30-year-old man spends his Sunday peacefully gardening and mowing his lawn, only for his older neighbor's daughters to end up accusing him of being inconsiderate and ruining the weekend with their dad

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Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer
Sep 11, 2026 2:30 PM EDT

Mowing the lawn makes quite a bit of noise, and it can be a bit annoying sometimes, but giving your neighbor nasty looks for taking care of his property is simply ridiculous. 

Yet, that is exactly what happened. A man was doing some gardening chores around his own house, more specifically, mowing the lawn, like he does every Sunday. No neighbor has a problem with that, since it's part of the weekly routine. But this time, one of his neighbors' daughters was visiting and having a pool party right before the end of summer. The neighbor, Daniel, has never had an issue with the noise of the lawn mower, but his daughters do. They approached the man mowing his lawn to tell him that he was making too much noise, that he was inconsiderate, and that he had ruined their weekend with their dad, since they couldn't hear the music they were playing. He quickly apologized, but it wasn't enough for the two women. Daniel, on the other hand, was not upset at all and even tried to put in a good word for him to his daughters, but they weren't having any of it. 

It's understandable that the daughters were upset over the noise if what they wanted was to spend a peaceful and relaxing day, but if that was the case, they could have kindly asked the neighbor to tone it down a little bit for a few hours. Accusing him of being inconsiderate and being impolite to him, even after he apologized and their father interceded for him, is a childish and immature way of behaving. The neighbour is not a mind reader, and he had no way of knowing that Daniel's family was visiting. In fact, as we mentioned, he apologized for the noise. He was not entitled or inconsiderate to them, so the daughter's reaction is greatly exaggerated. We feel bad for Daniel having to deal with such capricious daughters, but there's no going around it; he raised them after all. 

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  • AITA for mowing my lawn while the neighbors had a pool party?

    This past Saturday, I (35m) mowed my lawn like any other Saturday. Unless weather has been a factor, I've mowed my lawn every
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    The neighbor mowing his lawn.

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  • Saturday during the mowing season for the past 20 years. My next door neighbor, whom we'll refer to as "Daniel" for this (60s M)
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  • had some of his family over to swim in their above ground pool. I would like to preface this by saying
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    Daniel's yard and pool. 

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  • Daniel and I have *NEVER* had an issue, nor is he the one who is mad at me.
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  • Like always, I just mowed my lawn. Didn't know Daniel was having family over. Our properties are separated by a tree line, so I
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  • thought nothing of it. It took me about an hour and a half to finish mowing. After the fact, two of Daniel's daughters (under 30 F,
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  • both of them) came up and started complaining to me that my mower was making too much noise and that I should have been more
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  • considerate of them. The chief complaint seemed to be that they couldn't hear their music properly, nor could they have a regular
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  • conversation (in fairness, my mower is kinda loud). Daniel tried to tell them that I didn't know, but they weren't
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    The noisy lawn mower. 

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  • having any of it. They got really mad and took their kids and went back home. I apologized to Daniel about the party being ruined, but
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  • he wasn't upset with me. The two daughters have been back since, and they both gave me nasty
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  • looks. They told me I ruined their time with their dad and also wrecked their kids' days with their grandparents.
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  • Reddit, am I the ah le here? Edit: It has been asked many times why it took so long. I do not live in a suburban area. I have an acre and a half of land. I have five or six neighbors in my whole area. Also, I
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  • mow weekly because the grass grows pretty rapidly here. Everyone around here does. Yes, I am getting a new lawnmower at the end of the year.
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  • FitCounty4409 NTA its not a crime to mow your lawn, i think it would have been fair of them to ask you to stop, and it would've been within your rights to say no, but they are being babies about the whole thing.
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  • 5footfilly Daniel is currently second guessing how he and his wife raised their daughters. NTA, but invite Daniel over for a beer so he knows you don't blame him.
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  • liltacostand NTA, if it mattered that much someone would have made you aware beforehand. I'm sure if Daniel would let you know then you could have mowed at another time. Unless you are a mind reader ΝΤΑ
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