Neighbour finds our christmas lights "annoying"...

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bestpud wrote: »

As an aside, I can't get my head round leaving curtains open once its dark, especially if the lights are on.

I can only guess these people don't have windows close to the street?

Wouldn't it be like living in a goldfish bowl?

They are exhibitionists

Welshwoofs

Person_one wrote: »

Yeah, so what if it contributes to road accidents, at least you had the right ambience with your pint.

A few more deaths on the road is a small price to pay for returning the country to its natural state at night. Besides; if they're too stupid to turn their headlights on I'd chalk it up to natural selection.

So where do you consider sophisticated and classy? I'll find a picture of their christmas lights.

Fortnum and Mason is probably a good bet; it's not owned by rich arabs and American tourists tend not to have heard of it. Oh and they have a knock-out cheese counter.

catkins

bestpud wrote: »

As an aside, I can't get my head round leaving curtains open once its dark, especially if the lights are on.

I can only guess these people don't have windows close to the street?

Wouldn't it be like living in a goldfish bowl?

Where I live all the houses have open plan quite short front gardens and the living room is at the front. I am amazed how many people don't have net curtains for a start. Ok I don't really like them but I also don't like people being able to see right into my house and it's a bit of a security risk as anyone can see exactly what you own in terms of tv etc. I am also amazed at just how many people switch their lights on in the evening but do not pull their curtains. As I walk my dog you can see people in their houses, watching tv, eating or whatever and their room is so brightly lit they are on full view.

I find it amusing if I look in especially if I am standing bored while my dog is sniffing or doing a wee and I look in and they glare at me - you don't want people looking in close your curtains! It's quite fun looking at people's decor especially the ones with the enormous tv on the wall (looking like a pub)

Marisco

I honestly cannot see what the fuss is about all this? I never close my curtains until I go to bed (got no nets either:p) but if lights across from me bothered me that much, I'd just close them for the duration!! Are her curtains tissue paper thin or something???

Welshwoofs

catkins wrote: »

I am amazed how many people don't have net curtains for a start. Ok I don't really like them but I also don't like people being able to see right into my house and it's a bit of a security risk as anyone can see exactly what you own in terms of tv etc. I am also amazed at just how many people switch their lights on in the evening but do not pull their curtains. As I walk my dog you can see people in their houses, watching tv, eating or whatever and their room is so brightly lit they are on full view.

I would rather have my eyeballs scooped out with a teaspoon than ever get net curtains. Horrid looking things that make everything inside dingy.

The answer to the above is that there are plenty of people like myself who don't give a damn if people glance in as they walk past. I don't even consider it a security risk to be honest as I'm in an extremely low crime area and if anyone did decide to break in based on what they saw whilst peeking in windows they'd have to get round 12 stone of Mastiff who'd be rather grumpy at a stranger entering uninvited.

BigBlackcat

Welshwoofs wrote: »

I would rather have my eyeballs scooped out with a teaspoon than ever get net curtains. Horrid looking things that make everything inside dingy.

The answer to the above is that there are plenty of people like myself who don't give a damn if people glance in as they walk past. I don't even consider it a security risk to be honest as I'm in an extremely low crime area and if anyone did decide to break in based on what they saw whilst peeking in windows they'd have to get round 12 stone of Mastiff who'd be rather grumpy at a stranger entering uninvited.

Now, are you absolutely sure that you wouldn't mind people looking in your windows? What.........if God forbid...........they saw something they deemed tacky??? Can you imagine the shame and humiliation??? :rotfl:

pimento

seriousDFW wrote: »

But she doesn't have a real choice - that's being taken away from her. What she may really wish is that she can look out of her window and see the view she sees for the other 48 weeks of the year. But no, because the neighbour has decided that she can't do that, so she has to shut her curtains instead? Great choice.

Oh come on. It's not like the OP is having lights on all the year, or has painted her house purple, or has a huge caravan parked outside the neighbour's house.

It's a few weeks of the year. Opera is perennial.

pimento

claire16c wrote: »

Ive never even been to Slough apart from to change trains there. You seem to know it well, just like these hot dog stands you apparently live near.

Hyacinth? Is that you?

Nicki

pimento wrote: »

Oh come on. It's not like the OP is having lights on all the year, or has painted her house purple, or has a huge caravan parked outside the neighbour's house.

It's a few weeks of the year. Opera is perennial.

But OP has put her lights up very early. So if she plans to keep them up and on until 12th night (6 January), by my calculations, they will be up for just over 10% of the year. Which is quite a large percentage if you are the neighbour, you really dislike it, and it has been happening every year for the last seven years?

Possibly now that OP knows the neighbour is bothered, next year she might think about putting them up later in December, putting less up, and/or switching them on for less hours in the day. Or she may not. But the neighbour had nothing to lose by raising the issue in the fairly mild low key way that she did really (assuming OP is not one of those antisocial types who posted here who said they would go out and double the amount of lights they had up, deliberately to upset an elderly neighbour living on her own )

pimento

Nicki wrote: »

But OP has put her lights up very early. So if she plans to keep them up and on until 12th night (6 January), by my calculations, they will be up for just over 10% of the year. Which is quite a large percentage if you are the neighbour, you really dislike it, and it has been happening every year for the last seven years?

Possibly now that OP knows the neighbour is bothered, next year she might think about putting them up later in December, putting less up, and/or switching them on for less hours in the day. Or she may not. But the neighbour had nothing to lose by raising the issue in the fairly mild low key way that she did really (assuming OP is not one of those antisocial types who posted here who said they would go out and double the amount of lights they had up, deliberately to upset an elderly neighbour living on her own )

Sixy isn't elderly. Trust me.

So it's 10% of the year, so what? They're lights. She's not dealing drugs.

Sheesh!


ETA: Perhaps the OP and her family could duck down as they pass the neighbour's house so they don't spoil her view.