A furious woman shared her anger after building a playset for her son only to have her whole neighbourhood takeover her garden to use it without her permission every day
A woman aired her anger after her neighbours started using her garden as their local hangout every day.
The social media user was left infuriated when she and her husband created a fun space for their son in their backyard by building him a playset. But she was left stunned when all of the other kids in the neighbourhood started turning up to play on it too.
Sharing her frustration with fellow social media users the woman explained the shocking situation in a lengthy rant. She wrote: “We built a playset for our son in our backyard and apparently all the kids in the neighbourhood liked it so much they’ve made it their daily hangout spot. We come home and there are bicycles blocking our driveway and about a dozen kids playing on it.”
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She then detailed on Reddit how she would like to put up a fence to stop unwanted visitors, but has been met with resistance from her husband who doesn’t think it’s the right thing to do. She continued: “I wouldn’t mind if it was a once in a while thing but it’s everyday until after sundown. I can’t even enjoy hanging out in my backyard because of all the screaming. I want to build a fence but my husband thinks it would seem ‘un-neighbourly,’ especially since some of the parents have told us how much their kids like our playset.”
After a flurry of comments on her post asking for clarification the woman then gave further details on the issue adding: “Edit: Wow I didn’t expect this to blow up. Just to clarify (because I’m seeing this come up a lot) the rest of the neighbours have a very open ‘come over and play whenever’ policy so the neighbourhood kids are used to that. However, the other playsets are relatively small so they don’t get a big group of kids hanging out at one of them constantly.”
She also shared the tender age of her own child as she pointed out that he doesn’t go out to play in anyone else’s garden. She said: “Our son is 2 so he doesn’t go out without supervision, and we (the parents) just didn’t feel comfortable playing in other people’s playsets without the owners there.”
One fellow social media user then offered their advice commenting: “Growing up I had a neighbour who had a pool and whenever they hung a flag outside of the pool it told the neighbourhood families they could come and swim. But without the flag it was off limits even if they were playing on it. Just a thought. If you don’t want them over at all, well you got to tell the parents that.”
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Another suggested they be aware of any possible legal ramifications if there was an accident by posting: “The richest neighbour in our area had a trampoline, tennis court and pond (fish when warm, skate when frozen over). Made every parent sign a liability form. No form, no use.”
A third commenter also raised their concerns about the potential legal issues they may face if they don’t tackle the issue head-on as they wrote: “That decent relationship and your husband’s refuse to be ‘those neighbours’ isn’t going to stop them from suing your asses off when an unsupervised child gets seriously injured on your property.
“And they’ll win too, because without a fence your playset is an attractive nuisance and you’re doing literally nothing (not even making a verbal request) to stop the kids being there. You (or your husband) also can’t use the ‘they’re not like that’ or ‘they wouldn’t sue’ defence. They don’t necessarily have to. If the bills are high enough, their health insurance company will sue.”
