selfish neighbours

[pinklemonade84]

So over the past few days, one side has had people drop in via their back gate 3 times (we've heard the children get excited everytime someone has turned up). And the other side the daughter has been coming and going every couple of days and the mum went out on Saturday to collect a puppy (I was washing up and saw her come back home and get it out of the car), then today one of her other daughters have visited with her whole family!

I don't understand what people are not getting about households not mixing or visiting other people. Or are they that deluded that they think they're exempt from the rules?!?!

I've spent the past few days trying to explain to dd why her nana and grandad couldn't be at her 4th birthday (today), and then comfort her when she's got upset because she's heard next door's girls getting excited that their grandparents have turned up and doesn't understand why she can't see hers.

It's been a tough day with lots of emotions and seeing next door with her daughter's car parked up outside has just tipped me over the edge a bit. I'm just sick of following the rules to try and keep us as safe as possible, yet I've got idiots living either side of us

Yep same here neighbours keep having family round, some people obviously think the rules don’t apply to them

Lots of people are not following the rules. I'm sitting here with the windows open listening to next doors grandchildren running around their woodland which borders our garden. They certainly don't live there but have been visiting a couple of times a week.

You can't control others, only yourselves.

Yep, same story here! My gran attended a her next door neighbours BBQ on Saturday-, I was appalled! It's fine apparently because she didn't touch anyone or enter their house 🤦‍♀️ and on Sunday police had to break up a street party round the corner from mine, most of the street was out on the pavements on their deck chairs drinking alcohol and they definitely weren't 2m apart.

I hope not to sound harsh but I think people are getting too invested in what everyone else is doing and I think its largely born from jealousy. I've certainly felt slightly envious when the people over the road from us have had family visit but at the end of the day, we know we're doing the right thing. Focus on you and your family - you can't change the actions of others.

It’s hard not to get invested if you can hear them in the garden all day having a party, they are not exactly trying to be discreet and it is annoying when you are obeying the rules and others are breaking them, nothing to do with jealousy.

Noise disturbance is completely different - you have every right to get knacked off if they're being loud and unreasonable. Where there are rules there will always be people who are happy to break them. Focus on the fact you are doing your bit in helping the NHS cope by keeping out the way.