To think that somebody should inform my neighbours

[GodzillasBumcheek]

Of the 'pillow behind the headboard' trick? The banging noises are quite disconcerting, and i really don't want to have to knock on the door myself and say

"'Ere dearies, we can 'ear you sh@gging from our living room, can you try not to bang so loud?"
In a proper Haggety voice too.

I hate hearing my neighbours-I get so

How about a leaflet through the door extolling the joys of fengshui and MOVING THE BED AWAY FROM THE WALL

LOL. When they do the banging noises, bang back enthusiastically, complete with cries and funny noises - perhaps a bit of opera as well, for good measure.

We used to have a neighbour who was lime that, howled like a stuck banshee! I was far too british to say anything, just smiled politely at her
The worst thing was when she did it when me and dh had had a row and weren't speaking, each lying as far apart from each other as we could, we'd be laying there listening to someone else having a whale of a time!!!

(Sorry the point of this would be, that they would realise that they can be heard and perhaps move either the bed or their bodies to a different venue...)

I didn't smile at her when she was actually doing it, I hasten to add!!!!

Do you know what, I hate it! I think its almost the worst noise you can pass on to your neighbours... it really annoys me. I'm so aware of it myself, why do others just not care?

I used to get woken up early every sunday morning, by the couple upstairs in my last flat. She used to end up sounding like a seal, really like a seal... my DH actually shouted up one morning, 'for gods sake chuck her a fish or something... ' It was just so unnecessary. I'm all for having a good time, but really, is there really truly a need to make sure everyone knows you are having an early morning shag?

YANBU... i'd go round there, leave a pillow on the doorstep, with a note attached saying something like : Can I please suggest you stick this behind your headboard, before I stick it somewhere else? .. or words to that effect.

It would be so tempting to give her a taste of her own medicine - banging and enthusiastic noises, or do you think it would only make her think it's OK?

I think I'd try to laugh loudly in their 'aftermath'. Good luck!

LOL you could just copy her, really childishly.

That would disconcert her.

A friend at uni had this problem. He would start banging on the wall in time, then slowly go out of rhythm. Really threw them

Next time you see her, ask her how the DIY's going. When she looks puzzled say, "Well I've heard you banging away.."

Lol @ all the (very tempting) ideas!

I have extensive experience with this kind of problem though, and the 'make loads of noise until they realise you can hear them' strategy usually both wakes up all 3 of my kids (they only have a small baby), and also results in them either finding it funny, or getting even louder to prove a point.

DH and i are so self-conscious we bought a cast-iron bedstead so we don't bang, creak or otherwise alert the neighbours to our love-making
Only trouble is this results in them thinking the walls are more sound-proofed than they are!

I actually used to do the very noisy shag thing to deliberately annoy a neighbour.

She used to come round and complain when anyone in the house coughed or sneezed - literally. She would knock on the door almost every morning and tell me how many times I had coughed, or when DH had sneezed, etc. I remember once having a conversation with my mother and I couldn't remember the name of book that she wanted - the neighbour came round, knocked on the door and handed me a piece of paper with the book title and the auther on it. We got so peed off that we thought we'd give her something to really listen to - it cured her.