GRRR!

[Fit_mommy]

When DH and I came home tonight our neighbors were having a party outside. We went to bed between 11pm and midnight I guess and the party was still going on. No problem. It was a little loud at times but I was able to fall asleep.

Well, I woke up not too long after to use the bathroom and have basically been up since because of the noise from the party that is STILL going on next door and it's 2:30 in the freakin' morning!!!!

Now I don't begrudge anyone a good time! DH and I have been to a couple of thier parties this year and it was fun. They are very sweet people. We like them a lot. Thier GTG's usually don't keep me up but they also don't usually run this late! What they need to do it bring it INSIDE or just QUIET DOWN!

I feel like such an old hag for complaining but it's not right that the noise is keeping me up at this hour! Am I being unreasonable??

I also think I have been become a much lighter sleeper since Joey was born...having developed the "mother's ear" and all so this is probably bothering me a lot more than it ever did in the past.

I hope this thing will break up soon so that I can get back to sleep. I even tried to sleep on the couch in the livingroom as it's on the other side of the house (where it's quiet), but I was so aggravated by then and not comfortable that I gave up on that one...atleast for now.....

Okay well thanks for letting me vent!

 

[Fit_mommy]

It's just about 3am...it got quiet a few mins ago and I haven't heard a peep since so I'm gonna crawl back into bed now...

Good night ladies!

 

[CathydsRNA]

Hi Wendy. I feel for you. You are not being overly sensitive. It is just plain rude and insensitive of these folks to be disturbing the neighbor hood at any time past 10. Not everyone wants to hear their party. I am sure there were plenty of neighbors that wanted to sleep, work or study and couldn't because of that racket, not to mention children that should have been asleep at that time and probably were disturbed too. We have community ordinances that prevent this sort of thing. What about your community?

 

[Dutchie42]

Sorry Wendy. I understand your feelings, I can still remember what it was like when my kids were that young.

Overhere it is common to send people living close to you a little note warning them there will be a loud party until the wee hours...

Next time try those ear plugs you can use in airplanes? It dampens the sound, but you can still hear little Joey.

Dutchie

 

[dhcsim]

We used to have a 2 bedroom apt. Down stairs the 2 teenagers shared the master room and the Gramma got the other room. They had their music on ALLLLLLLLL the time, and they always played the SAME cd,over and over. My husband invested in ear plugs,and they did work. But he shouldn't have had to resort to that. I went down and told them nicely to turn it down. That would work for 5 minutes. Finally they got kicked out of their apt. YEAH! BTW- this was EVERY night,not just once.
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[ivorygorgon]

The people behind us have terribly loud parties about 3x a year, they usually last until about 4 in the morning. I can't figure out why people don't complain! Including myself. (although I would have to go around the block to get there to complain.) I think it is so horribly rude. Come on, after midnight just tone it down a bit or go inside!! I feel for you!

 

[kathryn]

Most towns have noise ordinances. And officers in our town have some kind of machine that gauges noise levels when pointed in the direction of the noise. Any noise above some level after certain times is a ticketable offense.

Another prof who used to live a few blocks away from me lived across from student rental houses. Every year, there would be loud parties: but only one. When the first party took place, and it was gettiing late, she or her husband called the police, who went out and told the people to quiet down or get ticketed. She said that's the only way to deal with this, and if you don't put a damper on it right away, it will keep happening. Worked for them!

And the police don't tell them who called, so there's no reason to not call them. You shouldn't have to go over and ask them to please quiet down.

 

[Fit_mommy]

This is the first time in the 2 years they have lived here that a party of thiers actually kept me up so I didn't have the heart to complain to them. They are a sweet, sweet couple whom I KNOW meant no harm. The summer is almost over now...they only do the outdoor party thing in the summer so it probably won't even be an issue again until next year maybe...but like I said...they have had numerous gatherings and this is the ONLY one that bugged me so I just couldn't complain to them so I complained to you all instead!

Thanks for listening!