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Or is my neighbour about my laundry...?

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laundryninja · 26/05/2017 15:14

Name changed in case she's on mumsnet

Don't know NDN well. We are quiet and (I thought!) inoffensive so no issues for the last 6 months we've lived here. There's a low fence between our gardens.

Given that I live in the west of scotland, it's a rare opportunity to hang clothes out on the line to dry, which DH and I have been doing the past few days.

Today NDN appeared at the door and asked me to "be more careful" with my laundry. I initially thought something had blown into her garden and apologised. She said no, that us hanging out "personal items" was embarrassing for her and she didn't want her young sons (who are late primary age I think) seeing things like that. After clarifying she meant bras and knickers I admit I snorted with laughter a bit and said "but don't they see YOUR pants drying indoors!?" to which she said that I clearly didn't want to help and that she'd ask her DH to come over later to speak to my DH once he's in from work!

I have not brought my laundry in and have just done another load. She's glaring from her conservatory. AIBU to ignore her? Or should I bring my offensive undies in off the line?

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redshoeblueshoe · 27/05/2017 18:33

Has anyone nominated this for classics yet ?

ipswichwitch · 27/05/2017 18:34

From my Suffolk born auntie

What's the time
Half past nine
Hang yer knickers on the line
When they're dry
Bring em in
And put them on yer bum again!

I do find it bizarre that you get people who move to a different country and can't comprehend that stuff may be done differently there Hmm

Fabulousdahlink · 27/05/2017 18:37

Get hubby to answer the door in his gold hot pants and gimp mask and get him to ask her hubby in for a chat ha ha ha. Priceless. Discuss your plans for pampas grass on the front lawn and how many sets of keys he yhinks you could fit in the bowl on the table....

user1485778793 · 27/05/2017 18:39

You should have told her the underwear was your husbands....he'll be glad to give your husbands tips on where to buy it from Grin

I'd have got everything out my underwear draws and hung it out. Grin

Frankthefrog · 27/05/2017 18:52

My ndn in her late 60s hangs her thongs out, my boys think it's cool she has catapults, says more about my underwear!Wink

PurpleDragon76 · 27/05/2017 18:53

I know Burton Waters, tis true they don't allow outside drying. Beautiful place but I couldn't do with all the rules. You aren't allowed to feed the ducks. At the end of your garden! But you can fish.

GiraffesCantPlayHopScotch · 27/05/2017 18:58

I live in Glasgow and have plenty of pants. Want me to wash them and bring them over? Grin

somerandomfucker · 27/05/2017 19:07

I read another thread like this, I always hang bras, nickers & Pants on my line, all really neatly, in sets and attempted colour coordinated pegs. But I did check my ndn once or twice and not one single underwear item for a family of 5!!

Carebear1818 · 27/05/2017 19:29

Hang a dildo or 2 from it thatll make for an interesting dinner time....yanbu...like you have better things to do than separate washing every time just because your neighbour is the virgin mary

nina2b · 27/05/2017 19:34

Is she a repressed Wee Free? What an embarrassing thing for her to have done.
Of course YANBU!

SenecaFalls · 27/05/2017 19:35

Y'all have made my day. We just drive to Orlando for a wedding. Took back roads to avoid traffic headed to Mousetown. I did spot one house with sheets flapping in the breeze. No undies though.

BillyButtfuck · 27/05/2017 19:43

Just read this in its entirety, hilarious - a vote for classics from me! Grin

MaliceKitten · 27/05/2017 20:04

If it was me, I'd bring out some of my more racy undies, like my lacy bras and thongs to hang up. Perhaps some rope and a riding crop on the line too. Then sit back on a chair in my garden with a cold drink and sun glasses and try not to smirk to much every time I see her looking through her windows at me in disgust. But that's just me xD

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/05/2017 20:11

Hang around mankini on the line

MrsMoastyToasty · 27/05/2017 20:13

Around = a

K00kie · 27/05/2017 20:35

Maybe your neighbour is sending her husband to talk to yours, because her DH really needs a good bloke-to-bloke talk about female underwear? His wife obviously is unwilling to talk about such frivolities, so the poor guy needs to find someone else for a racy conversation...

Or maybe the neighbours don't wear any underwear? In which case have some sympathy for them, as it would obviously be very tricky for them to explain to their little sons what knickers and bras are. Bras could pass for earmuffs I guess, and g-strings for slings perhaps, but big pants? Hats for big bunnies with holes cut out for the ears? Do you even keep bunnies in your garden?

BumBumPooBum · 27/05/2017 20:38

I do have a friend who is such a prude when she ordered bras from M&S and went to collect them she waited until there was a female member of staff available because she didn't want the male staff member to know her bra size. She is in her 40s not 80s.

manicmij · 27/05/2017 20:54

How old is your neighbour? Bet her Mum hung out the "smalls" it was the done thing until this neighbour's generation apparently. I live in east Scotland and we hang out our underwear. Keep doing it, suggest it is good sex education for her boys helping them to realise there is a difference between boys and girls hence the different clothing just in case she hides her own somewhere for them never to set eyes on. Don't suppose her son's have ever walked through a store where lingerie is on display. Your msn is a nutter or prood

Kerala2712 · 27/05/2017 21:06

Having lived on one of the islands in the west of scotland I can well imagine the type of your NDN- you are completely not being unreasonable, she has not enough to think about, but depends on how big a community you live in and whether you want to be known as the besom who led her sons from the path of righteousness....

SenecaFalls · 27/05/2017 21:16

She's American. If she's young enough to have school age boys, it is likely that her Mom did not hang out washing.

woodhill · 27/05/2017 21:18

Yes my dm said people stole things off my gps. Line, underwear.

Kerala2712 · 27/05/2017 21:33

Your husband sounds awesome, OP, I really hope he was wearing the wrestling singlet and lunging when the neighbours husband came round (poor man- what on earth was he going to say?!?).

BluebellsareBlue · 27/05/2017 21:37

Absolutely brilliant thread!
I hung out my mahoosive pants today and my neighbours don't give a toss!
Although I now have to rewash everything due to the bloody torrential rain!
@Euphemia did you see that bloody rain?!?

Mustang27 · 27/05/2017 22:56

Omfg please please tell me you amazon primed some crotchless panties and some really really kinky undies to hang in the line asap constantly!! Wtaf what a weirdo, haha and why does she think her husband has any authority lol.

I'm west of Scotland too I have some cracking role play gear you are more than welcome to borrow to hang up. It's all perfectly clean lol

Ojoj1974 · 27/05/2017 23:00

I want to full you line with racy underwear now and possibly hers too!!