Music in the Garden

[Gruffalomom]

We live in on a relatively modern estate so we all have small gardens backing on to each other.

My DH likes to play music from a speaker when using our garden.

He doesn't have it booming but enough that it is definately audible to the neighbours.

It really bugs me as I feel like we are forcing our music taste on everyone and spoiling their enjoyment of our gardens.

We have several neighbours who play music in the garden and I find it annoying (but not enough that I would ever raise it with them!)

Aibu to think he's not being as considerate as he could be?

"It really bugs me as I feel like we are forcing our music taste on everyone and spoiling their enjoyment of our gardens."
You are. I hate my neighbours for this reason.

Ask him why he thinks your neighbours want to hear music.

Plenty of people on this thread think playing music loud enough to inflict your musical choices on others is inconsiderate.
YANBU
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3879876-To-be-annoyed-about-my-neighbours-complaining

DH sounds like a selfish, noisy neighbour.

Also hate my neighbours music-I want to listen to the birds.

I missed that threat I'mbored thanks. That'll give me something to show him!

He does normally give into my moaning at him and turn it off but he thinks I'm being daft and that no one is bothered...

Recently moved, detached houses on estate, lovely big garden.
NDN insists on blasting rave music from a speaker perched on top of a table right in the middle of her lawn.
I'm all for having a bit of music on but this is driving me crazy. No need at all for the volume, and she sits reading the paper right next to it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your husband is a selfish inconsiderate bastard

Everyone is bothered.

Toomanyplants I can't understand anyone who wants music on when they are reading anything?! Surely it's impossible to concentrate on two things at once! That sounds really annoying :(

If my neighbour played music I’d pop round and beat him to death with my walking stick.

A caravan I frequent had new neighbours who thought we’d all like to listen to their music. My singing soon dissuaded them.

why can’t they use headphones...

@Gruffalomom literally booming right next to her and she just leafs through the pages.
Maybe she's deaf? God knows how she does it, it's driving me insane, combined with her constant shouting at her dog.
We've only been here a month!

Tell him to order himself headphones. Bluetooth ones if he wants to move around without a cord.

Its unfair and inconsiderate to your neighbours.

He uses headphone madambatty if he is on his own, but he will have them off if he is out with the kids.

I do sometimes wonder if the music is better than my screeching children though!

Obviously If he is out with me he has nothing as I moan at him!

Today three of our neighbours had music playing in the garden. None of them had it booming, but I could hear three different songs at once. It was awful! You are right, your DH is being an inconsiderate arse.

I think in small gardens this is anti social behaviour. Why can’t he use head phones. As long as he can hear it, that’s all that matters right?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3871813-If-you-re-playing-music-in-your-garden-during-lockdown-that-s-loud-enough-to-be-heard-outside-your-garden-you-re-an-antisocial-idiot

Everyone hates you

This is why I love our cup de sac. Soft conversation children playing normally birdsong. Thank god we moved to decent neighbourhood

I wouldn't mind my neighbour during the day if it was a low volume, mainly just because they have to put up with DS asking what's that mum about a million times a day when we are in the garden. Can he get a set of Bluetooth or wireless headphones though.

Cul de sac!

I think doing it occasionally (say once a week for a few hours) is ok. Doing it EVERY DAY (or all day every weekend) is bad.

What a dreadful, and neighbours would no doubt say, stupid husband you have.

YANBU I find it incredibly selfish, annoying and rude.