Monday 14 November 2011

there no need to freak out

Well....its 2.30 a.m, i cant sleep, as the next door neighbours were playing their drum kit in their cellar till 12.30, i had (managed to get to bed at 11p.m, very unusual for us,as i am trying to get Ben into good habits,)
Lying in bed, t.v on low, but could still hear noise from 3 floors below!!,after hour and a half i could stand no more as Ben was belting the ceiling and not sleeping, i lost my temper and after beating the adjoining wall with my walking stick, i went there and pressed their doorbell several(4) times, and beat in the grating on the cellar twice too,made a hell of a noise all up and down the street!
I think the doorbell was what they found most un-reasonable.. as they have a 7 yr old kid,!!!.maybe i should do it again at 4.am?
Young-ish woman in her 20's -30's comes to the door,'and with the usual flawed logic of those in the wrong, turns it round and blames me,'well you should have said it was too loud, there's no need to freak out!!!'
'I should'nt have to tell you, up to 11pm is acceptable, if you don't stop now i'm calling the police'
'theres no need to freak out, you should have said something'
'these are terraced houses , everyone can hear everything,i can hear this two houses away'slight exageration...
Ah well, as usual i get so mad,go up like a fire work, and then feel really guilty for days afterwards, Irish temper, i scare people cos i really dont care once i get angry,once when these guys were playing football in the local crowded park, and the ball hit the pushchair,i told the bloke off, he was 6'6,i could only reach his chest,(5'3'') and my kids Dad? Jon.who had said ('i'm not telling him he's bigger than me'),he was hiding!...the guy said sorry and left.
All my good intentions, all my turn the other cheek, all gone! my two lads, aged 20 & 30 will think its great that i did that, they could not stand the drumming in the afternoons,and i had to stop them going round and complaining there and then!! its easy to explain them, too much testosterone! but me? cos i am past menopause, maybe the Oestrogen is not so prevalent any more, its great, i love not being so soppy and put up with less stuff since then, i had an early menopause at 45! wonderful, should have done it years ago, had less s##t for sure!
When i was at Art school,in the classroon next door there was loads of noise, our male teacher kicked the door open,and they went strangely silent! he then went on to explain how testosterone was to blame for most of the worlds ills!...his too i presume!!!.

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