyLearnedFriend · 12/11/2017 19:39

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EdmundCleverClogs · 12/11/2017 19:41

Oh come on vipers, haven't you picked up on the fact that op's children bounce on a fucking trampoline

I hadn't actually. Now it just reads like 'goady MN bingo'. If only the OP had no posting history.... oh wait....

FireCracker2 · 12/11/2017 19:41

stated that the said neighbour had made continuous phone calls that my home was some sort of cannabis factory!

police officers said that she clearly isn't mentally well and said t
hey would refer her to the mental health unit

Really? the police told you this??? Hmm
..and then she mysteriously just disappeared into some mental health unit for 3 months-just like that!

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