Neighbors letting kids in block party bounce house until 11:30
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Anonymous
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Our neighborhood has a block party twice a year: that’s great! They also have a bounce house for the kids, set up in the front yard of the house directly across the street from us; also great. Block party is billed on paper and digital invitations as 4-10 p.m. Also fine.
My kids come in for showers and to get in bed at 9/9:30; we let them stay up a bit late for this night. There are some outdoor lights on the bounce house, so kids are playing in it even after dark. What’s not great, or even OK: 1) Adults don’t shut the party down at 10, as advertised, or even 10:30–the music and the bounce house and all the lights are on until 11 or (in the case of last night) 11:30 p.m., with music blaring and kids not just playing, but screaming. The later it gets, the rowdier it all gets, because the people still up are the drunk or rowdy parents who don’t care at all about kid safety or noise or anyone in the neighborhood being able to sleep. 2) The Late Crew and their kids leave shoes, socks, lawn chairs, trash (party plates/cups/napkins) and toys all over everyone’s lawn near the bounce house, including our lawn. So the next day, the houses surrounding the bounce house have to gather everything up and put it near the bounce or throw it away, then send What’sApp messages like, come get your crap. My husband wanted to mow the lawn this morning, but there is crap everywhere to deal with first. I like the block party. But why can’t these parents be responsible, and properly shut it down at 10, as advertised, or at the very least, 10:30? These rowdy, disruptive people keep us up and leave trash everywhere. It’ so rude. |
Anonymous
| Oh lighten up. It's twice a year. 11:30 is not excessive. |
Anonymous
| Your DH was not mowing the wet grass. |
Anonymous
| Maybe next year the bounce house will blow away. |
Anonymous
NP and our neighborhood is a mix of older adults and people with young kids, I don’t think many of our neighbors would appreciate that. I agree it’s twice a year, but after 10 people should be thinking of their neighbors and at least cutting the music (or turning it way down) and giving kids the condition that they can stay out and bounce as long as they don’t scream. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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I dont see this as a big deal. Maybe cut the music but it would be no different than a family having a BBQ that runs late. I would be annoyed about the stuff in my yard. The reason it spills into your yard is because it's a community event.
Lighten up a bit. As your kids get older you will lean the importance of unstructured carefree time especially in the summer. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
See, this type of consideration is a two-way street, though. Yeah, neighbors can suffer noise and lights and music for a while past the end time of the event, AND ALSO the people out late can keep the music and the shouting down. There can be some more thoughtfulness on the part of the late and loud people—not just tolerance on the part of the people who want to go to bed. |
Anonymous
| I agree, it's twice a year, roll with it. |
Anonymous
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They should not be doing this, OP. It's obnoxious to keep a loud party going that late in a family area. And people should know not to litter. But since it is twice a year, I'd let it go.
Don't what's app anyone. Throw the trash away. Put shoes or lawn chairs or whatever on the curb. If the trash picks it up, oh well. |
Anonymous
| Next year volunteer to coordinate the bounce house (buy it rent it whatever). Then you own the kill switch. |
Anonymous
| Why don’t you volunteer to help out and then you can start making suggestions about how to improve things |
Anonymous
| I’d be more tolerant of the noise than the crap left in my yard. Anything in my yard at 10 a.m. the next day would be thrown in the trash. If it’s in my yard 12 hours after the stated end time of the party, must be trash. |
Anonymous
| I could see if it went past midnight, but 11:30? Come on. |