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Neighbours sex life

225 replies

Granolaandyoghurt · 03/03/2023 23:01

AIBU not wanting to hear the neighbours having sex several times a week?! They are not overly loud but the construction of the houses means there's little soundproofing. I'm embarrassed that I can hear them but I'm just in bed trying to sleep, I'm sure they'd be embarrassed if they knew I could clearly hear them, but what can I do?! I can't exactly tell than can I?

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Hawkins003 · 05/03/2023 21:43

Foolishnessismyfavouriteword · 05/03/2023 21:41

Sometimes it’s well obvious but not all the time x

Much appreciated

TellySavalashairbrush · 05/03/2023 21:59

I’m no prude and at 50 can say I’ve had many different life experiences, yet I’m still baffled why people have to have to be very loud during sex.

Happyhappyeveryday · 05/03/2023 22:06

I really think you should clap, whoop and cheer; play sensual music loudly or an erotic audiobook whilst they’re in the throes. That may make them realise how thin the walls are.

TheBiologyStupid · 05/03/2023 22:06

Toffeeappler · 03/03/2023 23:36

Change your wifi to “the walls are thinner than you think”

Genius! 😂

Jamroly · 05/03/2023 22:26

I feel your pain, OP. I had a couple next door who would roll back from the pub at midnight and be at it for 1-2 hrs. Earplugs definitely helped and no I didn’t approach them for fear of retaliation.

I love the recorded applause suggestion 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂

NattyNatashia · 05/03/2023 22:47

I don't really understand the embarrassment for you or them but I get that people do. Realistically what would anyone expect them to, stop having sex, do it quietly, do it in the spare room, none seem realistic.

OrangeBlossum · 05/03/2023 22:56

Yabu. They are having sex, not especially loudly. Unless they are screaming the place down, they are perfectly entitled to a sex life with the accompanying sounds.

Get some ear plugs if it offends you.

Aquarius1234 · 06/03/2023 01:23

I used to hear my neighbours and her gf having sex. It was embarrassing as I live alone and it was one always screaming.

Aquarius1234 · 06/03/2023 01:25

Sometimes I'd be downstairs watching tv and could hear..
The worst is definitely when your in bed too.
I just cringed thinking what the old neighbour thought before me ...
No wonder he moved.

Ivebeenframed · 06/03/2023 06:25

I'd put speakers next to the adjoining wall and play something loud (with lots of bass) for the duration. That should give them a little hint... maybe 🙂

Hence · 06/03/2023 07:22

I can hear my neighbour cough in our semi so I am sure they hear us having sex. I don't act like a porn star, but we aren't silent either. Just normal sex noises. We are a happily married couple in our 30s so I am not embarrassed or ashamed if they hear. They are a vicar and his wife so it is a bit funny I guess, but I am not going to not have sex because of them. We never hear them having sex though, but I think they are in the separate room stage of their marriage.

Experiencednester · 06/03/2023 08:34

piddocktrumperiness · 03/03/2023 23:34

Oh I would love to get ideas too. My upstairs neighbour and his lady friends are v v loud. One time I genuinely thought I heard seagulls, which confused me as it was dead of night- it was whoever he was sleeping with. Last summer, when it was scorching, the windows were open and as the estate has lots of apartment blocks, sound bounced off the walls and am pretty sure lots of people heard them. they can go on for ages- which, good for them but it is difficult to sleep to, and difficult when you have family over.

This actually made me LOL!! 'seagulls'🤣🤣

Andypandy799 · 06/03/2023 08:54

XanaduKira · 04/03/2023 00:14

I doubt they're bothered - they'll hear you as easily as you hear them, so they'll know the walls are ridiculously thin & obviously are continuing regardless.

Exactly this, surely they hear you sometimes.

If some neighbours told me this was a problem I would try my best to make my partner louder as she would be mortified with embarrassment and never want sex again unless the neighbours were out.

Can you imagine having to be a curtain twitcher waiting for your neighbour to leave the house so you can rush to get your leg over before they come back 😂

toxic44 · 06/03/2023 09:00

Earplugs.

MarvellousMonsters · 06/03/2023 09:17

Try this;

user1493379562 · 06/03/2023 11:10

This reminds me of something an old neighbour related to me. My neighbour and her family were returning from a camping trip about 5 am. in the morning. Another neighbour two doors away were having loud sex with their bedroom window wide open. She was shouting at the top of her voice 'Give it to me, give it to me' to which my old neighbour shouted 'For Gods sake give it to her then we might all get some sleep!'

StrawberryJam4Ever · 06/03/2023 11:34

If you can hear them it’s because they want you to.

Experiencednester · 06/03/2023 13:09

user1493379562 · 06/03/2023 11:10

This reminds me of something an old neighbour related to me. My neighbour and her family were returning from a camping trip about 5 am. in the morning. Another neighbour two doors away were having loud sex with their bedroom window wide open. She was shouting at the top of her voice 'Give it to me, give it to me' to which my old neighbour shouted 'For Gods sake give it to her then we might all get some sleep!'

Brilliant!!🤣🤣🤣

MrsLighthouse · 06/03/2023 16:24

I don’t think it would bother me that much …noise ( of any kind ) is part of living in flats. Count yourself lucky they’re not learning to play the drums ! Also bit envious that they are enjoying themselves “ several times a week “ 😲🤣

crazeelala2u · 06/03/2023 17:55

Granolaandyoghurt · 03/03/2023 23:01

AIBU not wanting to hear the neighbours having sex several times a week?! They are not overly loud but the construction of the houses means there's little soundproofing. I'm embarrassed that I can hear them but I'm just in bed trying to sleep, I'm sure they'd be embarrassed if they knew I could clearly hear them, but what can I do?! I can't exactly tell than can I?

I would tell them and then if that didn't chill them out sound wise, I'd start cheering. But I'm petty like that.

Barney60 · 06/03/2023 19:05

This is brilliant!
Round of applause when they finish?

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 06/03/2023 19:07

Part of communal living is toning down one's noise; we can't do everything we wish to.

I'd get a bluetooth speaker, arrange it next the wall and blast the William Tell Overture.

TheBiologyStupid · 06/03/2023 21:41

I'd get a bluetooth speaker, arrange it next the wall and blast the William Tell Overture.
Definitely not Ravel's Bolero - thanks, Dud! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_(1979_film)

Bansheed · 07/03/2023 02:28

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 06/03/2023 19:07

Part of communal living is toning down one's noise; we can't do everything we wish to.

I'd get a bluetooth speaker, arrange it next the wall and blast the William Tell Overture.

But sex is normal. Blasted music through a wall is pernicious

librarian55 · 07/03/2023 14:16

I have been on the other side of this dilemma. We didn't realise that our neighbours could hear us. It was only when they had a new baby that she said to me that she hoped the baby wasn't disturbing us as the walls were so thin, wink wink! I was a bit mortified but I took the hint and we were a lot quieter from then on (not that we were excessively noisy). I know that chances are you don't have a new baby, but you could maybe ask if they can hear your television or radio at night? Good luck!

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