Or is my neighbour about my laundry...?

[laundryninja]

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?

If a man comes onto your property to discuss your knickers he has seen hanging on the line and he thinks they're too slutty I would seriously consider threatening to phone the police, that has got to be some kind of sexual harassment.

Tell them to fuck off and never, ever, EVER! inspect or comment on your underwear again.

I'm dying to know what the husband said!

Could you send your husband round to theirs? Just to speed it up w bit? He can just say I understand their is a laundry issue and you wish to discuss it with me?

OP,

In unlikely event Husband-to-Husband knicker summit does take place:

I dare you to appear from another room, forcefully calling "Darling? Darling? Knickerless. Now."

(before explaining to the appalled-by-mere-mention-of-the-word Mr NDN that DH has had to take a very quick, but crucial, phone call from work colleague, Nicholas...).

Yes, it's childish, but nowhere near as much as enforcing a 'no ladies' unmentionables in public' ban, lest the purity of her DSs' minds be corrupted.

Surely she's a nutjob and any normal man will refuse to go next door and have that conversation.

If a man came to ours to say something like that I'm pretty sure DH would be extremely unimpressed.

^ Ooh, had missed your post saying he's there!!!

Yanbu, she's ridiculous. I can't imagine my late primary age boy being bothered by laundry drying including underwear - he'd be too busy with his own football and stuff, your neighbour is really over thinking it

I think you need to record the interaction .

She is completely bonkers!

But thanks for this thread - for the laughs and reminding me that I put a wash on timer before I left for work this morning and it needed pegging out (knickers and all)!

My mother thinks this! She gets really annoyed with me if I hang out my underwear and will go out and take it in again if I do.

It has only made me all the more determined to dry underwear outside.

Does she not take them into M&S where they have lingerie displayed ON MANNEQUINS provocatively?!

There is only one solution to this. Bunting is fashionable these days. We must all donate our old pants and make you Knicker Bunting, which you can then drape around your garden and leave up until Christmas.

Oh god. What on earth is this poor woman's life like? I wonder if her husband has ever seen her naked.

Has your neighbour recently moved from Devon? metro.co.uk/2016/09/14/gran-told-to-keep-her-frilly-knickers-to-herself-after-hanging-them-out-to-dry-near-primary-school-6126994/

Shamelessly bookmarking for the update on the husband summit.

Good brief see what I did there

Id be washing all my sex toys and placing them right in her view to dry

Definitely buy some crotchless pvc panties you could probably buy some off eBay and leave them on the line permanently or buy some humongous granny knickers or both to really confuse them!

Shameless place mark to find out if the DH is as bonkers as the wife.

If you're Scottish then surely your DH doesn't wear pants, under his kilt and all that

Shameless place marking

Im in central scotland and ive never had any aggro when i hang my pants on the line

😂😂😂😂😂

Have they moved from the East of Scotland?

East of Scotland- prudes?
Edinburgh with legalised brothels, relaxed attitude to cannabis, Four million visitors a year,- a very cosmopolitan place to live.

Not only batshit, she's also pretty rude to be commenting on your undies that are hanging in your washing like in your yard. It's none of her business and not her place to be having opinions about where or how you hang your daks.