Who is BU about annoying noise?

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In true time honoured MN fashion I'm using A and B and not saying which one I am as I don't want to influence it...

Person A has recently added skipping to their already extensive fitness regime. Person B is being slowly driven mad by the sound of A skipping - a really fucking annoying rhythmic thud thud thud on the floor for an hour, with breaks and then different thudding rhythms for different jumping styles. Thudding can be heard anywhere in the house (luckily not in neighbouring houses) and music etc doesn't cover it as it's a fucking vibrating thing that is like the fucking canon gun in Mary Poppins. Sometimes there is the sound of swearing if the rope is being a fucking wanker and tangling. Skipping cannot be done outside. Person A loves skipping and believes B is unreasonable for the following reasons

B has a sewing machine which makes a pleasant soothing low hum. This hum can stop and start as material is moved around and threads changed etc in the productive useful hobby of making useful things. The machine is thoughtfully situated on a cloth on the table which reduces vibration. A vibrating noise can very occasionally be heard when the cat runs under the table and the foot pedal is accidentally pushed all the way down in surprise. This may be followed by quiet swearing but at a lower volume than B and more inventively eg you fuckknuckle which provides pleasant entertainment for others.

B also feels that their labour is more productive as they make attractive garments and face masks (for the benefit of society) whereas the outcome of A's labour is mostly looking in the mirror and asking B if they can see the change in the shape of their such and such muscle. This also takes B's time away from sewing or thinking about sewing. Also one time B caught A measuring their legs with B's tape measure as they believed one calf was bigger than the other.

Which one do people think is being unreasonable here? I hope I've made it clear that I have been completely neutral.

Just in case, if people say B is unreasonable and A is right, I'm only asking for a friend who doesn't have a MN account

If he is thudding, then he's doing it wrong. And WHY can't he do it outside? Do you have a park or garden he could skip - sorry, jump - in?

Skipping inside the house ? Is A mad?

Has he A considered the potential damage to the joists of said house? Since you describe A as 'incredibly tall' he' A is also likely to weigh a fair bit, and that weight landing again and again and again - house floors weren't built with that in mind.

Loving this thread! A is definitely jumping rope skipping wrong if he thuds on landing and will end up crippling himself with shin splints.

Buy him a mini rebounder trampoline and put it in the garage where his redundant jump skipping ropes can be redeployed as washing lines.

DH adores the sound of my sewing machine as his mother was a seamstress and he often fell asleep to its hum as a tiny boy, waking up to find little new trousers or jackets cut down from his DF's castoffs.

Nobody ever fell asleep, lulled by the maddening thud of a grown man jumping rope skipping.

I should probably say A (I can just say DH now really can't I ) weighs barely anything despite being very tall, he is definitely not a heavy weight - in fact he looks very good indeed and the mirror gazing is justified but don't tell him I said that In fact he looks so good I would probably skip myself if I could. Maybe I'm jealous

I feel a bit mad moaning as he is a lovely DH and this is literally the only thing he does that makes me want to kill him irritates me. He just offered to go and get me some new thread as I ran out so now I feel extra guilty He doesn't annoy the neighbours and he lovely 23 hours out of 24 I shall just put my headphones in and leave him to it. It could be worse, he could be a MAMIL and fuck off for hours on end wearing Lycra.

Oooh this is like a thread where everyone goes YABU and OP just ignores everyone and keeps thinking TANBU - but in reverse!

Serious point though - have a skip n sew hour - you'll both be so wrapped up in the sound of your own sewing/ that godawful skipping noise that you won't notice the other!

Top neutrality, OP.

A is entirely completely utterly wholeheartedly in the wrong.

Are you A, you naughty skippy thing you?

Very obviously, you're BOTH being unreasonable.

Doesn't matter what the noise is from or for, it just matters that it's noise that bothers a neighbour.

Why don't you both synchronise timings, so while A skips, B is sewing, and agree a stop time in advance. If you miss your time slot, tough, you'll need to wait until tomorrow.

B could consider using the sewing machine to sew both ends of A's jump rope together

Tell them both to wear headphones or earplugs. Problem solved.

Send him out jogging with his rope where he can stop, skip to his heart's content then run home, leaving you to sew in peace.

Absolutely no one in a flat should be skipping. no ifs and no buts. its impact noise and would be impossible to make quieter with sound insulation. If you are B contact your environmental health dept and make a complaint. start keeping a diary now of when it happens, duration level etc. rhythmical noises are way more annoying ( you add a weighting for them when doing a noise assessment) And before anyone piles in and says "you can make what noise you like before 11pm" that is not what the law says. A noise can be a Statutory nuisance any time of the day or night.

If you want to be kind to your neighbour then why not ask them to come down stairs whilst you skip upstairs and you stay up there whilst they use the sewing machine. so that you can both appreciate each others point of view.

I do love the one serious comment that was properly angry at OP for using A&B in a non-neutral manner, even though FIFTEEN comments before hers all referenced the joke. Sense-of-humor impairment affects 1 of every 6 people in the U.K., can impact relationships at home and work, and can make you look like a tosser who doesn’t read the comments before yours on Mumsnet.

Seriously though why can’t the skipping be done outside?

@ RightYesButNo

Absolutely

And remember, 1 in 4 people is an asshole. So if your neighbours seem ok, then you're the asshole

Sewing the ropes into attractive curtain tie backs or connecting rope ends to children’s gloves and threading though the arms of their coats would solve B’s issue. Plus the smug factor of proving how useful sewing is compared with thumping around, plus it would be a family activity if the cat was involved in the sewing....

Failing that, am assuming the suggestion of tying someone to a chair with the ropes to prevent irritating noise, posturing and the theft of sewing equipment is far too inappropriate for a post on Mumsnet? B is a saint, A is an irritation.

🤣🤣🤣 - literally just read the OP and this is me right now.

I think some people may have misread - the noise doesn't disturb neighbours and we don't live in a flat!

I assumed the I hate the A and B post was a joke, maybe I am wrong and they just think I am a twat

Like the idea of using the ropes to secure DC's gloves but as they are all teenage/adult I don't think they would appreciate it Might work for me though, last year I had to safety pin my scarf to my coat as I kept losing them.

We can't do a synchronised skip n sew (although that sounds like a business opportunity) as DH can't skip all day but I can sew all day

We have a neighbour who skips outside in the garden. When they do, all we can hear is an irritating whap-whap-whap with a higher pitched whistle.
It's particularly irritating as the person lives in a household that had had frequent parties and gatherings during lockdown with crap music and shouting conversations well into the early hours.

Cant skip if you're under the patio

Cant skip if you're under the patio