To presume that drug dealers have moved in over the road?

[ChelseeDagger]

They don't seem to go to work, have five cars; a range rover, a mercedes, a BMW, an audi and a truck type thing.
A couple in their thirties with one child, renting the property in what is predominantly owner occupied road.

I'm going to get jumped on here, but they look rough, for want of a better word.

Am I being a twat for presuming they are drug dealers or money launderers/something else a bit unsavoury?

Actually thinking about it, all the drug dealers in my area who are high up enough to have 400k worth of cars actually own their houses outright. They have small business they launder moneu though and are cash buyers.

I think you're making a lot of ridiculous assumptions here OP.

Maybe they're wfh and have moved to a new area because they're going to be wfh more often now? They could be renting first to see if they like the area?

Maybe they just like spending all their money on cars?

DP and I have looked "rough" for 90% of the last year, and not "gone out to work", because we've both been wfh. But then we own our house so we can't be dealing drugs

Didn't you recently post a thread about being annoyed that people judge you unnecessarily on the number of children you have?

@ChelseeDagger

They also have their groceries delivered by Iceland, not Sainsburys like the rest of us.....

Ah, I get it now. Your new neighbour is Kerry Katona.

@BarbaraofSeville

At least you appreciate me...

@DumplingsAndStew

I posted the thread but it was other posters who got upset by other people's judgements.

I'm as judgy as the next twat

"Those who have assumed that parents of larger families are variously; involved with drugs, neglectful, disproprtionately in receipt of state benefits, poorly educated, religious fanatics and irresponsible are, in my opinion willfully ignorant."

There we go then ladies and gentlemen... People with multiple children aren't drug dealers and criminals, but those with multiple cars are.

Are you a little butthurt that, despite being "working professionals", you, your husband and five children are holed up in a terraced house worth £200k, whereas the family across the street can afford the same house AND £ks worth of cars?

@ChelseeDagger

You've taken the time to post a thread, describe the home and cars, guess their value, lots of stuff. Why not have the balls to explain what you mean by 'rough' and 'living a certain kind of lifestyle'?

You want me to describe in detail people who may be involved in a criminal underworld?

Even I'm not that stupid

No, I meant an example of what 'rough' means. What type of clothing? Does doing the bins in your joggers make you a drug dealer? Or do they have, god forbid, flashy watches that you think are too gaudy for renters? I don't understand what your benchmark for looking 'rough' is, so it would be helpful if you explained.

@ChangedName4TheSakeOfIt don't feel bad. Ime the police know them and don't care anyway.

There's a reason kids can get drugs if they wish.

Are you a little butthurt that, despite being "working professionals", you, your husband and five children are holed up in a terraced house worth £200k, whereas the family across the street can afford the same house AND £ks worth of cars?

Well darling mine is the five bed end terrace, so I'm obviously above the renting riff raff over the road, irrespective of their tacky cars

@youvegottenminuteslynn

Ok, I'm being vague here, but bad fillers and hair extensions, sunbed complexion.
Beer gut, designer shorts and sliders.
ubiquitous fag dangling from his mouth.

its quite different to having your hair scraped back and a lounge suit on whilst wfh.

And how do you know they don't work from home? Own their own business and run it from home?

God, you sound like my neighbours.
They're not very nice people, and I missed a delivery once because I was on a call that I couldn't leave (video call on my desktop) and they took it to them. When I went to pick it up they asked me why I couldn't get out of bed for it .. it was lunchtime. I explained that I was working and was on a video conference. They looked surprised and said they'd always assumed I didn't work as I was always at home. I've worked from home since 2012 and almost certainly earn more than either of them.

Maybe they are working jobs in telemarketing and the like from home and trying to have a reasonable life. Manager roles are reasonably paid and often due to high turnovers.
You are coming across awfully here.

Why don't you just mind your own beeswax OP. Do you realise how crass you look posting stuff like this

Do you realise how crass you look posting stuff like this

Oh absolutely! I just don't care.

Do you know that during March, 48% of workers did not commute once to their place of work? (This a stat I read in the Times yesterday).

DH and I have not been to our offices in over a year.

YABU and v judgy.

Lottery winners?

Or possibly arms dealers.

If there's any chance at least one of them could scrub up nice, they could be pornographers.

Disclaimer: I am not being entirely serious here.

Lol. Op you’re the definition of a curtain twitcher, do you also look like hyacinth bouquet? 😂

[quote ChelseeDagger]@youvegottenminuteslynn

Ok, I'm being vague here, but bad fillers and hair extensions, sunbed complexion.
Beer gut, designer shorts and sliders.
ubiquitous fag dangling from his mouth.

its quite different to having your hair scraped back and a lounge suit on whilst wfh.[/quote]
I'm impressed that you've had the energy to take so much notice of a stranger's fillers and extensions with five kids and twelve hour shifts to contend with.

You're coming across absolutely horribly, but I know you don't care so crack on I guess!

We need a different type of judgypants on this thread. Someone to pop up and clasp their pearls over a 2-adult family with five cars.

Well have they never heard of Greta?!

Lol. Op you’re the definition of a curtain twitcher, do you also look like hyacinth bouquet?

Its Bucket actually but yeah, I'm a dead ringer for Pat Routledge, we even went to the same high school believe it or not!
I don't have curtains, I have shutters but the assumed dealers over the road have verticals! surely that's another mark agaimst their name?

How judgemental are you
How do you know they don't seem to work are you staring out your window 24/7 because if you are I think they should be more concerned about you ? How do you have time to look at them all day? you don't seem to work either how do you afford your house are you a drug dealer ?

Now that's an interesting question.

What would Greta take most issue with? A family with five cars, or a family with five DC?

After all, two adults can only ever drive two cars, but presumably the OP is feeding, clothing and otherwise providing for all her DC.