We live on a street of terraced houses. Opposite us is a house split into flats.
Upstairs flat has a bathroom at the front, with terribly frosted glass and no blinds, but what looks like a curtain to one side.
I think their shower is right at the window because you can often, clearly, see bodies.
My kids bedroom is the one that faces their flat.
They happily shout out / giggle when there’s a “naked bum” at the window and I remind them that it’s a shower and the privacy glass isn’t great so just ignore / not nice to stare etc. Not a big deal.
However, for the second time, I have had to distract a kid from the naked person opposite a lot more hastily because the naked person is enjoying their own company rather a lot.
I’ve discussed this with my husband and my neighbours and here’s what we’ve come up with:
1. Post a note through their door to ask if they could pull the curtain when they use the shower as the frosted glass is not effective (my idea)
2. Post a note but with a haiku (neighbour 1’s idea, my husband’s words “Personal pleasure // Bathroom curtain left open // Neighbour eyeballs scorched”
3. Put a sign up on our window “if you can read this, we can see you” (my husband’s idea)
4. Next time, take a photo and post it in as blackmail (neighbour 2)
5. Take a photo and project it onto the outside of their house (also neighbour 2)
6. Do nothing, say nothing, don’t make eye contact, don’t let my kids look out of the window.
So, AIBU to go with #1? Should we go for something else?
Any ideas not on the list that we should consider?