To think if you want to listen to music in your garden, you use headphones??

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Unless of course you live in the arse end of nowhere with the nearest neighbours a mile away, or on a country estate?

Lovely afternoon here, thought I'd take my book and sit in the garden while the dinner cooks. Except wanker next door is sitting in their garden, on their own (or he's fallen out with his wife as there are definitely no voices) playing his late 70s/early 80s playlist.

FFS.

See also, FaceTime / speakerphone / football match. I can rarely bear to sit in my garden these days.

I guess it depends how loud and how often

If it's not a common occurrence I wouldn't get bothered about it. And as long as it's not stupidly loud

Same on public transport!! Wear headphones ffsake!

Wouldn't bother me unless it's done frequently. Also, great era playlist

I love the sounds of summer e.g. kids playing, distant lawnmowers, music etc from gardens!

Obviously nothing offensive and not blasting but I quite like the background sound of random tunes when I'm sat out (with radio on, at a respectable sound level lol!)

I was on a bus yesterday and the man opposite me was watching pop videos - AND singing along to them. I was nearly ready to burst by the time he got off. It’s become so normalised now and I think it’s awful. I just don’t want to get into fights asking people to turn things down.

I don't want to get into fights either. It's just so inconsiderate.

I have no issue with people playing their own music at a reasonable level in their garden. Your garden is a private space, as long as it’s not too loud and within sensible times of the day then it’s completely fine. As is children playing, tool usage and occasional dogs barking. Also having a conversation on the phone.
These things are not acceptable in public spaces and people sharing their favourite TikTok’s at full volume on the bus give me the rage.

I’m with you OP. If gardens are small (like where we are) and neighbours are likely to be within a few metres of you then it’s really inconsiderate not to wear headphones. Why should 10 neighbours have to hear the music choice of 1 person?

People don't care anymore. I have one DIY enthusiast next door playing his music up extremely loud and the other side of me puts theirs up to drown him out, it's different music, but lots of beats and all loud noise when it's playing at the same time which is most days.

Then 3 doors down with the screeching kid who I think sees numerous murders every day, they have some crap blasting out, included into that the man who cuts his grass, the whole garden every day with a strimmer and then a ride on, the strimmer takes about an hour the ride on about 15 minutes because our gardens are smallish, then add in the house with about 10 people living in some banging music and they cut wood all day. It's great fucking fun here, I'm now taking pain killers every 3 hours.

My neighbour does this with his sad ibiza dance music from the 90s blasting out. He is a complete nob though so goes with the territory. I think he's probably going through a midlife crisis and harking back to his youth. I ignore as best I can but it is annoying when you just want to listen to the birds.

So only people who can afford to live in the middle of nowhere can ever enjoy music outside? It would have to be extremely loud to bother me. I think people should be allowed to enjoy their gardens. If it goes on late at night then fine you may you have a point but otherwise I think YABU.
In public spaces people should absolutely wear head phones, in their own gardens I think it’s fair to enjoy some music.

Doesn't bother me.

What was on the playlist?

People don't have to be silent in their own garden. If you don't like it read inside or move somewhere without neighbours.

As long as it's not loud and intrusive, it doesn't bother me. I don't mind a bit of family noise from the neighbours.

I sometimes play the radio through a standalone speaker if I am sitting outside. I keep it quiet, but I couldn't guarantee they can't here it.

Not sure why people think half the streets want to share in their taste in music. Fair enough it having a party of if a few people there. But if you’re on your own, then yes, wear headphones.

I didn't stay outside any longer than a verse and a chorus of "Sexy Eyes" by Dr Hook.

I think it's different if you're having a party, or a barbecue or something and you have music on as a general background noise thing. But if you are sitting on your own, it's really selfish to expect your neighbours on either side to enjoy your music. I don't like music anyway, would never listen to music in the garden. Much prefer a podcast, but I wouldn't ever listen to one in my garden without earphones.

This. A garden and public transport are totally different

Of course they can enjoy their gardens. But their music doesn’t stay in their garden, does it.

It’s much harder for the human ear to tune out artificial electronic sounds than just people’s voices.

Want to be inconsiderate of others? Don’t live surrounded by other people.

My neighbour listens to podcasts while hanging out her washing and doing stuff in the garden. Lots of nasal Americans droning on loudly through her tinny crappy phone speakers. I had to shut the window of the room I was working in it was so disturbing.

Exactly the thread is very entitled.
The OP thinks what she wants to do trumps what her neighbour wants to do.
Have you ever tried having a little chat to your neighbour OP instead of moaning?
Chances are you hate your nekghbour ad so therefore you hate everything he does.
By the way OP some might say your lucky to have a garden at all.

Sadly, many of us don’t have the luxury of choosing to live somewhere remote. That doesn’t mean our children can only whisper in their gardens or that music is banned unless wearing headphones. This is where so called consideration becomes stupid.

Edit: like a fool I've quoted the wrong person. Apologies!
OG message: I think people can enjoy doing pretty much anything they want in their gardens -as long as it really does stay in their garden. This rules out playing music or listening to the radio at high volume, arguing or talking loudly, playing musical instruments, smoking, having fires and bbqs, revving engines and motors (apart from equipment used for garden maintenance) without letting your neighbours have a heads-up. We're a very quiet corner on our estate and all of our neighbours are incredibly considerate, young and old, bar one woman who is a loud, screechy music-loving potty-mouth. She stands out and her kids cringe.

There is a big difference between children playing a garden and choosing to play music in the garden without headphones. After all, prior to portable speakers being a thing, people managed in their gardens without music perfectly well.

If you can’t be considerate then don’t live among other people.