Curfew in Our Own Home: What?!?
By Shavkat
@Shavkat (137313)
Philippines
March 19, 2024 5:40pm CST
Some of you know that an old, grumpy grandpa started invading our privacy since he came back home from Alaska for almost 2 months now. The landlord imposed a sleeping time schedule for us to stop any noise at 10:00 p.m. sharp. For the reason that his father, an old, grumpy soul, will sleep with his girlfriend, who is still married to her spouse. I know what you are thinking. This is the catch: this old man wakes up at 4:00 AM and makes a fuss at these wee hours. Is that okay? Come on, where is justice here?
Our twins were acting crazy last night at 10:00 PM onwards. They do not want to sleep because they still want to play and watch their favorite nursery rhymes on TV. Just imagine forcing the children to sleep because it is the old man's sleeping beauty time. To cut a long story short, our landlord texted me to let them stop crying. What? We should impose another house rule in the house.
I felt like we were having curfew in our own homes. This is not acceptable for me, but I need to be as cool as a cucumber. A few more days and he will be back in Alaska, but he will come back in November. We will figure out what to do when he comes back again.
How would you feel in this kind of situation?
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
19 Mar
This is what I am whining about, my friend. They are starting to control us. I am trying to be cool with this matter. If this old man tries to come in front of our home and knock on the door again, he will surely hear something that he cannot swallow. Besides, we are paying for the place, and we know what is right or wrong. The bottom line is to know what their boundaries are. How can he control children who are still babies to stop crying? It is so inconsiderate and bold to say this to us.
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@RebeccasFarm (87041)
• United States
19 Mar
I have that situation..here where I live it is 10PM sharp as well..year round.
I am sorry you are dealing with this grump..I hope he will go back soon.
And he is with his girlfriend making enough noise to rock the house down I bet.
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
19 Mar
Unfortunately, the married girlfriend will remain here if he goes back to Alaska. I do not care if she acted like the owner of the house. Since they came here, the landlord is also stressed out. But he does not have the guts to confront his father for being engaged to this woman. We can feel the tension, but it is not our business.
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@RebeccasFarm (87041)
• United States
19 Mar
@Shavkat Oh no this woman is running the show..I understand what you mean now Shavvie.
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
20 Mar
@RebeccasFarm We are suspecting that this woman is pushing the old man to do something like this. They need to be careful because we are fighters. Roaar!
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@kaylachan (59718)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar
I would do my best to respect their dishes. Children that young should be in bed a lot sooner, and it's your job to parent them correctly.
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@kaylachan (59718)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar
@Shavkat Yes, it is. But, you have to teach them this isn't acceptable behavior.
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
20 Mar
The babies usually sleep in the afternoon every day. We can compromise the situation. But, we never complain when they make noises at 4 am every day.
We do train the twins aged 2 to sleep early, but they have the episodes of wanting to play and watch. They are still babies and cry if we are putting them to bed. It is normal that they cry if bedtime strikes at night.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
19 Mar
It is hard to tell children to stop crying or making noise at a certain how. They dont understand that. They are just kids being kids.
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
21 Mar
@Happy2BeMe It seems the silence treatment works for them. Today, I even crossed paths with the landlord. I just nod my head and continue to walk. I am not in the mood to talk with him or see him.
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@Happy2BeMe (99376)
• Canada
21 Mar
@Shavkat that is true and he shoukd4 understand that and not make such silly rules.
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@mildredtabitha (16090)
• Nairobi, Kenya
20 Mar
How did the landlord hear the children crying. What is the material of the wall of your house?
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
21 Mar
@mildredtabitha I wish we could do that. We have not even reach a year here. It is easy to say, but it is not an option for us to do this.
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@mildredtabitha (16090)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Mar
@Shavkat Maybe you should move to a better neighbourhood.
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@LadyDuck (461843)
• Switzerland
20 Mar
Well, it is the law here not to make noises after 10:00 p.m. if you do, the police comes out and you get fined. Kids should be in bed before 10 p.m.
Of course the law also forbids to make noises before 7 a.m. If this grumpy man annoys you too early, complain, as he did for you.
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
20 Mar
I think it is okay to follow such a rule. But then, these are still babies. This grumpy old man is not a good neighbor. According to the landlord's wife, he sacked his sons when they were noisy during their childhood years. Now wonder why our landlord is timid, and amen to his old man.
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@LadyDuck (461843)
• Switzerland
21 Mar
@Shavkat Here the rules are rules, even if you have babies (or dogs) you must do in a way not to be of an annoyance for the neighbors during the silence hours. All people arrive to keep them quiet and anyway kids must be in bed by 10 p.m. it is very unhealthy to keep them up longer.
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@RasmaSandra (74599)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar
That is a tough situation I suppose all you can do it try to get by this until the guy finally goes away again, I know the hardest thing is to get the kids to understand this,
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@Shavkat (137313)
• Philippines
20 Mar
It is quite challenging for us to let 2-year-old twins understand the situation. There is really something with this old man. I heard from the landlord's wife that his husband was being sacked together with the younger brother when they were kids. The reason is that they were noisy kids, and this old man does not like it.
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@NJChicaa (116473)
• United States
19 Mar
I don't think it is unreasonable to expect things to be quiet after 10 pm. My downstairs neighbor's son gets pissed when I text her to tell him to stop screaming on the video games. I have to get up at 5:30 am for work. You want to yell at 3pm? Go for it. When I'm trying to sleep at a normal bedrime? No. That's rude.
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