I can hear next door coughing

[Likeacatoutofhell]

My neighbours (a young couple) seem to have a developed a cough over the last few days.
Obviously in recent times I wouldn’t have cared, but they’ve been going out in the car most days. They have a small child who I think they struggle with as I’ve seen the mother crying on more than one occasion.

What can I do? They should be isolating if they have coughs and they definitely sound continuous.

[AuntieMarys]

multipack comment of the day.
I despair of people sometimes. Neurotic, paranoid and bloody nosy.

[Alsonification]

I am on blood pressure medication and one of the main side effects is a dry cough. I have had this cough long before covid was even a thing(I’m on the medication since last year) but it mainly happens at night. I sleep with my windows open & I often wonder what the neighbours think if they hear me. Some nights are worse than others. It’s definitely not covid though. It’s made me very paranoid though. I spend half the night trying to hide the bloody cough now.

[BarcelonaBetty]

When did they tell you they haven't had a test? Because if you've not spoken to them you can't possibly know if they've been tested or not.

[OutOfDateAppleCrumble]

Tell the Eyes.

[vodkaredbullgirl]

Oh dear not good mind your own.

[wildcherries]

The number of people who seem incapable of minding their own bloody business is infuriating.

1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual, as they say.

[RaspberryToupee]

Maybe they’ve been doing some work on their house and stirred up a lot of dust. Maybe they have asthma. Maybe they’ve had to put the bloody heating on and it’s drying out their throats.

Even if it is a new continuous cough and nothing to do with the many, many other reasons you can cough, how do you know they’ve not had a test?

As for the mother crying - she could have had an argument with her husband, be missing her family or have suffered a bereavement. People cry for even more reasons that they cough. And none of those reasons are a reason for you to make up your own conclusions about her situation.

Also, what relevance is the fact they’re young?

[Purpledaisychain]

Can you be sure that they haven't had a negative test?

[turnthebiglightoff]

Jesus wept.

[Spacemonkey2016]

I imagine the OP won't be returning here 😂😂

[ChanceChanceChance]

@Multipack5678

Do you have any red paint? If so, you could paint a cross on their door to warn the community. If you have time you could also ring a bell when they leave the house.

[itsgettingweird]

I have had a cough for a few weeks which is actually because I've been ill (non Covid) and the medication caused reflux. It was the reflux that made me cough.

Have to admit I did wonder what my neighbours would be thinking

(Mine know I had it March though and didn't get up for 5 weeks!)

[PinkSparklyPussyCat]

@Spacemonkey2016

I imagine the OP won't be returning here 😂😂

Probably too busy making notes to inform the cough police!

[Jrobhatch29]

@Multipack5678

Do you have any red paint? If so, you could paint a cross on their door to warn the community. If you have time you could also ring a bell when they leave the house.

😂😂😂

[Laaalaaaa]

Aye because coronavirus is the only cause of coughing. I think people have completely lost all sense of rationality. People had coughs long before and will continue to have long after coronavirus has fucked off.

[TheSeedsOfADream]

Jesus, is this really happening?
I used a strong and highly scented kitchen cleaner yesterday and was coughing and spluttering all night.
Are you a paragon of Covid virtue OP?

Mask always on, fitted correctly?
SD?
Not seeing people?
All your family the same?

Start with your own backyard then you can piss in others.

[TheSeedsOfADream]

@Laaalaaaa

Aye because coronavirus is the only cause of coughing. I think people have completely lost all sense of rationality. People had coughs long before and will continue to have long after coronavirus has fucked off.

So true.
I keep reading posts on here like "my knee twinges s bit, should I have a test"
It's almost like people want a second wave and lockdown.

[Alex50]

Wow you can’t even cough in your own house now, mumsnet has lost the plot.

[rosiethehen]

Just mind your own business. They're adults, they can manage their own healthcare needs.

[TheDailyCarbuncle]

OP, listening through the wall to your neighbours coughing and considering taking action would normally be considered to be a symptom of paranoid behaviour. Are you struggling with your mental health?

[rottiemum88]

How do you know that one of their trips out wasn't for a test and they've had the all clear?

[Concerned7777]

What's going on with all these types of threads lately 🤔
This one kicking off because next door has got a cough, another one kicking off because a toddler coughed near her child, another one kicking off about a child returning from Portugal going straight to school without quarantine even though she didn't need to......
The world has gone mad!

[Mondaymanic]

Are you not bored of worrying about every time you hear a cough already. If not, you're in for a rough winter. People will continue to get normal coughs too

[Reedwarbler]

"It's almost like people want a second wave and lockdown" yes, exactly. There are people on here apparently gagging for it, judging by the number of times it is forecast. I sometimes wonder if their lives were rather empty before the current situation occurred.
As for the op, he/she should be boarding up these coughing miscreants in their house until they stop coughing. Mind you, it doesn't say much for housebuilding/insulation when you can hear every sound of your neighbours lives. I think there are worse things one could hear than coughing.

[ChanceChanceChance]

@Reedwarbler

"It's almost like people want a second wave and lockdown" yes, exactly. There are people on here apparently gagging for it, judging by the number of times it is forecast. I sometimes wonder if their lives were rather empty before the current situation occurred.
As for the op, he/she should be boarding up these coughing miscreants in their house until they stop coughing. Mind you, it doesn't say much for housebuilding/insulation when you can hear every sound of your neighbours lives. I think there are worse things one could hear than coughing.

"It's almost like people want a second wave and lockdown" yes, exactly. There are people on here apparently gagging for it, judging by the number of times it is forecast. I sometimes wonder if their lives were rather empty before the current situation occurred

This is an idiotic perspective, people are scared of a second spike is all.

The first one was bad enough!!