To ask the boys from the houses accross the road NOT to play football right outside my flat.

[Shoshe]

We live in a ground floor flat, surrounding the two storey 8 flat block is a six foot wide swathe of grass, which is the flats communal garden, it is not enclosed.

Two of the boys from the houses opposite (which have gardens) play everyday right outside our windows on the grass, constantly kicking the ball against the wall and quite often hitting the windows.

I have just gone out and asked them not to play there, they complained that there is no where else to play football.

There is a recreation ground 5 minutes walk away.

Am I being a moody cow, or would you ask them to stop.

They came back later but DH pulled up just after so they left again.

If they start again tomorrow will have a word with their Father, it really is annoying (not to mention the language they use right in front of the open windows. I really dont want young mindees hearing it, and I wouldnt think their Father would be happy about it either.

I am surprised (yet again) by the response of some Mners.

Surprised that it is fine apparently to deliberately and repeatedly kick a football against someone's windows.

In whose world is that fine? It is really really noisy, and potentially dangerous.

(With the children in the house I would not be keen to have someone swacking a ball at the windows as they can break and then you have glass in the house. Broken glass flying around a room can be hazardous to babies, children and adults. If in doubt on that point, please check your mummying handbook or contact your health visitor).

Iwastooearly - why should the OP put up with kids kicking balls repeatedly against her walls and windows - when they have their own gardens?? Never mind the recreation ground 5 minutes away - why is it unreasonable of her to want the children to play in their own gardens??

Objecting to the sounds of children playing, or to the occasional ball that ends up in your garden by accident is sanctimonious - but it's hardly sanctimonious to dislike the repeated thump of footballs against your walls and windows.

We live on a cul de sac, and the kids all play outside on the turning circle. Sometimes a ball strays onto our front lawn, or hits the house - that's an accident, and doesn't bother me at all - but if they chose my front lawn to play on, instead of their own, I'd be well pissed off!

Kicking a football against someone's home in not acceptable in any circumstances. It's dangerous near windows and anti social. I can't imagine why anyone would find it acceptable.

puncture their ball.

YANBU
We live 2 mins from a huge playing field, yet the child next door (Eddie Munster, as we affectionatly call him) kicks his ball for hours against his house wall and even in the house in the hall.
He did used to kick it against our garden fence, until he broke one of the panels and DH shouted at him. He ran into his house and whinged that the man next door had shouted at him to his mum. She then shouted at him too.

I feel your pain, we back onto a big area of playing field, literally a few SECONDS walk yet the little shites darlings insist on kicking their sodding balls against the fricking garage doors, walls make an annoying noise sure but garage doors make one hell of a crash.

If DD ever does that when she is old enough to I will break her legs.

YANBU at all. I live in a block of flats and one of the children here often has friends round who play ball in the street outside or in the walkways between the flats, and sometimes it hits out window. I quite like it as I don't have children and it's nice hearing them play (also very funny at times). But, I know that if I asked them to stop or go elsewhere, they would. In fact they often ask me if I'm sure it's ok, even though I've said it's fine.

I am really shocked that these kids thought it was ok to carry on playing on your space when you'd told them not to.