We can see our neighbour’s bathroom - WWYD?

[rumbuba]

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?

I think you could make a decent living being the deliverers of these sort of notes in person for hire. You could select the option of a mariachi band, brass band for a bit of oooom pah pah, a poet, a rapper, town crier…

But I would go for option 1 with a roll of window frosting included.

@Justilou1

I like the Dr Seuss-Type Limerick..

When the weather outside is chilly
The people inside feel silly
You turn on the light
And the kids to the right
Can see you rubbing your willy

Good grief, that touched my soul, this is the place for me 🤣🤣

There was a young man by his window

Who wanked up a jolly good show
He made love to his Willy
But he looked very silly
As the neighbours were in all the know

Ah Justilou1 got there before me with the silly and Willy rhyme 😂😂😂

I would just walk over and knock on the door and tell them.

I'm inclined to agree with a previous poster's theory about the privacy glass in the window is installed the wrong way around.

This is worrying, I can’t see a single thing out of my bathroom window. I’m tempted to wake DP up to stand in the bathroom while I nip outside to check

Knock at a reasonable hour, and kindly explain the situation. Most people would be mortified, and rectify the situation promptly. Being direct nicely is the best approach. Some people are remarkably dense, including myself at times.

Team Haiku

Or failing that, 1.

Maybe both, to be on the safe side

I would just knock on the door and say btw you need to get a shower curtain or you'll end up with a visit from the police for indecent exposure.

It really is a shame, my dear,
You have a fine physique
But your bathroom window is too clear
And lets all the neighbours peek.
My children laugh to see your bum
But it's not so funny when you cum
So give the curtain a tweek.

Read the thread and have been utterly perplexed as to what use a maori tribal war dance would have on this situation?

Then realised I might have got my words mixed up!

@Besswess88

I have had this for 16 years 🤣🤣 watched him receive a BJ whilst having a family BBQ 🤣🤣🤣

That sounds dangerous, he could have got a nasty burn.

There once was a neighbour whose
glass
Was frosted but still showed his arse.
When he pulled on his dick
It gave us the ick
So we wrote him a haiku
That's class

When you take a shower at night
You always turn on your light
but your glass isn't working
and your penis is twerking
It's quite an extraordinary sight.

Anonymous note through the door that spells the issue out clearly.

Excuse me for laying this bare
I assure my kids don’t mean to stare
but the sight of a stranger
playing the lone ranger
is more than I care you to share

Some people just don't realise how much variation there is, with obscure glass styles. I didn't know about all the different types until we were choosing glass for our new bathroom window, and someone in the showroom explained to me that there are 5 different levels of obscurity glass, number 1 being pretty transparent and number 5 being fairly private, until a light is turned on. We have level 5 glass in our bathroom, but we also fitted a self adhesive privacy film to the window, which has a pretty stained glass effect design, as a net curtain would not give enough privacy at night, with a light on, but we didn't want any heavy curtains or blinds. It works well for us and is attractive.

I would pop a carefully worded note through their door, keeping it friendly and suggesting that one of them takes a look from the street at night while another one stands in the shower - the penny will probably drop instantly and they will sort the issue out. No need for anonymity, if you keep the tone friendly. It's embarrassing for them, but will probably work.

Haiku. Please do it.

God people on this thread are humourless . #2 and/or #3. Probably #2.

Either

Anonymous note that says ‘Dude, we can see you when you wank in the shower’

Or

Grown-ups solution of in-person visit ‘Hey neighbours, this is embarrassing but my kids mentioned they can see naked people across the road and when I checked - horrors! -we can see into your bathroom. I thought you’d want to know.’

@Catra

Excuse me for laying this bare I assure my kids don’t mean to stare but the sight of a stranger playing the lone ranger is more than I care you to share

Haiku

The haiku is 100% cringe. Don't do that. Just go over and knock like a normal person!

My Haiku

When you take shower,
Five knuckle shuffle is seen!
Fix bathroom window.

Photograph & a leaflet for Hillary's blinds.