My neighbour has her children at her house five nights a week. The two nights that they're at their Dads she has her boyfriend round to stay. He's a builder, still working, and obviously interacting with goodness knows how people every day.
Even though it's irritating that she's breaking the rules, this in itself wouldn't bother me that much.
However, when her children are at home they're CONSTANTLY trying to interact with our family. All I can think about every time I see them is how their DM is flouting the rules and therefore putting us all at risk. They hang around outside the front of our houses for most of the day, on bikes and scooters and whatnot. DH leaves the house once a day to walk the baby around the village and they're right there, trying to stick their face in the pram, following him down the street on their bikes. I go out with DD4 once a day for a scooter ride around the village and as soon as we step outside the front door they're right in our faces, touching DDs scooter, asking if they can come with us, following us down the street. If we so much as nip out to the bin, they're there. They throw their ball over our fence so they have an excuse to knock on the door. I was doing a bit of gardening last night (at 9pm!) and the little girl was hanging around, trying to touch all of my tools, asking if I needed help. They're nice children, and obviously bored shitless, but I'm sick of it. There are only so many times I can say "Please don't touch that" or "Please stand back."
I know if I spoke to my neighbour she would just laugh it off. She's not taking this seriously at all. A few days ago she suggested it would be fine for DD to pop round to theirs to play as "her house is very clean." And honestly, I don't want to create tension as we have to live next door to her for goodness knows how long.
What the heck do I do? Do I report her for her boyfriend staying? For letting her children roam the streets? Do I just never leave the house for the next three months? I'm so tired of worrying about this.