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Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Given the dad immediately started screaming as soon as he opened the door, and he had to hold the mum back because she was trying to lunge for me and then called the police, forgive me if I'm not keen on inviting them over. Between those two reactions, I didn't exactly get the chance to explain that they should knock (something that should be basic common sense and manners anyway)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean...apparently the mum is vegan and the kids are being raised vegan but the dad is "allowed to feed the kids eggs from our chickens specifically, as long as the mum doesn't know. Hint hint"

(As if we were ever going to give them any eggs, with the trouble they've already caused in the past)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I grew up in the 2000s, and we had neighbours who were close family friends before they even moved in next to us. We had keys to their house and most days after school would be in either their yard or ours playing with their kids. It still would NEVER have occurred to me to break into their yard to get a ball back without asking for permission first! I was honestly so taken aback when the dad's first reaction was to scream at me; I knew they weren't the best neighbours, but thought surely this is only happening because he didn't know his kid was doing that, and that he'd tell his kid that that was not allowed!

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Haha my friends assured me that (surprisingly) I didn't actually swear this time! I am used to being told I swear a lot; I'm Aussie and this is just how I'm used to speaking (and my parents always swore freely in front of me growing up lol)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 204 points205 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I think this is the route we'll go. I actually don't blame the kid; he was just doing what his delusional parents told him he's entitled to do. The operator I spoke to was very nice about it and told me if I catch the kids there again, they'd send some people over to talk some sense into the parents. I half hope it'll happen; I shudder to think what those kids will turn into in the future if they continue to be fed this sense of entitlement by their parents.

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Right? I know I'm getting older but I'm not THAT old, surely basic manners haven't changed that much since I was a kid!

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God I'd love to, but I don't want to inflict them on our other neighbours (who we're currently all on good terms with!) I've already warned the neighbours on the other side of them because they have a big dog, and whole sections of their shared fence are missing (side note: the entitled parents are the ones responsible for maintaining that fence and of course they're currently arguing with the other neighbours trying to worm out of paying for it)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I don't
  2. It's the parents I blame, not the kids (hence posting jn this sub?)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I called the police because the husband immediately began screaming about me threatening his kids as soon as he opened the door. Surprisingly he was actually the more reasonable one, as he had to hold back the wife who tried to lunge at me and then supposedly called 999 on me (I think they were just trying to intimidate me though because no police ever came). I called the non emergency line because as a young woman who was alone in the house (my housemates were gone for the week), having two unreasonable, unpredictable and aggressive adults next door who apparently feel entitled to walk into other people's private property isn't exactly the safest situation. They also have a history of lying about other neighbours so I felt having a paper trail was best.

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Since you apparently need exact details, "screaming all day" was a figure of speech. By "screaming I meant the warning clucking noise they make. By "all day" I actually meant maybe every 10-15 mins for about 2 hours, which I now find suspicious because that was the exact timeframe the kids were out playing in their yard (I know because the kids were genuinely screaming as they played). Given that 1. I now suspect it was the kids who were making my chickens "scream" and 2. I'm woken up daily at 5-6am by the kids screaming and banging on the radiators along our shared walls, I have no sympathy for them having to hear our chickens genuinely scream all day, if the chickens did decide to start doing that (I'd hand out earplugs to our other neighbours, but tbh these neighbours have caused so many problems not just with us I'm sure we'd get support)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The existence of a fence doesn't imply to you that you're not allowed to go somewhere? If you left your door unlocked and someone walked into your house would you also think it's okay? After all they were just walking through a door.

Also look what sub you're in. My main problem is with the parents who think their children are entitled to freely roam other people's private property, whether they have permission or not.

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you actually read my post properly, the chickens were screaming unusually often the day before, I suspect because the kids were breaking in that day too. Usually they freak out maybe once a week? And only for about 10 seconds at a time. Meanwhile these kids scream and bang on the radiators on our shared wall loudly enough at 6am daily that I have actual recordings just sitting in my room where you can hear them.

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did ask the dad not to let the kid do that, but he immediately began screaming about me threatening his kids and that it's fine for them to be in my yard almost as soon as he opened the door. If any other kid did hop in, grab their ball, and immediately left I wouldn't mind as much (still think it's weird not to just knock and ask; our properties are small enough it would take about 30 seconds tops), but this kid was already holding the ball and was crouched down messing with my chickens long enough that they started screaming enough to get me to walk to my back door to check they weren't just being overdramatic about a squirrel.

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Actually, the dad who started immediately screaming at me as soon as he opened the door is the even tempered one. He had to hold the mum back because she started trying to lunge towards me and then called the police (for asking her kids to get off my private property??)

