to burn next doors 7 year olds football?

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ok so I know I ABU but AIBU to not bother giving it back?

It must fly over the fence at about 100mph every bloody 5 mins and yesterday it missed my 4 month old laying in the shade by inches. I screamed "I burning that bloody football" and throw it in the shed.

His mum has just asked me if I have found his ball yet. "Ball? What ball is that then??" I said.

What annoyed me most was when she said "you have baby boys your soon have lots of this sort of thing". ummmmmmm no as I won't buy them a hard leather one and secondly they can play football at the park, not in a narrow garden.

I did consider putting it in a bag with a note saying please be really careful but I would rather burn it.

What do you think?

I feel your pain. And in my case it is MY DS in the garden!!!! Had to ban him and his friend on Sunday as they cannot kick the ball lightly. Always full bloody force. And won't play with a soft ball as once the dog gets it is it popped or it goes into prickly bushes and pops. Sigh.

yes it can be annoying ..but its no biggie really ...I used to tell my ds to be more careful ..but he still thought he was Ronaldo

cat64 like I said I didn't swear at him and I didn't lie to his mum. Our garden must have more balls than Toys r us. Anyway finders keepers and all that!

I really wouldn't be bothered if it wasn't so heavy and didn't nearly land on DS honestly.

I am not getting into it but its not finders keepers, it is theft and that is info from the police. just so you know

yanbu
burn it

It's not really theft though if someone puts something on your property?

Try to sort it out amicably as I had to go to court in October as I witnessed my neighbour being assaulted by an irate parent whose son's ball had been confiscated. This boy (10 yo) had hit neighbours car and dented in and was told off and ball taken. Boy told dad and mum who came up to the house, words were exchanged and dad punched neighbour. As neighbour was black and punchy dad was mixed race it was thought to be a racial assault and went to crown court. DH and myself were witnesses. Punchy dad stands and stares at me as I walk past every day. ALL OVER A BLOODY BALL FFS!

YANBU

an occasional ball coming over is fine, but constantly is taking the pee, you and your children have a right to enjoy your garden without the worry of balls hitting you

and they should definitely ask before coming to get them, I'm actually quite surprised that so many people think them just coming into your garden without asking is ok tbh

oh and I have 4 boys so I agree that these things do happen but not all of the time

The thing is even if the ball only comes over once a month, it could still hit your LO.Therefore you have to make sure the baby is safe in the garden irrespective of what the reighbours are doing

pretend you never saw the ball and dont give it back. if its a regular occurance it's bloody irritating. next time he gets a ball he'll be more careful where he throws the naffing thing.

i like your attitude. YANBU.

yabu op just explain them nicely
like cat64 said your op mentions behaviour of lying, swearing etc yet now you are denying it? lighten up a bit.. im sure if you tell them your baby is there and it nearly hit your baby, they will take care but if you just start shouting bloody football and that kind of thing, they will just think you are stuck up and pay no notice

Read this again when your DC is 7 yrs and you don't want him going off to the park alone with friends!

yanbu

we had neighbours in one house- narrow victorian gardens, they used to throw stuff over all the time- 3 boys, eldest one was 8. I asked them to stop, then warned them. then everything that came over went in the wheelie bin. my view was that their parents had a chance to go through the bin and fish them out once a week on bin day.

this sounds harsh now, but they really were little bastards.

Right, ball returned. No fires lit! The boy came round to get it and clearly got the message. Just hope we don't have more and more repeats!

this thread is unreal.