‘My neighbour screams like she’s giving birth at least once a day’

What would you do if your neighbour was being so noisy that it made you feel uncomfortable every day?

Well, one woman took matters into her own hands when her roommate stopped respecting her boundaries and decided to be as loud as she possibly could be.

The 22-year-old posted on Reddit that “to cut costs,” she moved in with someone, and while they “get along fine,” she said that she wouldn’t consider them to be “friends”.

She wrote: “Now, onto the issue: Her boyfriend basically lives with us. I honestly don’t have a problem with that, he’s chill, keeps the fridge stocked, so no complaints”. But there was quite a major issue that she didn’t know how to address.

The woman said that her neighbour and her partner “do the deed at least once a day and they make no effort to be quiet”. She even said she’d be minding her own business, and then she’d hear her roommate “screaming like she was giving birth”.

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So far, though, she’d be chilled about it and “let it slide,” but it was “the last straw” when they kept her up during the night before she had an exam.

She explained: “ Every couple of nights, they wake me up with their activities. Last night was the last straw, though. I had a big exam the next morning, and at 4am, they were going at it full volume. I got up and banged on the door like I was about to break in.

“She came out and asked what my problem was, and I told her straight up that the deed cannot be that good for her to be screaming like a monkey at 4am, and that she needs to shut the f**k up because I have an exam at 9am”.

She left it at that, went back to sleep, then sat her exam in the morning – but when she got home, her roommate labelled her “disrespectful” for confronting the pair in such a way, saying “she has a right to do whatever she wants in her own room”.

“I told her I don’t care if they do the deed or not, but I do care when it keeps me from sleeping, especially when I’m paying rent too. She stormed off all p****d, and now I’m sitting here overthinking whether I was out of line or if I’m just an a**hole,” she penned.

In the comments, people reassured her that she wasn’t in the wrong. Someone wrote: “While yes, more communication should’ve been had (#1 issue for most people I’ve noticed), she should also have the respect and decency to at least be quieter.

“Like there’s literally sooo many ways this could’ve been prevented in their end, but they just didn’t care. I’d say setting up some ground rules for the house is your next best bet”.

Another added: “I think it would’ve been common sense not to cause disturbance to other people”.

Somebody seethed: “It’s gross and inconsiderate, let that be the last straw and keep standing up for yourself and don’t back down”.

One said that she shouldn’t have said some of the things she said though, writing: “‘Screaming like a monkey’ and ‘shut the f**k up’ are disrespectful ways to provide feedback that the noise is unacceptable”. Another quipped: “Not at 4am on a school day it ain’t”.