To tell arguing neighbours to SHUT UP??!

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I live on a pretty typical street in a pretty typical / average, suburban, family area.

Several times in the last month I have been woken in the night (we’re talking 1am, 2am) by people talking loudly / arguing on the street outside, seemingly walking up and down the street as they do so.

This appears to be a young adult female, who may from what I have heard have mental health issues of some sort, and an adult female, who is generally quieter and appears to be trying to calm the situation down.

Sometimes (like last night) this goes on for two hours or more.

It’s disrupting my sleep (and no doubt that of other neighbours) and is distressing to hear.

I’ve no idea whether they are new to the neighbourhood as it’s only started up over the last week or so.

Last night I was getting so angry about it that I considered calling the police (not 999) but then I wondered whether I (or DH!!) should be going outside to confront them directly.

Any thoughts?

I had a neighbour who would get drunk and have very loud arguments with his girlfriend every weekend which would wake me up. I called 101 for advice and they sent an officer round to speak to them.

My DS has been known to run out of the house at different times of the night, he can be loud too, railing at the world. I go after him to try and calm him down and get him back inside. I hope we don't disturb people but the alternative is letting him go and do god knows what. We have called NHS Direct (or whatever it's called now) before, but because he's not suicidal they won't do anything.

He is getting help, but it doesn't help when he gets into a state.

If it happens again I will stick my head out and attempt to locate which house exactly. The reason it’s difficult is that they seem to stroll up and down the street. Last night I was woken at 2am, went on for half an hour. I had to close windows (so then uncomfortably hot) and put relaxation app on as could still hear. I woke again at 4 and it was STILL going on and some of the language was quite distressing (help me, you’re going to kill me, etc)

If I can identity the house might knock on door and have a civilised (concerned) chat. They may need help or support from the Local authority. And it’s also making known, in a non threatening way, that it’s just not OK to consistently be waking up multiple households in the middle of the night.

If they are shouting "you're going to kill me" then it wouldn't be unreasonable to just dial 999 and be done with it.

We have this fairly often on our road as there are a lot of care homes/supported housing. We are also on top of the town centre so get drunk people walking past making loads of noise too. We just ignore it usually.

I think we'll move the bedroom to the back of the house shortly but for now we just tend to ignore it as prolonged noise doesn't happen very often.

It's not nice to hear though, the last big melt down involved a man in the street shouting 'he raped me' again & again. Sometimes the care workers don't seem to do much and sometimes they do. I suppose it depends which house they are from & how much support each house provides - and whether they are from one of these houses or not.

Hi all,
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Oh dear, I didn’t mean to cause trouble :-(

Ironic ~ argument in the street leads to argument on line! 😂

Indeed. Here’s hoping for a calmer night tonight!!

If they're yelling help me and you're going to kill me, then why wouldn't you call the police?