To be cooking up sweet revenge plans for the party that still hasn't finished from last night?

[dramalamma]

I know it's the girl next doors 18th but the shouting and shrieking all night in the garden right under our window and the Drunken Fist fight in the street that has just resulted in dh having to go out and break them up and a police van drive past a few minutes later (they'd all gone by then) was the final straw. So now I'm plotting revenge. I've already said no to the poor postman who couldn't get an answer (there must be more than 20 people in the house!!) and wanted to leave their parcel with me but I need more.
We're selling our house soon (which is why I haven't been able to go out and tell them what I think!!! Don't want to cause a neighbour dispute I have to declare) - I wonder if I could find someone particular vile to sell it to.
To be honest it's not her I'm so cross with but her feckless parents who I'm sure are in the house sleeping with ear plugs in.
I know I pulled a few all nighters in my youth but it's nearly 10am and they're still going!! How!?!?
So who's got some good revenge ideas I can cackle over with my 10th cup of coffee of the morning Cos the kids slept through it all and were still up at 6.

opera
wagners walkurie

do you have small (ish) dc? can you get friends around to plan the school's summer party? what's the weather like? water slide in the garden?

how loud are you hoover or washing machine?

I think it would depend. Are they otherwise good neighbours? Is this the only time this has happened? It sounds horrible, and we’ve had neighbours like this too, but honestly I would just focus on getting out as quickly and easily as possible.

I have lots of very small very noisy kids (who I always keep inside until a civilised hour... won't bother now!) but I think I need to bide my time and do something tomorrow morning when they're suffering (I hope!!) but what can I do that isn't going to disturb everyone else who's already been kept up all night.... we're in a terrace around a courtyard so there must be a lot of grumpy people this morning!

Cook strong smelling food and let it waft over to next door. Some will puke after all the drinking.

Mow the lawn

I suspect sending the smell of the massive fry up I'm currently cooking next door will result in a hoard of hungry teens wanting to share! It does smell goooood.

Your favourite band is Slayer.
And you can only listen to it at full volume with all the door and windows open.

They are usually ok as neighbours but this has happened once a year for the last few years but I'm worried it's going to become more frequent now she's legal to drink. Think I agree with op who said keep my head down and get out.... but I need to dream or I'll end up telling them what I think!

A spot of noisy gardening this afternoon, I think. Hopefully your other neighbours will have had time to recover a bit by then but the party people will be sleeping.

Let the kids loose whilst you mow the grass, maybe have a party yourself tonight.

Hmm - I had a few parties as a teen/young adult at home. We were fairly well behaved I suppose, but our neighbour must have had a lot of patience as we must still have been loud! The only time she ever complained- via her son - was when we had works done and she was unwell but there was nothing we could do about that except apologise profusely. She used to say that she liked hearing young people having fun!!
I think if it’s only once a year then you’re being a bit U. Every weekend would be a different matter.

Rhythmic ball bouncing will drive them nuts. Especially the sound those plastic footballs make against concrete. I speak from experience

But really.. is this a one off or do they have form? If it's a one off I'd be inclined to live and let live.

Lots of hoovering as soon as they go quiet...maybe while you have a sing along to Tina Turner?

Hedge trimming and lawn mower!

Shrieking kids with ball games against the wall, trampoline

The shrieking kids with anything really

Brass band practice?

Trouble is anything will also upset the other neighbours on top of their upset over last night.
You have you get devious and think of something special just for them. surreptitiously emptying a pot of flies through the letterbox. You can get these from the petshop, food for reptiles

Maybe this light-hearted and you are not actually going to do any of this (and apologies if so) but I think it's awful you wouldn't take the package & are actively looking for ways to get back at them 😳

(Say it to the neighbours if you are genuinely unhappy, or else, let it go)

It was probably an end of A levels party.

A glitter bomb in a package for the birthday girl.

I would describe my attitude as tongue in cheek rather than lighthearted (Cos nothing feels lighthearted this morning!!) I won't be doing anything unless someone has an idea I can 100% get away with and they won't know it's me but it's helping my rage this morning to think about it.... having said that.... flies you say? 🤔😁

One of my old neighbours child played the trombone (badly) and was learning to juggle with wooden (bowling) pins. That on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 7am almost drove me to murder.

Another old house, neighbours 12 and 13 year old daughters were on the county hockey team, wooden ball, wooden sticks and paved back garden led to interning screaming and quiet sobbing!!

Internal not interning.

You need a jet wash.

It's once a year you say? Hardly worth getting in a lather about then, especially if you're moving in the near future.

Getting revenge for an 18th birthday party that’s a bit wild does seem extreme, especially as your children slept through it

Try not to be petty and make noise in revenge, you'll just piss the rest of you neighbours off