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Petty revenge on family from hell next door..

135 replies

Londonlassie12 · 12/10/2021 22:39

We no longer speak to ndn due to a number of awful issues with them during lockdown.. They have now been badmouthing us to anyone who'll listen which has greatly upset us as its all untrue. We are no contact with them but I feel I'm due a little petty revenge act as we've risen above them so far...

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Gothichouse40 · 13/10/2021 02:14

Don't do it. It will just escalate things and other neighbours will suffer from the fallout. If you are no contact, just leave it at that. Unless you really want years of continued hell.

MrsTerryPratchett · 13/10/2021 02:15

Give their address to plastic surgeons, life coaches and religious organisations to send them spam.

PaulaTrilloe · 13/10/2021 02:19

Vuvuzela could be amusing

Gingerkittykat · 13/10/2021 02:26

I have an alarm clock called a sonic boom which is extra loud for deaf people.

You could go away for the night and accidentally leave it set for 5am right against their bedroom wall.

Justilou1 · 13/10/2021 02:36

YouTube has a 24hr long version of “Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows.” You could go away for the weekend.

ChittyChittyBoomBoom · 13/10/2021 04:12

I’ll send you my 9yo twins round…they’re learning the trumpet! 😅

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/10/2021 04:48

I like the Sinead O'Connor idea if only because you will plant an earworm!

PyongyangKipperbang · 13/10/2021 04:49

FYI I have one now just from reading this fucking thread!!

Daragirl · 13/10/2021 05:24

My NDN used to light fires on the still summer days, play bongos ALLLL day and whenever we’d eat al fresco he’d bring out a speaker and, at TOP volume, play a horror film sound FX mix…… no music, just screams, scratches, the sound of an oncoming train, banging, crying….. It was horrendous.

pollyglot · 13/10/2021 05:25

If they have been actually defaming you, then I suggest a solicitor's letter threatening legal action could shut them up.

Wineisrequired · 13/10/2021 05:36

Ahhh the joy of neighbours. Mine used to have regular shagathons which sounded like there were a few blokes round there being fair. Couldn’t make eye contact with her when putting the bins out 🤣 Luckily they moved out . Bad neighbours can make life hell but my advice would be to ignore them .

Helenluvsrob · 13/10/2021 05:41

I heard you can book the Mormons to come and visit at any address ….

Also the internet suggested a sprinkling of stock cubes over the garden fence in nice prolonged heavy rain if they have a dog.

Londonlassie12 · 13/10/2021 06:10

Loving these ideas, they really are awful but the badmouthing has been the worst bit as we have been doing our best to ignore....

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Theunamedcat · 13/10/2021 06:28

Shame you didn't ask in the summer what you do is get some prawns the cheap tiny frozen kind throw them all over their garden the flies love them and the stench is appalling

I've heard you can post people glitter in the post too

ivykaty44 · 13/10/2021 06:43

just go about your life and try and think about being happy, its the best way forward

Londonlassie12 · 13/10/2021 06:53

@ivykaty44

just go about your life and try and think about being happy, its the best way forward
That's what we had been doing until it got back to us from multiple sources & neighbours that they had been slating us...
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ColitisSucks · 13/10/2021 06:54

Anonymous glitter bomb by post?

IDontDrinkTea · 13/10/2021 06:58

Have you considered a prank delivery from a very well marked envelope entitled ‘smellmypanties.co.Uk’ ?!

You can send them for a fiver here: www.theultimatepranks.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6cfE-tnG8wIVkIBQBh0-6g-FEAAYASAAEgJnvfD_BwE

Envelope is bright pink too so postman can’t possibly miss it 😁😁

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MadameMonk · 13/10/2021 07:02

On threads like these, I sometimes suggest a two-word solution.

Liquid Ass.

If you want more words, I add ‘+ some imagination’. It isn’t illegal, dangerous or immoral. It is (in the right hands) diabolically annoying. Just the act of buying it can be enormously therapeutic. Having a retaliation in your back pocket can sometimes be enough. It’s the horrible sense of being constantly a potential victim that messes with your head.

Warning: don’t tell anyone, especially not kids. Consider it a campaign, not a one-off. Make sure somehow it is deployed occasionally when you are (plausible deniability) far away from home. And don’t, for the love of Goddess, get it on yourself. Or be downwind. While you’re shopping online, get a swimming mask & snorkel just in case. Buy more than you think.

You’re welcome.

And anyone who slams this approach really needs to check their privilege. Unless you’ve had truly dreadful, surreptitiously nasty neighbours over a long time, you just don’t know.

FreeBritnee · 13/10/2021 07:03

Let a tree grow really tall in the next decade. That’ll learn ‘em.

YouTubeAddict · 13/10/2021 07:11

Could this ever effect you being able to move if you get into a proper feud though? Our neighbours are so loud and irritating that we’re moving (sorry new buyers) and we were tempted to do something in retaliation. However, we’ve held off because we knew we’d have to declare and neighbour conflicts to our solicitor and it could be a problem. Could you just think about moving ASAP? We found white noise on Alexa helped a lot with drowning out screaming kids (and parents) You might find your own way.

HotToddyColdSauvignon · 13/10/2021 07:19

@IDontDrinkTea

Have you considered a prank delivery from a very well marked envelope entitled ‘smellmypanties.co.Uk’ ?!

You can send them for a fiver here: www.theultimatepranks.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6cfE-tnG8wIVkIBQBh0-6g-FEAAYASAAEgJnvfD_BwE

Envelope is bright pink too so postman can’t possibly miss it 😁😁

That is being saved!!!!, I love having a good prank up my sleeve
Londonlassie12 · 13/10/2021 07:27

@IDontDrinkTea

Have you considered a prank delivery from a very well marked envelope entitled ‘smellmypanties.co.Uk’ ?!

You can send them for a fiver here: www.theultimatepranks.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6cfE-tnG8wIVkIBQBh0-6g-FEAAYASAAEgJnvfD_BwE

Envelope is bright pink too so postman can’t possibly miss it 😁😁

This is hilarious!
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Londonlassie12 · 13/10/2021 07:28

@YouTubeAddict

Could this ever effect you being able to move if you get into a proper feud though? Our neighbours are so loud and irritating that we’re moving (sorry new buyers) and we were tempted to do something in retaliation. However, we’ve held off because we knew we’d have to declare and neighbour conflicts to our solicitor and it could be a problem. Could you just think about moving ASAP? We found white noise on Alexa helped a lot with drowning out screaming kids (and parents) You might find your own way.
Very easily as they are extremely reactive... We've not been retaliating as they are just awful people however running us into the ground is a step too far....
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