To think neighbour isn’t nit picking for the sake of it?

[EatGrassAndPuke]

Detached houses. “Next door” is actually sideward on to us and we share the driveway. DH our Christmas lights on the outside of our house before Christmas. You can change the “light pattern” from just on all the time to slow twinkling and flashing. DD likes the flashing so we tend to have that one on. Neighbour has not mentioned it all over Christmas.

Last night we had the flashing pattern on. Neighbour has just stopped me on driveway to ask when we’re planning on taking the Christmas lights down as the flashing supposedly causes her bedroom to flash and prevents them getting to sleep. I asked why she’s not mentioned it until now so she said her DH is back at work today so they’ve “put up with it” but now he needs to be able to get to sleep on a night.

We have “history” with these neighbours and do not get on. AIBU to think this is just another excuse for them to start? We wasn’t planning on taking them down until Sunday.

YABVVU, although not as unreasonable as my neighbours. They’ve had their lights up since the beginning of December, set them to flash mode, left them on all day & night and buggered off on holiday for 2 weeks. I was seriously tempted to accidentally-on-purpose snip the wires while pruning my garden but have resisted on the basis that they’ll know it was me when I go round at the beginning of next December and ask them to use a different setting. And they’re Orthodox so don’t even celebrate Christmas until 7th January

Turn off your sodding lights and stop being such an antisocial, selfish twat.

I’ve messaged DH and he said he isn’t faffing with the settings for the sake of a few days

Then don't. Just unplug, as pp have said!