'Get over it': Mother of 3-under-3 gets lectured by a childfree neighbor about her screaming babies, gets told she needs to move to another apartment; sparks debate

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jul 20, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

A baby's scream is biologically designed to be the most irritating sound in the world, but we're all supposed to give a little slack to new mothers because having a baby is brutal. However, this childfree neighbor, an established Karen on the block, was fresh out of patience. As it turns out, she was not willing to cut her new neighbor—a mother of 3-under-3—any slack for her screaming kids. Interestingly enough, the reception of this story was polarized, claiming both sides were in the wrong, but I'll leave you to be the judge of that. 

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  • Baby cries can make a person feel one of two ways. If someone is flooded with maternal (or paternal) instinct, a baby's cry will have them ooo-ing and aww-ing over the little guy, cradling their bobble heads and offering them whatever comforts their heart desires, along with a big hug and a kiss. For others, a baby's cry is like nails on a chalkboard, sending them running for the hills the second they hear it. I'm part of the latter crowd, so I understand feeling an immediate worry about a new neighbor moving in with 3 babies under 3 years old. 

    However, this entire scenario was handled with about as much tact as a tabloid scandal, so both parties got out of hand… Quickly.

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  • Entitled lady demanded I move because I have children.
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  • So anyways I just got a new apartment like I just moved in yesterday. It's real nice and there's kids all over the place. Except apparently my building I was the first person with kids to move in.
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  • Now I have three under three (three, two, newborn) so they aren't exactly the quietest. I try since we're in an apartment but sometimes it doesn't always work. Well this morning as I was getting
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  • ready for work and taking the babies out to the sitters car my neighbor came out. EL: what unit are you even from (while rolling her eyes mind you)
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  • Me:in the one right next to yours why EL: yea no you're gonna need to go. I chose not to have kids so l wouldn't have to listen to that bulls.....
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  • At that point I'm just focusing on getting the newborn in the car and ignoring her before I beat her in the parking lot and that's not a good look on your second day in a place lol.
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  • She's still going on and on and on then she said the words that set me off. EL: I didn't sign up to listen to little brats all day. Me: (I'll keep the cuss words out lol) alright (not nice
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  • word) lady first they're not brats their babies my oldest is literally only three. Second you live in apartments it's gonna happen deal with it. Third if my child ever disturbs you I'm sorry but I'm
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  • literally the only one here win them 90 perctof the time. Is there three of me? No? Then how the h I do you expect me to keep them all calm all the time. Lastly you're entitled to a childfree life but not a childfree world. Get over it. So yeaaaaa people are a h les
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  • LissaBryan I intentionally chose the apartment complex where I live because it's almost completely child-free. (The reason being is that it has no kid-friendly amenities like a play area or pool and there's a place right down the street that's about the same price which has both.)
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  • But... it's an apartment. There's nothing specifically banning kids. If a family moved in next door with children that screamed all day long, I'd just have to put up with it. That's the nature of the beast, when it comes to apartment living.
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  • Infinite-Basil-6529 Three babies under three? JFC! Reminds me of a friend I used to have. She had a baby who was like 6 months old and I asked her how she was doing and she said "pregnant" and I said "Oh I'm so sorry" and she said "No it was planned" and I said "Are you stupid?" And then I apologized lol just couldn't believe someone would do that on purpose
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  • glycophosphate ⚫ Yeah I'm childfree myself and I - definitely did not sign up to listen to three kids under age 4. That's my idea of h I. If you moved in next to me, I would probably move. In no universe would I be delusional enough to think I could force you to move though.
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  • Smart-Restaurant4115 Based on this alone I'm not sure what to think or which one is the entitled one. The neighbours was rude and bitter, but the mom also sounds like she struggle to handle her kids and is aware they are too loud but just excuse it with "They're kids"
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  • Where I live by Law you must keep a certain level of peace in apartments complex and it doesn't matter if it's your 3 years old, your grandpa screaming or washing machine at 3am, excessive noises are a potential reason for eviction.
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  • Dog-Chick Maybe she could put rugs down to help muffle the noise and take the kids to the playground/park to burn off energy. Just because you live in an apartment doesn't mean everyone is entitled to hear her kids.
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  • Longwinded_Ogre I'm honestly of two minds on this, and totally prepared to get downvoted. So the neighbors ks, she was out of line, that's not how you talk to people, that's not how you approach people. That's rude and lacks empathy and understanding and is all together
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  • But, like, you're an a h le too. "I have so many kids" and "being a mom is hard" aren't really valid excuses for infringing and imposing on someone's ability to enjoy their own space. Your neighbor is right in that she chose not to have kids and shouldn't have to deal with that sh just because you chose to have too many.
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  • And you did. I'm sorry if I'm putting too fine a point on it but if you can't manage their noise and impact on your neighbors then you had too many kids and, like, that's your fault. Those are choices you made that you want to
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  • pretend give you license to impose consequences on others just because you can't manage all those consequences yourself and you're absolutely an a hole for that, too. You're both a h les. You both s k. You're both inconsiderate and entitled.
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  • Yes, she's entitled for walking up and lecturing you. But you're entitled to think she should just tolerate all the extra hassle you and your brood are bringing into her life. You're the ahle for acting like she has no right to be mad that her home, her literal home, is noisy because you can't consistently keep your family's sh together.
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  • No one made you have kids. No one made you have three kids back to back to back. Those are your choices. The fact that you made those choices does not mean that anyone else has to be more patient or understanding as they absorb the fallout from your choices. That lady was entitled. You are also entitled.
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  • People who aren't you should not suffer any consequences for choices they had no say in making. Any time you allow your choices to impose consequences on other, whether it's through too many kids or whatever, you're the a h le. You're being entitled.
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