A mum of two has hit back at her neighbour after they complained about her children.
As we all know, you can choose your house, but not your neighbours, which can sadly lead to some tensions building between households.
Taking to parenting forum Mumsnet, one woman slammed her neighbour who complained about the kids playing outside her house.
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The mum explained they lived in a small estate and her children weren't on the neighbour's property but asked fellow Mumsnet users if she has a right to be annoyed.
Remaining anonymous, she wrote: "We live on a small estate (22 houses). One of my neighbours knocked on my door yesterday to ask if I could please stop my DC [dear children] riding their scooters past her house.
"Today my DD [dear daughter] came in to tell me that the neighbour had now asked her not to ride on the footpath outside her house. I went outside. She asked me why my DC ride on the footpath right outside her house. I told her; it's a footpath. They're allowed on the footpath. I have asked DD to avoid being right outside her house but my DS is autistic. I've told her that. He doesn't understand "don't ride your scooter on this particular bit of the footpath".
"But, aibu [am I being unreasonable] to think that what she's asked is unreasonable? You can't ask people to not use a footpath! They are not on her property, fair enough she can absolutely ask people not to be on her property, but she can't control the footpath.
"She's complained that they ride their scooters near her car. Her car is parked right beside the footpath. She's in a corner house so she probably does have more footpath outside her house than most. But that's not really anybody's fault. She's really taking it personally. 'They're outside MY house'. They're on the footpath, they're not peeking in her windows!"
One quickly replied: "Yeah it’s bonkers. Your children are using the footpath."
"Footpath is not part of her property so she cannot dictate that. Tell your daughter to carry on," a second added.
Another rallied round her: "Yep, bonkers. We are in a cul de sac and often have kids scooting or cycling past as it's a safe bit for them to be in. I like seeing them going past and being out and about!"
"Is it the noise of the hard wheels on the paving that’s bothering her or the worry over her car? How often/long is he riding it for There could be a world of difference on how unreasonable (if at all) it is depending on if it’s five hours a day of rattling past her house or half an hour to be honest", one interjected.
A second echoed: "If she works from home and your DC is scooting up and down constantly on those hard wheels that make so much noise and it's constant...YABU [you are being unreasonable]. Limit the time your DC spends making noise right outside her house and try being a considerate neighbour. Work out a compromise."
"Well, walking past someone’s house is usually how to use a footpath. If they are noisy, and lingering outside her house, or whizzing past every two minutes then I do understand her annoyance. Like with autism, some people are sensitive to noise and it can cause them huge distress. With a bit of understanding, I think there’s usually a happy middle to be found," another said.
The mum of two then added: "I do admit, they would be on the scooters a lot. It's the noise she objects to. And it probably IS annoying. I just think, that's part of living in a housing estate. Dogs barking, babies crying, cars honking, ice cream vans. It's annoying but you can't stop everything that you personally find annoying."
What do you think? Is she being unreasonable? Let us know in the comments.
