To find my trampolining adult neighbour annoying AF

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

My neighbours are lovely and we get on well but the dad is like a (very loud) big kid and spends his days in the garden with his kids whooping, shouting "weeeeee, whoooopeeee, waaaaaaay, wooooooow" obviously chasing them round the garden or something and being very loud about it (this is all day). I don't actually mind this, it's nice to hear a dad have fun with his kids. In fact I'm quite envious, my ex always barked at the kids to leave him alone to relax whenever he was in the garden with them. I only mention this is just to paint a picture of my neighbour's personality.

Last week they got a trampoline and have put it on the highest point in the garden, meaning when they bounce I can see the tops of the kids' heads. But when Obnoxiously Loud Neighbour (OLN) bounces on it I can see the whole upper half of his body over the fence. The kids have been on it maybe once a day. He's on it about six times a day! I was sunbathing today and then saw OLN out the corner of my eye bouncing (alone) and saying "whooppeeeee" and then he looked my way, waved and said "Hi Glummy, catching something rays are we?".

AIBU to find this quite unneighbourly? I'm happy that he's such a happy chap but for the love of god you're an adult stop playing with kids toys!

Ned Flanders on speed😂 I’m fucking howling!😂
But yes I’d find this very fucking annoying. My mams god daughter has a partner like this he’s always the one on the bouncy castle with the kids getting jumped on. His partner treats him like her child she’s always telling him to calm down and be quiet. It’s very strange!

His partner treats him like her child she’s always telling him to calm down and be quiet. It’s very strange!

Yes OLN's wife is like this! "Calm down Ned, you're getting the kids too excited" I had to unroll my eyes from the back of my head other day when OLN himself kicked a football over the fence and shouted "sorry Glummy, it was the oldest child who just did that - me! HAHAHAHAHAHA" 🤨

"The oldest child".... good grief! That would annoy me too....

YABU. I fail to see how a man using a trampoline can be so irritating, even if he is on it six times a day.

Hm. I wouldn't blame an adult for using "children's" toys, but he should try to avoid looking into other people's gardens as he does so. It's not difficult to understand that most people want and expect privacy in their gardens. What if you'd been sunbathing in the nude, for instance?

It feels like he's seeking attention by speaking to you. Rude of him to intrude in that way.

I'd definitely put up some sort of visual barrier and ignore him. Maybe put in earbuds. Even if you're not listening to something, they give you an excuse to pretend he doesn't exist.

Throw a steak over the fence laced with sleeping tablets. Or some poisoned haribo.

YABU but my annoying over half is annoying like this. Drives me mad but hes a kind guy.

Hehe, that did make me laugh! I go on the trampoline with the kids too as they're always asking me to play a game with them, sometimes I go on it on my own too for exercise but the trampoline isn't near any neighbours. I might feel a tad embarrassed seeing them in their garden mid jump otherwise!

Other half*

I'll be honest I'm an adult woman and not really anywhere near as excitable or childish as most adults can be. I'm quite the misery guts if I'm honest. But if my neighbour had a trampoline that could take an adults weight and he regularly bounced on it I'd probably ask to have a go myself.

@feesh

Throw a steak over the fence laced with sleeping tablets. Or some poisoned haribo.

Can you afford a mature tree, strategically placed to blot the fool out?

Or a catapult.

Look on the bright side. Trampoline injuries are very common. With luck, he'll end up in hospital with a sprain or fracture very soon and then you won't hear or see him for a long time.

That really made me laugh, but yes, it must be annoying.

God, he sounds a bit tedious, as in, I wouldn't fancy an evening down the pub with one of those relentlessly upbeat jokers.
But on a scale of crappy neighbours that wouldn't even register.

christ OP its hardly incessantly barking dogs or gangs is it?!
We have a large house on 3/4 acre-lots of holiday homes around us and owners who are constantly remodelling&renovating homes and gardens-oblivious to the pervasive noise pollution this creates for the permanents here . I find this noise far more offensive than the neighbourly noises from families simply enjoying their gardens together,people have too few outlets to do this with covid remember. You could buy some decent noise cancelling headphones if its really so tiresome.

Noise cancelling headphones of limited help here unless you wear them over your eyes.

Does anyone else have Father or Daughters in their heads when picturing this man?

Hahaha! He sounds nice but annoying. Try to let it wash over you.

sorry Glummy, it was the oldest child who just did that - me! HAHAHAHAHAHA"

I was quite sympathetic up until this point