Neighbour mocking me?

[kularni]

I live in a semi detached and can hear my neighbour repeating what I say in a mocking tone.

This afternoon my husband was upstairs and shouted down to me, I said “what are you talking about” and then heard my neighbour say “what are you talking about” or when I laugh I can hear them repeat it in the same tone.

It’s getting boring now. Aibu?

Odd

Yes, that must be annoying, but your neighbour is probably doing it because they're annoyed, too. If you can keep the noise level down, that seems the obvious solution. Otherwise... move? Or confront the neighbour, but be prepared for them to counter with a complaint about how loud you are. Maybe just echo him (?) echoing you, and just keep going back and forth until someone gives up? Sounds like a fun way to pass some time.

Oh, I see someone already suggested that. Well, no wonder, as it does offer excellent potential for entertainment value.

You need to keep the volume down! How on earth are you being so noisy that they can hear every single thing you say?

We live in terraced housing and while we do hear our neighbours, we certainly can't make out individual words or anything, just things like DIY, vacuuming and the odd bark from the dogs.

That’s seriously bad sound proofing
I would look into solutions and stop shouting

also to keep the peace and for good relations invite them round for drinks / dinner / tea and cake

OK, last I'm going to engage with this. You replied to my original comment and you replied, for literally no reason other than snark. You, not me. Tricky, right?

Does he do it to anyone else OP? And does your husband hear it when neighbour copies you?

You both need some soundproofing

As i say, life must be tricky for you to be this sensitive.

As others have said you are probably being too loud
I used to live in a semi with very noisy neighbours and it was soul destroying. They were a middle aged couple with no kids and they would talk at the top of their voices and literally scream with laughter all the time. Her laugh could have rivalled Janice from friends. They also stomped about the house and slammed doors and thought it was a smart idea to put a sound bar on the party wall.
For a long time I thought it was just thin walls though when I asked neighbours from other (same style) houses from the street they said they couldn't hear their neighbours much.
Once they went on holiday and their friends with 2 children came to house sit. I barely heard a thing the whole week they were there! As soon as the neighbours were back we could hear everything again.
Some houses have bad soundproofing but some people are just so obnoxiously loud or have no awareness of the noise they make

Are they mocking you or just trying to let you know that they can hear everything you say? Perhaps it's an attempt to tell you to pipe down a bit. I'm very sensitive to noise and absolutely hate it if neighbours make a noise (though my solution is to wear headphones).

My neighbours are incredibly loud, they don't have volume control, every conversation is LOUD. Even then I can't hear what they say clearly enough to make out exact sentences. I do mock them and be mean about them to dh sometimes. It is extremely annoying living next to bellowing neanderthals and venting makes me feel better.

Ha ha do this!!

Do you have hearing issues OP? I don't say this as an insult, it's just that I do and I can talk a bit loud.
Why not get walkie talkies - one upstairs, one downstairs? I got them as my DS will shut himself in his bedroom playing games with headphones on and even if I want to shout upstairs to him, he still wouldn't hear me - plus he doesn't look at his phone.

They are probably fed up with hearing you tbh! My friend has this problem with her neighbour and she will often answer back.
One morning she heard the Mum shouting upstairs to her kids, 'Do you want a bacon sandwich?' several times. My friend ended up shouting back 'I'll have one with lots of ketchup!'
You did say you and your DH were shouting up and down the stairs to each other. Perhaps talk to each other rather than shouting and maybe the neighbour will stop too!

To them yes, but objectively probably not. I used to live in a terraced town house built around that time, and the partition wall between houses was just ridiculous.

When I was in the kitchen, I used to be able to hear the next door neighbour on the ground floor converted flat vomiting in their downstairs toilet or bathroom. They must have been ill or had an eating disorder or something.

The upstairs flat neighbour used to send a lot of parcels out because we could hear the sound of tape being drawn & stretched, people plugging things into sockets, even when they sneezed or coughed.

My oh my would i have some fun with them.
But im insane when it comes to these sorts of things.

Can you hear every word they say generally? I think you need some sort of noise cancelling insulation if so.
Have you argued with them, had words? Bin wars? I fail to see why anyone would mockingly copy your every word unless they are very mentally unwell or they really disliked you.
If they can hear you then maybe they're annoyed by your perceived noise nuisance? Not that it's intentional.

I think this is important. Could it be that you are misinterpreting sound?

Omg we have this atm! We live in an Edwardian mid terrace and our neighbours have taken exception to us, we have a toddler and the walls ARE paper thin! FWIW we used to hear them screaming at their daughter…

Thankfully were hopefully moving soon.

No advice other than if you do know them and get on, are cordial, mention it to them, what’s the worst that could happen!

Do people on here really never shout up the stairs to teenagers that dinner's ready, don't forget to clean your teeth, or hurry up or you'll miss your bus? Do you all communicate by way of tie-lines in every room or something?

Fucking hell, what pricks.

I'd be shouting hey, dh I need your meaty throbber in my wet cunt NOW. Did you hear? Cunt is wet! Need meaty throbber.

When I was able to her my neighbours in another house, I actually got so incensed that I did the same - just repeated everything they said that I could hear. At the time, it was the only thing that I could do that stopped me screaming at them. I had already told them I could hear their conversations. I had banged on the walls. Stamped on the floor. I moved.

😂😂

I never shout up the stairs. If I need to tell my teen dinner is ready, I text him! Never fails to work and he comes straight down.

I hate shouting in general tbh.

I do the same