Can you hear me now?
Sound proof housing we do not have.
I know one set of neighbors uses a shower curtain rather than a shower door because I can hear the rings slide back and forth before they turn on the water. With another neighbor, I know when the dog runs to the door because I can hear the tiny toe nails on the floor.
Vacuuming, flushing, burping, swearing, fighting, closing cupboard doors, running the garbage disposal, plus.
Do I even want to know what sounds carry from our side of the wall?
Our corner of the complex doesn't put a great deal of emphasis on neighbor to neighbor bonding, perhaps because more than one neighbor has been introduced or recognized as the one who makes such-n-such noise.
This is never complimentary.
There is just something slightly awkward about getting to know a person after you have already determined their middle of the night bathroom routine. Or their vacuuming obsession. Or their lady-killer ways. Or their loose grasp of reality.
Like I said, I don't really want to know what sounds carry from our side of the wall.
Perhaps, for the sake of loving my neighbor as myself, I should make certain to add a white noise machine to the baby registry. And for the sake of loving my neighbors, I should purchase another six or seven.
I know one set of neighbors uses a shower curtain rather than a shower door because I can hear the rings slide back and forth before they turn on the water. With another neighbor, I know when the dog runs to the door because I can hear the tiny toe nails on the floor.
Vacuuming, flushing, burping, swearing, fighting, closing cupboard doors, running the garbage disposal, plus.
Do I even want to know what sounds carry from our side of the wall?
Our corner of the complex doesn't put a great deal of emphasis on neighbor to neighbor bonding, perhaps because more than one neighbor has been introduced or recognized as the one who makes such-n-such noise.
This is never complimentary.
There is just something slightly awkward about getting to know a person after you have already determined their middle of the night bathroom routine. Or their vacuuming obsession. Or their lady-killer ways. Or their loose grasp of reality.
Like I said, I don't really want to know what sounds carry from our side of the wall.
Perhaps, for the sake of loving my neighbor as myself, I should make certain to add a white noise machine to the baby registry. And for the sake of loving my neighbors, I should purchase another six or seven.
Comments
I thought I had problems with my neighbor's noises:)
May our Gracious Lord give you His abundant Grace to go through all of this and bring you a quick solution! Perhaps even before the baby!
In Christ,
Elsiene
(my word verification was "outshana" For whatever that may be worth. =)