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Neighbours think I'm a peeping Tom

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  • I'm with others saying just forget it and don't mention it . If people think someone might see them by accident, in the shower , getting changed or whatever then they could always pull the blinds / curtains to save their modesty . It was just a glance not as if you were standing looking for ages !
  • Artytarty
    Artytarty Posts: 2,642 Forumite
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    I don't think the embarrassment is about being seen I think he is mortified you heard him , ahem, releasing his natural pent up urges!
    Now that is far worse than being spotted in the nudie!
    Just try and forget about it.h
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  • marisco_2
    marisco_2 Posts: 4,261 Forumite
    If they make animal noises whilst in the shower in a room that only has a partly glazed window then what do they expect. Most people would glance up and wonder what was going on. That doesn't make you a peeping Tom at all. They are lucky they dont live round my way. I live near some right nosy parkers who would probably have called the rspca on them to check no animals were being harmed :cool:

    Seeing as they are builders hopefully they will replace that window with a fully glazed one. Then you can enjoy being in your garden without worrying what you will be exposed to next.
    The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
  • marisco_2
    marisco_2 Posts: 4,261 Forumite
    What happens then if a child sees an adult in the shower?

    In my ex husbands experience a child of 4 screams when seeing a fat, wobbly body emerge from a shower through a big puff of steam. Then giggle when I said 'see that's what happens when you eat and drink to much of the wrong things son' :D
    The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
  • Paradigm
    Paradigm Posts: 3,656 Forumite
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    Has anyone thought that it might not have been an accident?

    Lightly frosted glass, window open, neighbour gardening, noise to attract attention....

    Some people like to show their "wares" ;)
    Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!
  • Lucky94
    Lucky94 Posts: 84 Forumite
    After a tough week this thread really made me :D not sure whether or not it was meant to but it's light hearted.

    We have neighbours and very thin walls and most nights can hear them 'having fun' in the bedroom. My DH actuallly went round the previous neighbours and asked very straight faced it they would mind just moving the bed slightly so it didn't bang on our wall :o I was luckily at work at the time and didn't know that he was going to do so.

    These neighbours are just as active, but now we have children we don't sleep most nights anyway.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,989 Forumite
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    Perhaps you should go out in the garden and have a loud conversation about people flashing.
  • bestpud
    bestpud Posts: 11,048 Forumite
    Seems to me you're probably a little bit on the nosey neighbour side as you've mentioned their job.

    It's completely irrelevant to this thread unless you were going to say they resemble the guys on the diet coke ad and are easy on the eye.

    Nowt wrong with being a little bit nosey - some neighbours appreciate people keeping an eye on their house but don't go all defensive if you're rumbled.

    Laugh it off - sounds like they have!
  • Charliezoo
    Charliezoo Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    So if I took my bedroom curtains down and stood naked at the window could I accuse every person who walked past of being a peeping Tom?

    Personally I wouldn't be taking a shower in a bathroom without a blind let alone without frosted windows. They must be a bit simple or something.
  • Carl31
    Carl31 Posts: 2,616 Forumite
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    being a bloke, if my female neighbour was checking me out whilst i was showering, id be well chuffed

    I sincerely doubt a young man being checked out by the opposite sex has taken the slightest bit of offence, the peeping tom reference is prob just a nick name you have acquired
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