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Wedding Woes
mrsconn23
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Classic: Let it goooo... and just keep it cordial with her.
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I’ve recently moved into a row house in an urban setting. Recently, my next-door neighbor sent an email about HOA business to everyone in our row of houses, and I discovered that she has me in her contact list under the alias “LOUD neighbor.” I’ve thought long and hard about whether it’s possible that I’m too loud. I do have two grade school–aged sons, but they are in bed by 8 p.m. We don’t play music. We don’t have a dog. We don’t bounce balls against the shared wall. We don’t have parties. We do not have loud domestic arguments. … Should I confront her? Should I buy my sons a drum set?
Re: Classic: Let it goooo... and just keep it cordial with her.
Also consider the tone/volume of your voices. We aren't a quiet family but we aren't loud. We have kids and on occasion (on days ending in y) my mom voice comes out.
They can think I'm a b!tch and I can think they're inconsiderate jerks and this is life in an apartment setting, deal, LW.
That is my litmus test if someone is being too loud. Normal volume voices and/or tv. A baby or young child crying. Those are noises that might bother me, but they aren't egregious and they aren't something the other person can really control. I deal with it and I don't complain.
Playing very loud music and the bass is making my walls vibrate? If it's only once in awhile and not too late at night, I also don't complain. If it's too much, I knock on the door and politely ask they turn it down. If that doesn't work, then I call the non-emergency number for the police.