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I do agree with you as a childfree person who doesn't like children. Most of the time I blame/hate their parents instead. Like the parents of the kids upstairs. One of them has a "band". For the past year he's been trying to learn 3 songs almost every day in the evening. It's incredibly annoying to listen to this musically untalented kid when I'm tying to relax. Put some goddamned headphones on him, for fuck's sake.
Have you ever met your upstairs neighbors? Talking to someone is the only way to let them know you want something. Maybe they think the apartments are more soundproofed than they are
Yes! They (or at least the SAHM) are rich assholes who could have bought a house, but instead chose to buy an apartment in a building so the breadwinner's job is 5 min away. They let the kid play with the windows open so the entire neighborhood can enjoy the sounds of the same 10 notes on repeat.
Noise canceling headphones? Cheaper than parenthood or soundproofing
Why does your intention to do nothing take priority over his intention to do something?
A worrying number of people have somehow become detached from the fact that children - even the tiny, shitting, screaming ones, are fully equal people to them.
Your comment is disingenuous at best. How would you like to listen to a kid trying to learn the same 3 songs for a year, almost every day, and failing at note 10 each time? Why is my moment of peace after work so valueless that it can't be respected with a SMALL change of the kid using headphones to reproduce the sound of his instruments? I'm not saying ~~don't~~ stop. I'm saying have the common sense to understand your child isn't the next Mozart and put some headphones on him. I already can't enjoy a nice sunny day on the weekends on my balcony without them running and screaming above me. At least give me a break after work.
You are 2026
Has it occurred to you I don't live alone and would like to hear my partner? Or should I adjust all the time to someone else's whims when they could reduce their noise towards all inhabitants of the building?
Would you be offended if I said absolutely not?
Go buy some soundproofing off AliExpress and/or go find something you enjoy doing without the expectation that those around you think you're good at it.
Found the entitled parent.
Imagine saying this, totally unaware of how you sound moaning about other people having hobbies.
Imagine pulling a strawman out of your ass while disregarding what I said. I didn't say the kid should stop playing instruments. I said get him some headphones so that all the noise is contained to his ears. Or rent/buy him a place to practice. If you live in a building, you have a certain responsibility towards the rest of the inhabitants that share the living space with you.