“Deal with it like an adult”: Sleepless man woken up by neighbor’s children every morning, he retaliates by mowing his lawn at 6 am, causing neighborhood stir

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    AITA for mowing my lawn early morning because the neighbor kids keep waking me up?

    "Very petty, but she'll get used to it"
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    Alright, I work late nights and sleep in every morning. My neighbors right next door have three little kids who scream and play and bang and ahhhhh! in the backyard at 7 in the morning every single day. I mean talking yelling, running, loud toys, pounding, whatever they can do to make noise.
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    I know. Kids are kids. But every morning? Weekends too? No. Just..... no.
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    I nicely mentioned it to my neighbor a few weeks ago. She laughed and said, "Oh, they're early risers! You'll get used to it." No apology, no effort to quiet them down.
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    So the other day, I set my alarm for 6 am and mowed my lawn. Right up against their yard. Then I used my leaf blower, for added punch. Neighbor comes outside in her jammies all ped off. "Why are you being so inconsiderate?" She says. I smile and say, "Oh, I'm an early riser! You'll get used to it."
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    Now she and some other neighbors are saying I should have just "dealt with it like an adult." But I feel like I just gave them a taste of their own medicine. Those kids need to be considerate too. AITA?
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    One-Awareness3671 • 11h ago NTA, very petty, but she'll get used to it.
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    williwife • 10h ago I know I'm old, but we were never allowed to go outside to play, or make personal phone calls before 9AM. We hated it, but we're told that if someone has a day off they should at least be allowed to sleep until 9. I stand by that decades
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    later. This should be a law. We have enough other petty laws. What's one more? Lol
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    Houlichick 11h ago . Love it. No actual damage was done and you said exactly what she said to you back to her. Well executed > NTA
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    thescrapplekid ⚫ 11h ago I mean yeah, but you're my kind of Ahle
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    activelurker777 • 11h ago Lol. This belongs in the petty revenge sub.
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    bigschnekin • 10h ago Where I am 7 am is the time you're allowed to start making noise, eg construction, mow lawns etc.
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    I have a noisy obnoxious a hole neighbour who only ever has his kids once a fortnight but 7 am they're bouncing the basketball in the driveway and yelling. I could live with that but he makes more noise on his own, at 4.30am the other day he was standing outside having a very
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    loud phone call until I told him to shut the f he went inside. and
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    The problem I have is, the lawnmower annoys other people than just your targeted neighbour. Sure the kids probably annoy them too but now you're the one people off and it's even earlier. I can hear a lawnmower a good 4-5
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    houses away especially on a quiet morning. Now your other neighbours get to put up with you two having a noise war.
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    babbsela 9h ago • How late do you come home after work? If it's late enough to bother her/wake her kids, it might be a good time to make a little noise. Not enough to annoy the rest of the neighborhood. Just her.
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    If she complains about that, just say, "Oh, I get in late at night. You'll get used to it."
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    NoFrosting686 • 9h ago So have they been quiet since this happened?
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    thickhipstightlips • 11h ago NTA. I love some petty revenge. Dont like it? Then maybe she should be a little more considerate of her surroundings.

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