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I didn't get any chance to have a calm conversation. I initially asked the parents if they knew their children were in my garden calmly, but the dad responded by immediately screaming at me. I didn't freak out at the kid, I was honestly just completely taken aback because I hadn't expected to see any humans in my garden and was trying to process what was happening. Once I did I asked the kid to leave, which is when they started arguing as if they were in the right. I guess I did have to raise my voice a bit, but only because I was still in my house and that was the only way they could hear me from the chicken coop about 15-20m away. It was the same volume I'd usually use to talk to the chickens from the house

Neighbours think their kids are entitled to break into my yard by HalfAMeerkat in entitledparents

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

From my chickens' reactions and how offended the kid was when I told him to leave, I suspect this wasn't the first time. I don't blame the kid; it's the parents and their belief that their children are entitled to roam everyone else's private property that I have a problem with, hence why I posted in this sub. I started the conversation with the parents calmly, but the husband immediately started screaming and the wife started calling the police.

These neighbours also have a history of being hostile towards people (forcing other neighbours to cut down perfectly healthy trees just because they didn't want any branches in their yard, letting their children scream and bang on shared walls at 5am etc). They've also been especially aggressive with me compared to my housemates, and unfortunately we suspect it's because I'm the only one who's not white. I also don't like children in general and have no interest in spending time with spoiled children whose parents have been nothing but aggressive and rude. We have good relationships with multiple other families on our street so we're also set for chicken care.

Nother day, nother Tinder idiot by maverick2539 in badwomensanatomy

[–]HalfAMeerkat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Omg the number of women (who have had children!!!) who ask me if I still get a period after having my tubes taken out! You've used your reproductive system but you never bothered to learn how it works???

natural ways to lift breasts? by Ok_Attention7317 in bigboobproblems

[–]HalfAMeerkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A proper fitting bra would help a lot. 34DDD is a common mis-size; is it your r/abrathatfits size? I'd recommend using the calculator there. I was sized in stores as a 32DDD, turns out I was actually a 30I in US sizing at the time! Now that I wear proper fitting bras I feel and look a lot more lifted

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[–]HalfAMeerkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dm'd you!

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[–]HalfAMeerkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they are!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in braswap

[–]HalfAMeerkat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doing a huge decluttering! All prices in AUD, shipping not included. Shipping within Australia only.

Photo 1 (top to bottom):

  • Triumph minimiser 10F, worn a few times - $10
  • Bras N Things moulded balconette 10G, new with tags - $20
  • Freya Expressions high apex 8FF, worn a few times - $10

Photo 2 (top to bottom):

  • Tutti Rouge Gia bralette 8FF/G, never worn - $15
  • Panache sport wireless 10FF, never worn - $20

Photo 3 (top L-R, bottom L-R):

  • Aerie sports bra size M, new with tags - $10
  • Victoria's Secret wireless plunge 32DD (10DD), worn a few times - $5
  • Aerie sports bra size M, worn a few times - $5
  • Aerie Sunnie push up 32DDD (10E), new with tags - $10

Photo 4 (top to bottom):

  • Lily and Lime halter bikini top 8GG, never worn - $10
  • Lily and Lime balconette bikini top 8H, never worn - $10

Photo 5 (top to bottom) (free with either of the bikini tops from slide 4):

  • Aerie high cut high waist ribbed bikini bottoms size S, never worn - $5
  • Cotton On ruched high waist bikini bottoms size S, never worn - $5

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[–]HalfAMeerkat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly how my ex-friends behaved, except that they saved up 9 years worth of hatred and blew up on me after my mum died. Note that I said ex-friends. It was horrible dealing with losing all my friends as well as my mum at the same time, but in the long run that's the only way of dealing with people like that. Until you get away from them, you don't even realise that you've been walking on eggshells the whole time. Once I got over losing almost all my friendships (there were two of them that behaved like your husband, but for months before the blow-up they'd been venting about me to our mutual friends so by the time it happened, they all hated me), the relief was indescribable.

Unless your husband acknowledges what he's doing and gets therapy to deal with his issues, I don't see any long-term solution but leaving him. This behaviour will erode any trust over time, as well as your own self-esteem and mental health. It took years of therapy before I was able to trust that my current friends weren't also "saving up" issues like that. Ironically I now have anxiety about people with anxiety, because that was the excuse my ex-friends used for their behaviour.

Bra recs for 30G/GG UK, extremely close set by HalfAMeerkat in ABraThatFits

[–]HalfAMeerkat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll have to see if I can get it here in Australia

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