I think our neighbours heard us...

[Jumpingjosephene21]

NC for this as I'm mortified.

Would never normally happen. We don't do it often and when we do we are discreet! But last night dp and I had a few drinks and had some rather loud and ahem, vigorous adult time

Walls are thin, semi detached house and about half way through we heard a very loud intentional cough from next door. Obviously realised if we could hear them then they could hear us. Stopped quite soon after.

It was late and we were being inconsiderate. I wasn't thinking and I was definitely making a lot of noise Now I'm totally embarrassed. Obviously I would never bring it up so do I just front it out when I next see them or hide indoors forever??? Please tell me it's no big deal!!!!

Front it - pretend like nothing ever happened.

What the hey - surely it's better listening to people being 'happy' rather than arguing?

You have to remain in your house forever more Op. the shame of leaving will just be too great

Now that you know they can hear, I'm sure you will be more considerate going forward. Nothing much you can do.

Front it out.

Will definitely be more considerate in future. And will stop thinking I'm some sort of adult movie star just because I've had a few glasses of wine

You have to remain in your house forever more Op. the shame of leaving will just be too great grin

No no, she's going to have to move. Put the house up on the market and scarper op.

Hide indoors forever.

Say VERY LOUDLY "thank god Marjorie and Brian have gone this morning - the noise they were making last night!".

@notanotherlasagne that would be genius if we weren't in lockdown

Loving the fact you stopped “very soon after” and not immediately 😂

Front it out, but if they do mention it, apologise and say you should have realised sound would travel from your bedroom the same as it does from theirs. Leave 'em wondering.

Our neighbours used to wake us up, they were so loud! Stopped when they had a baby thankfully.

I dread to think what my neighbour hears, especially when I'm going solo and he knows my partners at work😆

I bet they went outside for a ciggy after you finished.

It could have been worse. Previous MN suggestions for what to do when you hear neighbours shagging have included rounds of applause, encouraging comments, shouts of “SHE’S FAKING!!!!” and marks out of 10.

If you didn't get a round of applause and/or heckling then I think you are fine

When I was first in my own home with my then DP (a flat) one of my neighbours pointed out that 'it's not very well soundproofed'.
I was mortified and was so relieved when he moved out a couple of months later.
There's nothing for it but to pretend it never happened OP 😂

Buy a pampas grass and wait and see if they knock on your door.

It wasn't your neighbour coughing, it was you accidentally letting out a fart.

@DahliaMacNamara

Front it out, but if they do mention it, apologise and say you should have realised sound would travel from your bedroom the same as it does from theirs. Leave 'em wondering.

If you said that I suspect DH would say you must have a good memory!

It's your bedroom. Make as much noise as you want. They're just jealous.

I hear my neighbours all the time🤢

I play music to try and drown it out.

It only annoys me when the headboard slams off the wall at 3am. Can be easily fixed by shoving a pillow behind it.

Your neighbours are probably on mumsnet somewhere complaining about 'Lassie' next door

Next time you see them just say "we finished watching that series on Netflix the other night, it was awful, not very realistic at all and much too racy for me."

My place has has thin walls and my neighbour and I must have heard everything over the years - shagging, arguments, tears, bad singing, comedy burps, the lot.

When we meet on the stairs we're both very "Oh hi Tracey getting dark early isn't it! I signed for a parcel for you" etc. Not "Oh hi Tracey you fake it even worse than me ha ha" she totally does

Meh! Don't care.