Girls screaming in the garden - stfu!!!!

[MagicKingdomDizzy]

I'm bloody melting in my house at the moment!

Next doors teenage girl has about 5 friends over (probably to celebrate the end of term), and they are camping in the garden.

They have been shrieking in the garden since about 4pm. Loud, ridiculous and getting worse.

Have been trying to put my children to bed since 7pm. No luck. They can't sleep if the windows are closed, and we can't open the windows as the screaming is fucking ridiculous!

AIBU to give them till 10pm, then go in the garden to tell them to fucking shut up?!

(Disclaimer - this heat may be making me temporarily unreasonable).

Go out and tell them now, their noise is disturbing everyone including small children who can’t get to sleep. Say they are old enough to think of how their actions affect others. It’s hot, people can’t shut the windows to block out noise.

That sounds totally reasonable. I worry about my girls screaming in the garden from 6pm in case the neighbors are trying to get their toddlers to sleep, so give them instructions to wind it down and keep it quiet and stop completely by 6.30pm. I just think he it would've made me feel with young kids.

It's horrible when people are that inconsiderate. Don't feel bad.

Yep, knock next door and tell them to tone it down.

Just go and knock on the door.

I think you can really nicely ask them to keep it down now just because you’ve got kids asleep and you know it’s annoying (🙄) but you have to keep the windows open, and keep being nice every time you have to ask until you need to go round, bang on the door and take it out on her parents.

Tell them now.

Politely but firmly tell them you know this is a 'one off' but you have listened since 4.00 to screaming, but hope the noise will be over by 9.30 as you have been trying to put your child to sleep since before 7.00.

What girlywhirly said,

Why on earth do their grown ups think that it’s ok (I don’t know if that’s what they think, but since it appears to have gone unchecked it seems they DGAF)

If my 2 were doing that I’d be making them come inside and sending friends home until they can respect the impact their actions have on others.

To summarise, YADNBU.

Welcome to my daily life for the next 6 weeks. My neighbours kids are in the garden screaming from
Dawn until dusk joined in every 5 minutes by the parents to tell them off for something. Usually with expletives. Starting to hate summer.

Definitely not being unreasonable to ask them to keep it down if it’s disturbing your kids sleep.

I would give them until 9 and then go and knock. So long as its not an everyday occurrence. Kids of all ages get a bit loud when there are lots of them!

Teenage girls are very loud in groups. Just tell them, they are very inconsiderate at that age but usually will do as asked.

Thanks for the confirmation ianbu!

I hate to be a party pooper but my children are miserable.

Purplejay It's already 9.30!

I've a pal who lives next to someone with 3 kids - out playing in garden loudly with footballs pools etc, nothing too unusual (she always returns the footballs when they come over the fence), - but they have now bought 2 dogs who yap endlessly at every sound!
Really nice family but what the hell - whatever happened to neighbourly consideration! Do people not hear their own noise?

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head there. They don’t hear they’re own noise they must be used to it.

Teenage girls are unbearable in herds.

Mind you, teenage boys aren't much better...

I used to camp in the garden with my friends or brother most summer holidays. No way would we have been allowed to get away with screaming/shouting but they probably don’t realise how loud they are.

Don’t swear but definitely knock or shout something like “right, can the rest of us get some sleep please!!”

hmm its been very hot op I think your garden needs watering with a high pressure hose

Are the girls parent’s there? Why haven’t they intervened before if they are at home?

mumwon

hmm its been very hot op I think your garden needs watering with a high pressure hose

Haha great minds, I actually just said this to my husband!

girlywhirly

They are definitely there. Not sure why they aren't getting involved. I don't actually know this family very well, they only moved in about a month ago, so I don't know what sort of parents they are.

Some people cease to parent their kids once they go into the garden!

I just think all the screamyness is showy-offiness (even to themselves). Teenage girls don't have to "scream" for 5 hours non-stop, its just watching too many crap American girly movies and believing this is how to behave

How about asking them nicely to keep the noise down? I'd give them til 11 pm for a one off. It's one night - they have earnt it. Taking GCSEs is pretty much a year of pressure these days

I love to listen to children play, in fact, we used to live in a flat that right next to a childcare providers garden and I loved it. However, the screaming small girls near my new house are driving me nuts at the moment.