To worry about neighbour’s baby

[maloney123]

I’m not sure where to start, but I am really quite worried about my neighbours’ baby. The other side of our semidetached is rented, and approx six months ago a new family moved in. The walls are paper thin so we can hear pretty much everything that goes on. There’s a dad, mum and what sounds like a young baby. The dad comes and goes, he usually goes out very early in the car and doesn’t come back all day. There is another car but that never moves. We’ve seen the dad a couple of times, but have only ever seen the mum twice, going into the house. We’ve never seen the baby. The blinds are always drawn and the back door is never opened, even though there’s a big garden. I’m on maternity leave so am often home or in and out picking my older child up from nursery, I bump into other neighbours from time to time but I’ve never the mum or baby. I’m not saying I watch the house or anything like that, I just think it’s really strange that I’ve never bumped into her or even seen the baby at all. Am I overthinking this? For what it’s worth, they appear to be Muslim (only mentioning because some Muslim men have certain views towards women). I just worry that something is not right and no authorities are aware of the baby. Oh, nobody ever comes to the house either. I don’t even know what I could do really or who I could contact. I don’t hear any mistreatment or anything like that, I just feel really uncomfortable with the situation and the thought that I could do something but haven’t

Yesterday you said you were off this thread 😂

I was quoted directly? And with incorrect information? You've obviously been caught out.....

I literally don't know what you mean. I don't care either. Your persistence is boring. Take the last word if you must 🥱

Still getting notifications so bowing out after being accused of basically being Nigel Farage because I was worried about a baby apparently not having seen daylight in six months. Basic reading comprehension is lacking in a lot of the most needlessly aggressive and accusatory commenters!

I mentioned about Muslim men because they are Muslim. I don’t feel the need to caveat every single thing I say by considering every way it could possibly be wilfully misinterpreted by people looking to spend their one precious life having arguments on the internet. Obviously non-Muslim men are also capable of sexist or mysogynistic behaviour, please try and engage your brain before jumping to be offended. I hope if you are ever housebound for six months your neighbour is concerned about you. Also, I’d imagine most “ladies of leisure”, whatever they are, would spend their time socialising rather than at home all day. And plenty of Western women don’t work, so maybe you need to work on your biases too x

Sounds like you've too much time on your hands

I agree with you. To pretend there are not cultural differences is ridiculous. The Muslim Mumsnetters section is open to read for all. Quite an eye opener on how some marriages work. But oh no.... No relevance whatsoever hey

I am not watching my neighbours, you are. So the person reaching may be you.

I’m not jumping to be offended op. I am offended. I also hope my neighbour will check on me if I am housebound for 6 months but the family in question are not housebound so your argument here doesn’t stand. You have assumptions about Muslims that are quite stereotypical but that’s ok, you’re not the only one .