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Pregnancy and Neighbours Car Horn
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I wake up with a jump at 6am every morning - its called my alarm clock! I'm off and out by 6.30. Believe me though, you do get used to sounds. I live on a cul de sac, and there are cars coming and going at all hours of the day and night, so headlights sometimes shine into my bedroom. Add to that the milkman delivering to my neighbour at 5am every couple of days, the dustbin lorry servicing the flats across the road, my cat fighting with next door's at 5.30am and I'm also very close to the glide path for Manchester airport. Most of the time I don't even notice the planes unless they are doing a go-around.0
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That isn't exclusive to 7am though, is it?
Can it not be agreed that OPs neighbour is being ridiculous and whether it was 7am, 7pm or the middle of the night , if you were asleep and were woken day in day out by some obnoxious berk and his car horn you would be understandably miffed.
I agree that the neighbour is not behaving well. I do not agree with the OP's solution which is equally bad behaviour.
We are in our 60s. I asked my husband what he would do about this, his answer is the same as mine - 'ignore it and go back to sleep'. To us it's not worth making a fuss over, there is always some sort of noise unless you live in the middle of a field.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »I agree that the neighbour is not behaving well. I do not agree with the OP's solution which is equally bad behaviour.
We are in our 60s. I asked my husband what he would do about this, his answer is the same as mine - 'ignore it and go back to sleep'. To us it's not worth making a fuss over, there is always some sort of noise unless you live in the middle of a field.
Oh I don't agree with him actually doing that, I think it would be a funny idea that I'd never carry out:rotfl:
I think I said it in another post: we're all different though and I suppose that makes it hard to empathise if it doesn't bother you.
I empathise because I have some nuisance neighbours myself and it's not something you can get used to. It's more that you anticipate it but it makes you more annoyed that it hasn't magically stopped happening (slightly irrational but you know)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »I agree that the neighbour is not behaving well. I do not agree with the OP's solution which is equally bad behaviour.
We are in our 60s. I asked my husband what he would do about this, his answer is the same as mine - 'ignore it and go back to sleep'. To us it's not worth making a fuss over, there is always some sort of noise unless you live in the middle of a field.
You're lucky you could just go back to sleep. Lots of people can'tThe world is over 4 billion years old and yet you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie0 -
You're lucky you could just go back to sleep. Lots of people can't
Actually I can't, I have RLS and it often keeps me awake, especially first thing in the morning. So what? Being awake at 6.30 isn't going to kill me. I know he shouldn't be tooting his horn at that hour, and I think it wrong that he does not stop when asked, but it doesn't to me seem worth making a fuss about.
Obviously it does to some people. I'm not saying everyone should feel the same as I do.
When I lived in Spain, I got used to the villagers having all-night discos in the summer (and this was in a remote mountain village!), it was noisy until around 6 am, so what, other people have to live too, although I agree some are selfish.
The OP is moving in a few months, then he'll be rid of it.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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seven-day-weekend wrote: »When I lived in Spain, I got used to the villagers having all-night discos in the summer (and this was in a remote mountain village!), it was noisy until around 6 am, so what, other people have to live too, although I agree some are selfish..
You should have done the same during siesta!
If I had a siesta I think I'd be full of beans at 6am too.Our Rainbow Twins born 17th April 2016
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[QUOTE=lulu_92;66354467]You should have done the same during siesta!
If I had a siesta I think I'd be full of beans at 6am too.[/QUOTE]
I'd have been arrested!
Actually, the main reason they have siesta in the afternoon and then start partying at midnight is because in the summer is is too bl00dy hot to do anything else!!(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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For me, the question is: is more important to solve the situation, or is it more important to be right?
Hopefully it's the former. And that could be done by going and chatting again, inviting them for a drink; as someone else said, far easier to annoy people you don't know. Or, speak to a PCSO.
If you just want to be right, then go and willy wave at 0300, but expect it to escalate from there into goodness knows what. Let's hope no harm comes to you as a result.' <-- See that? It's called an apostrophe. It does not mean "hey, look out, here comes an S".0 -
I also once had a neighbour who probably suffered from OCD. Whenever he returned home after a night out, he would open and then slam shut every one of his car doors, several times. He would then lock the car (bleep bleeping) and then return a minute later and go through the whole rigmarole again. Not fun at 11pm when you're just dropping off to sleep lol!
My neighbour is the same, must be OCDbut he does it every time he comes in or goes out regardless of what time it is, it drives you mad :mad:
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Woaaahhh this thread is still going on?
Just to give you all some closure, the situation seems to have resolved itself.
At the weekend I went out to my garage which is at the rear of the building to get my hammer (putting up a picture), walked towards my front door. The neighbour was washing his car at the time, took one look at me and ran into his house.
No honking since :rotfl:0
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