Teenage lads across the rd giving me gyp.

[Mirage]

I'm feeling really shaky & upset.I was upstairs in our bedroom,looking out at the sunset (which I do quite often),when I could hear a lot of laughter & comments from outside.It was a while before I realised that they were being directed at me by the 3 lads who live across the rd from us.

I've never spoken to them in the 3 months or so we've been here,apart from to say hello,so was a bit shocked that they were watching me.They were giving a running commentary on what I was doing,accompanied by swearing,laughter & wolf whistles.I pretended that I couldn't hear them & stayed where I was for a while.When I went out to water my hanging baskets a few minutes later,I could hear them commenting again on what I was doing,in very loud voices,but ignored them.

I know it doesn't seem very much,butI'm feeling very low & depressed at the minute-I scored borderline on the Edinburgh test last week.It wouldn't take much to tip me over the edge ATM.I was tempted to go out & lay into them,but daren't in case things escalate.DH says just to ignore them & they'll get fed up,but I hate the thought of them watching me & making comments.I'm dreading having to walk past them in the lane next time I go out.

Sorry,I know that people have far more pressing problems than this,but I feel so nervous & sick about it.

Hello hun, it's just the local scrotes, they will give up and get bored. Or if they don't....

Get a super soaker, and fill it with wee. next time they stand there being offensive, supersoak them!

Mirage, cheer up, they are just bored wankers, ignore and don't you dare allow them to intimidate you.
Colditzs wee supersoak idea is an excellent one and certainly made me laugh

I actually did that to some teenage boys once, cos the nubber one hang out spot in the village was the phone box outside my house. They started shouting abuse so I soaked 'em...

Colditz, I suspect you are an evil genious, supersoaker is good but the addition of wee is just that one step beyond!

You can ALWAYS rely on Colditz for a slightly off the wall answer, the one you know will work!

It must be because I am a 14 year old boy, really

I don't recall giving any off the wall answers, they are just the answers that seem obvious to me. maybe I am bit off the wall.

seriously though Mirage, depending on the area of this town you live in, there are public order notices in force that mean any group of people under 18 can be dispersed by the police after 9 pm, so it might be worth a call to the copshop.

They are bored, either ignore them or answer them back with a laugh in your voice.
They will find another place to hang out soon.

Good idea Colditz-I may yet try it when I go in the front garden.

Sadly,they are in their own front garden whilst they do this,they & their mates sit on the front wall & are normally just a bit noisy,so don't quite know why I bacame a target tonight.

Its quite ironic really,our last house was on the 'worst' street in town & we never had any trouble from the kids there.Where we live now is a very affluent conservation area, a tiny village,which we moved to to try & give the dd's a better quality of life, & I get this.

I know that the family doesn't have a very good reputation & that all the boys have different dads,the last of whom,moved out a few months ago.Their mum has a new bloke living there with her,but spends most of her time in the pub with him-I've only seen her a couple of times & never with her kids.

Try to feign nonchalence or complete disinterest when they make remarks like this - because if they suspect that you are in any way uncomfortable they will do it all the more. If you appear totally unaffected by their wisecracks they will get bored of it.