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Which Noise Annoys You?

203 replies

ItsItchy · 18/06/2024 20:51

My husband walks around the house "singing". Well it's not really singing, it's just "la la la" to no particular tune.

I should be pleased he's happy but it annoys the hell out of me!

OP posts:
Auburngal · 20/06/2024 08:25

Many!
. Classic Nokia ringtone
. The high pitched screeching that children do and any higher, only dogs could hear it. Esp when the parent(s) don’t sush them
. The noise of loose dentures make when people don’t have them fixed in their mouths
. Modified exhausts that go pop

PrincessMee · 20/06/2024 08:52

The parents who after dropping their kids at school stand and yak for ages outside my house when I'm still in bed 😂

Idontjetwashthefucker · 20/06/2024 09:17

pinkstripeycat · 20/06/2024 07:59

Cracking fingers. ALL my pupils do it (nerves I guess) and they pay me to teach them so I can’t say anything.

DH slapping his mouth when he eats. He’s says “I’m enjoying it.” 🤢

He slaps his mouth? Trying to picture this!

Alwaysthesun24 · 20/06/2024 09:20

Taylor Swift
Whistling
Humming
Hearing only the bass of someone else's music
Tea slurping

Alwaysthesun24 · 20/06/2024 09:22

susiedaisy1912 · 18/06/2024 20:58

Aggressive sniffing
Loud sneezing

I sneeze loudly but unfortunately I cannot change how I sneeze. 🫣

WingSlutz · 20/06/2024 09:47

Whistling. It honestly makes me feel really unwell! Like totally sick and on edge. When I was married my H had a horrendous piercing whistle that he used to make sort of warble? I would immediately yell at him to STOP!! I can't bear it

Bobbotgegrinch · 20/06/2024 10:57

Next doors gate slamming in the wind. Its warped a bit so sometimes they don't quite shut it right.

But it drives me up the wall and yet noone else notices it. My family don't even hear it until I point it out and the neighbours don't either, otherwise I presume they'd head out and close it. But it just sets my teeth on edge waiting for it to bang again, until I have to go out and close it myself.

henlake7 · 20/06/2024 11:00

the washing machine spin cycle.... I always think it sounds like its going take off.

my middle dogs claws. they are very long, I have laminate floors and she has dementia so its tip tap tip tap tip tap day and night.🙄

Auburngal · 20/06/2024 11:11

Bobbotgegrinch · 20/06/2024 10:57

Next doors gate slamming in the wind. Its warped a bit so sometimes they don't quite shut it right.

But it drives me up the wall and yet noone else notices it. My family don't even hear it until I point it out and the neighbours don't either, otherwise I presume they'd head out and close it. But it just sets my teeth on edge waiting for it to bang again, until I have to go out and close it myself.

Have this issue certain times. I live in the far end flat and in the corner there is a house where they don’t close the gate properly. I hear bang, bang. It drives me mad

Auburngal · 20/06/2024 11:14

When it’s very windy:
. Whistling noise from the windows’ vents.
. When a recycling bin gets knocked over and hear a can rolling about. Crush your bloody cans before putting them in the bin! They don’t roll about and keep me awake when crushed!

Fizbosshoes · 20/06/2024 17:10

pinkstripeycat · 20/06/2024 08:00

I’m with you on this one. Let’s complain. With 2 of us I’m sure we can stop this madness 😂

Which noise complaint are we joining forces on?
I have 3 on that post but I also want to add flies!!🤣

fieldsofbutterflies · 20/06/2024 17:16

Tapping pencils
Drumming fingers on desks
Tuneless whistling
Scraping cutlery on plates
Sniffing/snorting

mrsnjw · 20/06/2024 17:17

Sniffing

TippedOverTheGravyJug · 20/06/2024 17:18

Squeaky / squealy car brakes. Our NDN has them and drives me insane

Wills890 · 20/06/2024 17:21

ItsItchy · 18/06/2024 20:51

My husband walks around the house "singing". Well it's not really singing, it's just "la la la" to no particular tune.

I should be pleased he's happy but it annoys the hell out of me!

When people blow on their food!!! 🤮😡. Just give it a minute to cool down FFS. Disgusting table manners.

Femalefootyfan · 20/06/2024 17:22

My DH making this sort of loud noise when he’s somewhere between clearing his throat and coughing, it’s bloody loud and has been known to make me jump.

Wind chimes

Yappy dogs, barking dogs

DH snoring (which is why we sleep in separate rooms)

Wills890 · 20/06/2024 17:24

PrincessMee · 20/06/2024 08:52

The parents who after dropping their kids at school stand and yak for ages outside my house when I'm still in bed 😂

How late do you get up?? (Unless you work nights)

Wills890 · 20/06/2024 17:25

KnitnNatterAuntie · 18/06/2024 20:58

Absolutely . . . I am sandwiched between a guy with a drum kit and a couple who argue a lot 😢

I would move. This sounds awful.

SiobhanSharpe · 20/06/2024 17:25

DH's performative sneezing. He enjoys it far too much.
17-20 year old twats on tinny motobikes or scooters which they've modified to sound (they think) like 1000cc BMWs.
As well as the deliberate noise pollution, you're not fooling nyone, mate.

nearlymrs · 20/06/2024 17:31

The sound of people eating, or when they breathe really loudly while eating.

This one makes me sound awful- I work in a nursery and there's a little 4 year old girl who constantly sings or hums, it's really high pitched to the point that it actually feels slightly painful to my ears and stops me from being able to focus on any other sound eg other children talking to me. She's the sweetest little girl but oh my word the noise!

MixedCouple2 · 20/06/2024 17:44

My nieghbour blasting music obnoxiously. She lives alone. Wear blooming headphones!!!

Cattyisbatty · 20/06/2024 17:46

TheThingIsYeah · 18/06/2024 21:02

That fucking dog next door yapping again.

The OTT train announcements. Yes, I know this train terminates at Liverpool Street I've been doing this fucking journey for the last 25 years. Do you think me and all the commuters who got on the 0718 thought it was going to Penzance?

Hyperbolic football commentary. Just shut up, you ain't no Kenneth Wolstenholme. It's about putting that round bag of air between two posts more times than the other team. No more complicated than that.

The house about 50 yards away using that fucking porcelain tile cutter again at 9am on a Sunday. What on earth are they doing in there?

Tile cutting is the most stabby inducing noise ever,

Pinkywoo · 20/06/2024 17:46

Torturedsoul · 18/06/2024 21:20

I think we have the same man. There can't be two of them! Vile noise.

Bugger, my DH does this too, so fucking irritating.

ffsgloria · 20/06/2024 17:53

Sirens
Ring doorbell
Seagulls
People eating with their mouths open, especially toast
Neighbours dog barking
Performative sneezing by all male members of my family
Entitled men on my street having some kind of competition as to who has the loudest & largest car engine 🙄

I wear earplugs a lot!

LemonMead · 20/06/2024 17:53

The slurping noise dogs make when they lick themselves goes right through me 🤢

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