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Noises I do not wish to hear

80 replies

Hueandcry · 06/06/2023 17:19

My downstairs neighbour snoring. We'll anybody snoring really but why is he so loud it wakes me up. I can't bear it! Ditto his very loud television. He must be deaf to have the volume up so loud but I don't want to hear it above my own TV or music or whatever. Also the kids across the Street kicking a ball against the wall/garage/fence. I'm in a very bad mood today & the noise is constant. I can't stand it. Aibu?? Do I have misophonia?

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Iamblossom · 06/06/2023 17:24

The noise that comes from whatever shite my DSs play from their phones when in the shower - podcasts, YouTube rubbish - it's pitched at a level I can't hear the actual content so it's just REALLY LOUD NOISE, usually when I am trying to sleep.

Ridiculously loud motor bikes roaring past, I literally jump out of my skin, I hate them.

Radios that are not tuned in properly - experienced this recently in a GP surgery waiting room and came out feeling more ill than when I went in.

MonumentalLentil · 06/06/2023 17:34

My neighbour slamming her toilet seat down umpteen times a day.
Detached houses, small gap between, our ensuite window is very close to their upstairs bathroom, it is loud and makes me jump/wakes me up. I can hear it in our garage and kitchen too. Obviously no idea about soft closing ones.

OneFlipflopleft · 06/06/2023 18:21

Yanbu downstairs neighbours are horrid. I hear mine pee in his loo, very loud. Everyday. Never mind his television. Old man, so it is very loud. Next house dream is no people below or above.

SoVTired · 06/06/2023 18:24

My neighbours mowing their cunting lawns or strimming their cunting lawns or revving their fucking cars.

Hueandcry · 06/06/2023 18:29

@OneFlipflopleft me too! I'm renting so looking to move ASAP. No people above or below seems like heaven right now

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LifeIsPainHighness · 06/06/2023 18:29

The workmen next door.

I know people have a right to rennovate their house but why do the workmen have to SHOUT when they are next to each other and laugh hysterically every 4 seconds. Also I’m not sure what kind of work requires repeated banging of the same thing for 20 minutes solid. I WFH and now listen to music when working

DancedByTheLightOfTheMoon · 06/06/2023 18:29

The problem being in the UK we all live on top of one another, and have to tolerate relentless noise day in and day out. Some people have a higher tolerance level, l dont, l don't even have a tv in my own home or listen to the radio, it drives me nuts.

mynameiscalypso · 06/06/2023 18:32

Anybody having sex.

Thesunwillcomeoutverysoon · 06/06/2023 18:34

The sea swimmers who scream outside my house at 6 am 7 days a week
. . Especially the woman who screams "it's cold" no fucking shit Sherlock....

Thepeopleversuswork · 06/06/2023 18:36

I am pretty chilled about noise in general but being forced to listen to someone’s YouTube clips on the train makes me murderous. Why the fuck people can’t use headphones I don’t know.

I also really hate listening to someone else’s TV late at night through the walls (though music doesn’t bother me).

Polari · 06/06/2023 18:41

My elderly df eating.
I threw half of my dinner away today because I wanted to vomit.
He then pulled his dental plate out! 🤢

I'm going home tomorrow.

3girls1boy1puppy · 06/06/2023 18:51

That all sounds super annoying and I think would bother 99% of people. It doesn’t sound like Misophonia from what you have described. I have Misophonia and any repetitive noise sends me into a panic attack state, where I want to rip my skin off my own body! Tapping, chewing, rustling, heavy breathing…….. I have to immediately remove myself from the noise so that I don’t have a break down.

RunnyPaint · 06/06/2023 18:53

The effing magpies nesting in the trees behind our garden, with their rattling, cackling calls from 4 am every effing morning. Handsome creatures, but pure evil!

HaveWeGotAnyCake · 06/06/2023 18:55

My husband's snoring. His constant sniffing and coughing (he hasn't got a cold or hay fever). His slurping and chomping noises. Yes, I've possibly got Misophonia (although perhaps after 43 years old marriage, it's just that we irritate each other).
I hate the noise of a ticking clock, the directions from a SatNav, the voice from a self-service checkout, or anyone with a loud voice - I realise I'm an irritable old bag Grin

Didtheythough · 06/06/2023 18:56

Man in near by garden that clears his throat really loudly (and grimly) for the whole summer, every year. The first year I thought he must be really ill it sounded that bad, but 10yrs on and he's still alive and hacking so my sympathy has disappeared.

IScreamMonday · 06/06/2023 18:56

People giving their kids screens without headphones on public transport /planes

CalistoNoSolo · 06/06/2023 18:58

Those really fucking stupid pop pop cars. God I would love to impound and crush every single one of them and their moronic owners.

People having in on speaker conversations in the pub/shop/train. Just shut the fuck up already. Nobody wants to hear your drivelling nonsense or the buzzy replies from your idiot friend/spouse/parent.

Stupid thuddy base drill or rap or whatever the fuck it's called. No you're not a gangsta you fuckwit so turn your shite music off, pull your trousers up and stop being such a nob.

LindorDoubleChoc · 06/06/2023 19:01

Scott Mills.
My neighbours two boys (about 7 and 5) having daily meltdowns and crying fits.
Magpies in the garden (I sympathise pp).
Anybody chewing or eating, especially crisps.

AgnesX · 06/06/2023 19:07

CalistoNoSolo · 06/06/2023 18:58

Those really fucking stupid pop pop cars. God I would love to impound and crush every single one of them and their moronic owners.

People having in on speaker conversations in the pub/shop/train. Just shut the fuck up already. Nobody wants to hear your drivelling nonsense or the buzzy replies from your idiot friend/spouse/parent.

Stupid thuddy base drill or rap or whatever the fuck it's called. No you're not a gangsta you fuckwit so turn your shite music off, pull your trousers up and stop being such a nob.

Really agree, along with the duh, duh, duh bass.

Wassocks

Florissante · 06/06/2023 19:09

Reading this thread renews my gratitude to my neighbours for being quiet. (It's either that or my house is sound-proof.)

biedrona · 06/06/2023 19:13

Thesunwillcomeoutverysoon · 06/06/2023 18:34

The sea swimmers who scream outside my house at 6 am 7 days a week
. . Especially the woman who screams "it's cold" no fucking shit Sherlock....

this made me laugh

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 06/06/2023 19:14

Next door right side Barky Barkerson dog, awful hacking spit noises, intrusive DIY

Next door left side Porn with the window open

KisstheTeapot14 · 06/06/2023 19:14

Leaf blower men. Any man with a power tool in fact.

Bring back rakes. Gentle rustling of leaves is fine.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 06/06/2023 19:14

Football playing children going thwack thwack against a wooden fence constantly.

people tutting- seriously grinds my gears and makes me want to remove the muscle in their tongue that allows this function

LlynTegid · 06/06/2023 19:20

The theme tune to Mrs Brown's Boys.

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