About dispute with neighbours

[jenniferl1983]

We don't get on well at all with our neighbours. We usually ignore them however today they really annoyed me so my partner went to talk to them. The male in the couple was throwing small amounts of water out of his window onto his parking space, unfortunately he wasn't being that careful and some of the water ran onto our parking space too. Luckily it missed my car. My partner then went into my garage (the neighbours live in a flat above our garage) and the neighbour continued throwing the water out despite the fact he must have known my partner was out there.

My partner then knocked on their door several times. I was watching and I will admit he did knock pretty hard but I think it was understandable that he was angry given he could have got water chucked on him.

The neighbours didn't answer so we left it but am not sure what to do now. My partner wants to knock again but I want to call the police as it might possibly count as an attempted assault. I know that sounds a bit extreme but I've had to call them before when my daughters saw my neighbour looking up at them in their in the bedroom so it indicates a pattern of harassment. WIBU to call the police or should I let my partner knock on their door tomorrow?

WHAT DAMAGE!? He LOOKED at them!! Tell your daughters to cop on!

Chesntoots

Yes I've understood I'm being unreasonable and won't call the police and I'll talk to my partner and tell him not to knock again.

you could secure your bin like any normal human being
I manage to avoid mine denting my own car even in the worst storms, so it's quite achievable.

and buy some net curtains or blinds so your neighbours can't see your kids. Sorted.

And spend less time looking at the neighbours so you won't even know if they throw water onto their parking space.

Just in case any of this really happens obviously.

What damage had been done exactly? Your daughter's were told to not stare at your neighbour from the window, how is that damage exactly?
Please do not raise your daughter's to be as dramatic and annoying as you, it won't help them in life. It IS rude to stare at people through your window's and most who would feel uncomfortable and say something.

bluebeck thats it im calling the police! This has gotten out of hand!

Your daughters are being damaged by your bizarre victim attitude to normal things.

So your neighbour was throwing water out the window and your partner decided to go outside and walk under where they were throwing the water. It is on your partner to avoid the water and not to expect the neighbour to stop doing something they were doing first.

Urgh this is such pile of shit. I’m embarrassed for other denizens of OP’s street, which is clearly under a bridge.

You and your partner have NO reason to disturb your neighbours, what legit grounds do you have to angrily knock on their door? NONE. Your car would survive any water thrown at it, although it evidently was not deliberately thrown at your car, and nor did anything get on your car so I seriously do not understand your concerns. Do you sit around all day looking for things to get upset and offended by?

My partner would have told them to be more careful and not to harass us or be careless around our property again.

My daughters were scared. They knew about the disagreement and thought he was being threatening looking at them. They actually said he was staring. It's not normal to stare at children.

The damage had already been done though.

Why are your children scared of someone looking at them?

How did they harrass you OP?
Drip some more

lonewolf

No - I am calling the police.

Actually I might have to call in the army

Scared by getting looked at?

Did he shout willy, willy, willy! while staring?

They harassed us by demanding money for the damage and by staring at us.

Repeat after me.. YOU WERE NOT BEING HARASSED. Please tone down the self importance, I doubt they care much about you and your family. They were doing as they wish in their property, you decided to get offended and annoyed.

Furthermore, you're now bullshitting because you said that he told YOUR DAUGHTERS not to stare and now you've tried to make it sinister by saying he was staring at your children.

Seriously grow up and don't raise a new generation of drama queen's for the sake of the planet. You and your family are something else.. the arrogance and victim mentality over absolutely nothing is astounding.

The saddest thing is, people like you do exist in this world who get offended over absolutely nothing and make it their job to make others lives miserable. Ugh.

Everything about this is truly beautiful.

Perhaps if you stored your bins properly as most people do, there wouldn't have been an issue where your bin hit their car? I've never in my life heard of someone else's bin causing damage to another person's property. Ever.

How is “some of the water ran onto our parking space” harassment yet your partner hammering on their door isn’t?

You sound utterly unhinged. Police resources are stretched enough without you bothering them about someone accidentally getting a small amount of water on your parking space. 🙄

My daughters were looking into a vanity mirror NOT at him.The mirror is right up against the window. The police spoke to him about it so I don't think I was in the wrong as why would they speak to him if there was no issue?

Why do they live above your garage?

Right, I need to call the police because I feel irrationally annoyed by your thread and clearly have too much time on my hands to comment this much. I think they may be able to log this down as assault, as I do feel fearful over your over-reacting.

I'll send you the crime number, don't worry.

You're lucky that the neighbour didn't open the door and biff your overreacting partner on the nose.