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Peace and quiet is one of those things you don’t really appreciate until someone takes it away.

One woman is learning that after a group of six kids started spending hours every day at the park outside her building.

The apartment itself is quiet, which is one of the main reasons she moved there in the first place.

But somehow, the screaming from outside still carries all the way up to the sixth floor.

And since the kids’ mother is usually right there with them, the woman is starting to wonder why she never tells them to calm down.

Read on to see why she’s thinking about taking the issue to the building manager.

AITA for talking to my building manager about a group of kids who live in the same building and their mother who lets them scream like crazy people for hours right outside

I’m currently living in this apartment. It’s quite expensive for the town and area I live in, and I’m on the 6th floor. The main thing when moving for me was a quiet space. I have not been able to hear a single noise from inside of the building. Outside is quite busy, but noise reduction is great.

Well, except for this one group of little kids. It’s 6 of them, and all they do is scream at the top of their lungs when they’re playing.

They live in the building and go to the park outside my window every day. Mind you, it’s TUESDAY, 11 am, and they are screaming, crying, and squealing at the TOP of their lungs. There is no break from it, and the parent is there every day with them for multiple hours. Just non-stop, inconsistent, high-pitched screams every day.

She doesn’t want to cause issues, but it’s getting to be too much.

Like, I hate to cause issues, and I’m sorry, but like, can’t the mother tell them to quit it with the excessive yelling? Not saying they should be silent, but like, come on. This is genuinely driving me to madness, and I didn’t move here just to listen to this same oversized family.

Is it messed up if I try and contact someone in the building about them and ask if they can limit the nonsense yelling that happens for hours every day? Also, it’s Tuesday. Why are the kids not at school?

Also, I know kids are kids and they are just playing, but please understand this sounds like an elementary school recess that’s taking place right outside my window every day for multiple hours. And like, I can barely hear the cars or motorcycles on the street, so why are ur kids that loud?

I thought construction that’s taking place next door was the loudest noise to deal with, but no, apparently it’s this group of children that’s 6 whole floors below me and by the other side of the building.

Here’s what she’s going to do.

Not once have I heard another person outside make this amount of noise. Quite frankly, I actually don’t hear anyone else at all, really. Just them, and nobody wants to hear them. I certainly don’t.

Obviously, I don’t want to be rude, but I also deserve my peace and quiet. Like, I’m 20 years old, so I don’t really want to be going up to this person and lecturing them about this bc I know it won’t go anywhere. But like, kindly, I need this to stop. I need it to stop now. I am quite literally doing everything not to rip my hair out.

I have to say something to the building person. I just want to know if it’s like super crappy of me.

AITA?

Yikes. That would get really old for almost anyone.

Let’s check out what the readers over at Reddit would do if they faced this issue.

This reader sees both sides of it.

Good question.

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This person feels her pain, but doesn’t see anything she can do.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a neighbor who documented times of noise spikes and turned their neighbor into a model tenant.

Here’s someone who’s on her side.

This is quite the unfortunate situation.

On one hand, it sucks having to listen to kids scream for hours every day.

But on the other hand, they are outside playing in the middle of the day, so there may not be much the building manager can actually do.

Still, there’s nothing wrong with asking if they can at least tone it down a little. She just shouldn’t be upset if it doesn’t work.

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