Whistling Neighbour

[HettySunshine]

Obviously not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, however, please allow me to vent!

The close where I lie is a lovely old hodge podge of houses all facing in different directions, our front garden faces the side of our across the road neighbour's back garden and mine & DH's bedroom and dd2's bedroom are at the front the house.

The couple across the road have lived there since they got married about 50 years ago and as they're on the corner seem themselves as the gatekeepers of the close, they talk to everyone who comes into the close and comment on all visitor's roadside parking, state of people's gardens, children, habits etc etc.

None of this bothers me too much, they're not unpleasant and give us veggies from their garden everyone now and again.

But OH MY GOD the man whistles ALL THE TIME when he's outside. Last night it was until passed 10.30pm and he started before 7am this morning. It causes havoc with dd2's bedtime and woke her (and me!) up this morning. It echos round the close and is so loud!

WWYD? We've not been here long but we love our perfectly imperfect house and don't want to upset anyone.

Ooh dear, I'm a whistler, and in horrible repetitive snatches too. Being well MN-trained, it did pass through my mind in the sunny weather last week that I should check with my neighbours it's bound to.

I warble too.

Don't understand why it's supposedly not a woman thing, though. Is this yet another area where I failed to get the memo?

check with my neighbours that it's not annoying them

My neighbour stands outside at ten pm whistling for her cat every night when she has a cat flap

Sounds like there might be quite a few fellow misophonia sufferers here! Ending up with a whistling neighbour was a genuine fear of mine when I was house hunting, whistling is a major trigger for me. I would honestly have to move...or perhaps try the previous patio suggestion!

Whistlers are twats.
They're the same kind of terminally cheery people who say "Cheer up luv, might never 'appen."
Thankfully, like smallpox it's not so common these days.

Whistlers are twats.
They're the same kind of terminally cheery people who say "Cheer up luv, might never 'appen."
Thankfully, like smallpox it's not so common these days.

And some people are miserable fuckers. I like hearing people whistle, I also like cheerful people. Moaners and whingers not so much.

Anti social fucking whistlers not sure MN can get any madder tonight.

You must all be so young.

Whistling summed up the blighty spirit and was part of the pride in being British.

Because it’s usually males doing it, the kind to ignore all social cues and norms and foist their presence on you, the loud, ‘banter’ type, a male who likes to dominate the space. No one I know whistles, it doesn’t show happiness or friendliness, it’s invasive, inescapable and there’s no need for it. Explain the need for it? Explain how it sounds pleasant? (Reminding you of someone from ages ago doesn’t mean it’s peasant or bearable to anyone else). There are far, far too many humans on the planet, be aware of how annoying we all are and try to not inflict your noise on others,

(Op shout ‘shut the fuck up’ out the window repeatedly until he goes to make his noise indoors instead)

BlackcurrantJamontoast I love you.

Female whistler here. It is an unconscious habit. I’m fairly certain that I don’t annoy anyone. In fact, the only comments I have ever had, have been to say what a happy sound it is.

It's so funny how many people on here hate to hear whistling, I had no idea anyone would until I was on MN.

Is it my DH? The amount of times I have to say ‘ stop whistling ‘. Was trying to watch a gritty drama with a friend the other night and he came in whistling from the garden. It completely ruined the scene. Tell him it’s intrusive.

Aw he sounds lovely.

Does he? Really?

I do usually say quite passive aggressively ‘oh fgs someone is whistling, bloody annoying noise!’ When I encounter one, stopped a bloke dead who’d been timelessly whistling for 40 minutes in the airport. It wasn’t a cheerful sound? Just fucking annoying and there is no need for it.

Mother in law makes a sort of warbling humming noise, really high pitched as she potters about and it makes me stabby!

PerkingFaintly I am a female whistler too !
I often whistle unconsciously and only realise Im doing it when someone comments on it. Usually by saying ' someone sounds happy'
Actually its often a case of 'Whistle a happy tune ' when I distract myself from a stressful situation at work.

To hear whistling is quite a rare thing nowadays . Maybe try to accept it as a normal part of living in a close neighbourhood. You will miss it when its gone.

I love whistling! My DH is good at it, though admittedly he doesn’t do it constantly, I probably wouldn’t like it nearly so much if he did.

I wish I could whistle.

You will miss it when its gone.

I can’t imagine for one minute that this will be the case.

Why did I get my comment deleted when the post that I was referring to, which was sexist and offensive, is allowed to stand? Do mumsnet hq not like whistlers?

He's so loud you can hear it loudly enough inside your house to wake your children??

ExH was a whistler, and a singer (not professional, I might add, but lovely all the same). But it soon wore thin when he did it all the bloody time. Drove me mental. Think it was a nervous thing with him. He was also a nail biter.

Whistlers in the workplace - just wrong.

Record it and play it back outside on full volume when he's asleep?
If he gets woken up by his own whistling a few times, he may stop.

I absolutely loathe whistling, it makes me shriek with rage. I had to sit in outpatients once with some twat whistling non stop IN A HOSPITAL!
I put up with it for an hour and then just snapped.
I'm ashamed to say I asked him if we had to listen to that godawful row all afternoon or should I leave now.
There was silence thereafter but a very bad atmosphere. Whistling is a form of torture.