People that stand outside their house.

[fagbutts]

AIBU to ask why the F do people stand outside the front of their house smoking etc when they have a back garden? I live in a terrace and have to walk past everyone else's house to get to my own and every time the sun comes out they are sat outside on the tiny bit of grass they have smoking when they have big back gardens!

There is rubbish and fag ends everywhere and sometimes after a long day I don't feel like having a 10 min conversation to get to my door 😌

To top it of there is a bench outside my window about 6-8 foot away and they sit their all day drinking at weekend, feel like a right moaning old cow!

[Justgivemesomepeace]

I live in a terraced street. When the sun comes out loads of the neighbours on the opposite side to me come out on the front as there backs are in the shade. They have full sun on the front. There is a group of about 4 adults and random children in one garden with a couple of plastic chairs, wendi and her mate a few doors down on sunbeds smoking, old billy on his stool in between them. In fairness billy is there regularly chatting to anyone that passes. Classy round here.

[fagbutts]

I don't think I would mind so much if it wasn't for the rubbish and constant fag smell, just personally don't see why they do it! Id rather sit in the nice sunny back garden on my comfy chair than on the grass 😂 (btw none of them have young children and all have nice gardens!)

[megrichardson]

I hate this but I know it's my problem cos I'm middle class

[MotherOfDragons90]

Must be the sun? Our row of houses have easy facing gardens. Perfect for me cause I love to have a coffee on the patio in the lovely morning sun then be able to sit out in the shade in the hot part of the day but ndn are sun lovers and sit out the back til the sun disappears then they all migrate out the front!

Annoying cause you feel like you have to chat when you walk past but I normally just try to shout a cheery hello and run on in!

[MotherOfDragons90]

East not easy

[ReapersHowler]

My mum sits in her terraced houses front garden and even has a wood burner out there. Her back garden is about 5ft by 12ft though and the front garden is a large enough square to fit benches all round the fire. They often sit out there drinking.

I wouldn't and it makes me cringe but that's my own prejudice.

[AnnieMay100]

Wonder if you live on my road, we are one of the only families who don’t do this. Would rather not be watched by neighbours personally it looks awkward

[NoSauce]

To be sociable maybe? Chat to people passing by and or so they don’t fume out their NDN sat out.

[reindeermania]

I'm working class and live in a working class area of wales. It's perfectly normal here and I take a camping chair out in the sun and sit with a cider in the front garden (really classy we are). As do lots of my neighbors. Chat to anyone passing by and read a book. I like seeing who's about and people watching. If that's nosy, well, no problem, I'm happy to be nosy. Why on earth would it annoy you?

[fagbutts]

@reindeermania I don't think you get it, there is no front garden! no enclosed area to each house! I could understand that...

[ThatssomebadhatHarry]

We had neighbours like this. Whole family in front garden swigging cans, swearing, smoking. Kids in paddling pool, fat mum flashing her dirty bra to passing cars. They would have made the Gallaghers look tame.
The reason they didn’t use the back as it was where the two massive vicious dogs in the back.

[reindeermania]

Fag butts- I do. It's mostly terraced houses with people in a deck chair on the doorstep or the street here too- or even just leaning on a window sill.

I'm saying front garden- I have a 1meter "garden" -concrete stretch but most don't.

It's still okay. It's not hurting you. Well- fag butts and litter are appalling and thankfully whilst we are all nosy and common, we are clean at least