Neighbour and his england flag!

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Our NDN are both 80, and we don’t have the best relationship with them, we feel they can be a bit inconsiderate in terms of boundary noise. We’ve had to mention a couple of things which have affected the enjoyment of our home. So we don’t really speak anymore and they have clearly taken offence despite us mentioning things in a polite way.

Anyway, the man has put up a large England flag on a pole on the joining fence. It’s right at the front of the house and the pole isn’t particularly high so the flag flaps in our faces or visitors faces when they open our gate to go down our walkway. This morning I got pissed off with it as the wind is always blowing our way so the flag is always over our boundary and it looks like it’s our flag as a result (just to add I love football and have no issues with the flag itself, just the positioning of it).
So this morning I wrapped it round the pole and opened my gate to make a point that it’s a walkway.
Anyway, I was sat in my living room and I heard the man come out and say “someone’s wrapped that up!” In an angry loud voice.
AIBU to think that he should realise it’s a bit inconsiderate and could put the flag in an area that doesn’t hang over our boundary?

@BauhausOfEliott 😂😂
What else do you think she means by 'England flag'? A picture of Mr Blobby and a Gregg's?

There you are OP, Bauhaus has given you the answer for your own England flag just in front of his, flapping over it.

A really good way of feeling involved is watching the match

Why?

Is this really that important. Blimey.

See now I’m feeling terribly guilty about him knowing we/I tied the flag up. Despite knowing I would never hand a flag on a property boundary where there’s a walkway, but still I feel guilty.

I couldn’t get worked up about this. The World Cup will be over on Sunday. It’s really not that big a deal.

Betjeman?

It's not like you set it on fire and rammed the pole up his arse 🤷‍♂️

I’ll help!

Yep

We have neighbours like this and I guarantee he’s done it to aggravate. It’s like they can’t help themselves, if it was me I would ignore it and rise above. It’s the only joy they get, by being a little bit irritating and unreasonable.

This made me laugh way more than it should have

I mean really this was very passive aggressive. I can see why you don’t get on. It would have been easy enough to send a text or put a note through their door saying can you move it it’s flapping in peoples faces please. But wrapping it up, opening the gate then sitting there waiting for fire works is utterly immature,

FGS there's only a few days left at most. Couldn't get worked up over this. I'm sure you equally do things that are semi annoying. It's a bit of give and take.

This!

Let them have their flag - it's only for a week. It would make me smile!

A bit of tolerance from you wouldn't go amiss during the football season.
Otherwise you will have to move house.
I wish that was all I had to worry about.

It'll be gone next week. Unclench. Imagine the national joy if they win. Buy a flag, make a banner. Go on, enjoy yourself!

@StrongandNorthern I imagine this couple is committing a range of MN sins such as taking their tops off and BBQ or drinking/laughing/music in the garden and speaking too loudly. Being working class is utterly unacceptable for many on here and sadly, as us lot earn more, and they less, we end up in close proximity more and more often!

Genuine question - if they were immigrants and put a flag up, say a Mexican flag - would you 'cut it down'? @FrenchandSaunders

The smart move would be (have been) to wrap it up, and drop a note through their door telling them you'd done it and...

Explain it was hitting people in the face, delivery men were moaning at you, and you didn't want them to have to suffer any personal injury claims.

Being a nice considerate neighbour you are.

My advice on inconsiderate neighbours is the sme as my advice on teenagers - pick your battles.

Just let this one go.

It sounds like quite a big problem. You are in a microclimate where there is wind at face level during this heat wave. Where exactly are you? Troll-land?

Strange question. The OP isn't objecting to it being an England flag, but it being a flag that is low and flapping in people's faces. So presumably the advice would be the same regardless of which flag it is.

Its incredibly windy where we are at the moment (south west), despite also being very hot.

Where I used to live kids would have nicked it by the time the owners had gone back indoors.