Today, after 3 days of interrupted sleep, I confronted my new neighbor about the noise his wife keeps making during their "private time". He then let me know the noise is actually from his daughter, who's mentally disabled and isn't taking the move well. FML
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Today, I saw my upstairs neighbor outside getting the mail. She asked how my day was, and then apologized that the sound of her baby's crying through the walls kept me up last night. Apparently she heard me when I yelled at 2am for her fucking demon spawn to shut up. FML
Today, after my old downstairs neighbor, who would come upstairs to bang on my door and yell at me every time she heard a sound from me at all times of the day, had finally moved out, it became clear that my new downstairs neighbor gets drunk and yells at the TV in the early hours of the morning. FML
Today, and for the last 8 months my upstairs neighbours have been making a tremendous noise. I finally decided to go up to complain: "The amount of noise you make is unbelievable ! It sounds like you're driving tractors up here!". The woman replies: "My husband is paraplegic..." FML
Today, after months of peace and quiet since January, a new family moved into the apartment below me ten minutes before I was about to go to sleep. They've been here for 30 minutes and already they're stomping and banging doors all over the place. FML
Today, my new neighbours moved in. I had always thought my bedroom wall was soundproof, because my old neighbours never complained about my loud night terrors. Turns out they were just stone deaf. The new ones can hear everything. FML
Today, I found out that I bought a house next door to crazy people. She asked me if I would mind not showering when her husband is at home, because he can hear me and knowing I’m naked on the other side of the wall turns him on, which is a nuisance for her. He’s unemployed. He’s always at home, the creep. FML
Today, my new neighbours moved in. I've neither seen nor spoken to them yet; all I know is that they enjoy hammering at the walls for hours on end and repeatedly setting off the fire alarm. All this in the small hours of the morning. I got two hours of sleep. FML
Today, my step mom and her kids moved in. This is my first night sharing a room with her daughter. She snores, sleep talks, and sleep scratches the side of the bed creating a sound like nails on a chalkboard. FML
Today, I had to hear my neighbor whine again through the walls because he can't talk in a quiet voice. You can hear him from across the street, and that's before he gets drunk. FML
Today, my neighbor yelled “Fuck you!” at me through his window. My crime? Closing my front door “too loud.” This man lets his children beat on the walls and slam doors but apparently I’m the problem. FML
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thraax 14
No way you could've known OP. Don't be too hard on yourself
MyGFisaturd 23
Not like you could've known OP, sorry.
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zombiekitten87 12
I kind of wonder if it might have been better for the new people to introduce themselves and make their neighbors aware of the potential problem. If his daughter isn't typical, it's not like it would be a new thing for them. I have an autistic client who spent the night at my house and woke himself up at five am screaming and crying and hitting himself and I'm sure it woke the neighbors, but if he lived with me full-time I'd have at least warned the people around me. Granted, it's not really polite to go to your new neighbor and say "your wife makes too much noise when you're screwing her."
AlissaMichaela 8
Maybe you could help by asking her parents what she likes and maybe giving her a gift. It might help her settle in.
muster 4
you should ask them if they have any duct tape
DashPlays 18
WHITE NOISE!
DanielleinDC 34
That can't be easy for her family or the other neighbors near them. I hope you apologized to the neighbors for your misconception. In the meantime, get a white noise machine and use it until the child adjusts to her new home.
Geezus_Kryst 9
It's all in your use of words. You could've just asked if they could keep the noise down at late hours due to your inability to sleep. Don't be an ass and quickly assume things. You couldn't have known but still, they'll know what noise you're talking about without you pointing it out
serenity_rose 2
You definitely could have been more delicate in bringing it up - "hey, not sure if you know, but the walls are a little thin. I think I've been hearing your tv?" YDI because you decided to talk to your neighbour about his sex life instead of having a little tact.
theonecasey 27
You couldn't have known but I will have I have a nonverbal handicapped daughter who only grunts, moans and screams. I told my husband, This is why we would never be able to live in an apartment.
hungryguy 10
Wow ur an asshole op
junefairy_fml 10
*makes awkward turtle motion with her hands* *scoots away*