Oh God told off the neigbours

[mikado1]

Lovely neighbourhood kids came calling the other night at bedtime and i told them , very nicely, that older dc wasnt coming out and would they mind not calling after he'd come in because toddler dc goes to bed early? Yes of course, all smiles, thanks very much.

Then earlier as youngest was settling down despite not liking his pyjamas, i heard them laughing outside, followed by a bang on the door and repeated doorbell. They were gone when I looked out but I popped out to check the car was locked and saw th

I know you didn’t get to finish this but YANBU, I know exactly what you mean. Did you mean to put lovely as “lovely” though? That’s the scenario IME.

Pressed too soon OP?

Slightly worried the lovely kids have got op

What's wrong with the pyjamas?

The lovely kids were swallowed up by a sinkhole???? 😂

I think op might have been too, Longdistance!

Omg what have the lovely kids done to OP, I think she must have seen too much when she was checking the car was locked and had to be got rid of!

Oh God sorry

Pressed create too soon and then took a call!!

Anyway I spoke tp them v calmly and said id askrd them not to call, that they'd banged on the door and rung bell. I was annoyed obviously. They looked a bit shame faced and I came in.

Front window open and I could hear one of their dad's absolutely roaring and a dc crying, almost in convulsions. I wish now I'd been more nicey nice but I was wrecked and in need of bedtime!

P.S. pyjamas was not nice according to 2yo, though he picked it 20mins earlier!

I thought this was going to be about a miraculous heavenly thunderbolt punishing the youthful transgressors.

What time was all this? How old are your DC?

Neighbourhood kids can be a joy but also a pita, especially when no amount of ‘little Johnny isn’t coming out to play tonight’ just doesn’t sink in. Five minutes later ‘knock, knock, tap, tappety, tap...

Used to drive me insane but one of the worse ones has since moved on and peace is again restored.

I feel your pain op.

Was the dad bollocking his dc for disturbing you? I hope so! It is well out of order.

I wasn't being sarcastic, they'd overall lovely kids.

They weren't calling, they were just banging and run followed by laughter and then they ran away, hence annoyance. I would have spoken to an adult that had annoyed me similarly i.e. I didn't lose it/wasn't shouty but God the dad's reaction was totally OTT and I'm dreading seeing him now.

To be honest if I found out one of my kids had been banging on neighbours doors & running off I would tear a strip off them too

Oh god OP, yanbu - but I remember my mum having to go round to the neighbours about something their son had done - and the father was so aggressive (to the son) she wished she hadn't. Called him out the doorstep, was yelling 'what you been doing eh' and pulling him around by his Tshirt. She said it was awful.

The father dealing with it disproportionately was in the wrong, not you.

To be honest if I found out one of my kids had been banging on neighbours doors & running off I would tear a strip off them too

This. You were too nice OP

The dad may have overreacted because he was angry that you, his neighbour, has been disturbed.

Id also have see tolerance to it but this was out of the norm. .i think he knew I'd asked them not to

I opened this expecting a report of a thunderbolt from heaven.

How did the dad know? I'm not following.

Im not sure..either was at his door and heard me or child said it - possible as same child admitTed to Ted previous miss red unprompted. Perhaps thinks im a telltale- im not.

Was that some sort of secret code we're all supposed to crack?

I blame Ted.