We had some good neighbors in ABQ, but my adopted daughters were VERY poor sleepers until they were three or so (taking until 11 pm to fall asleep after hours of trying, waking up 4/5 times per night wanting to be fed) and both were light sleepers to boot. We had a house with no AC, just an evaporative cooler so the windows had to be open. One day, I was trying to put my oldest (and myself) down for a nap at the same time the neighbor’s young girls were out in their backyard screaming like banshees. I do not think it’s a requirement to scream like that while out playing, imo. I don’t think I’ve ever screamed in my life. So, I called them and asked them to have the girls be a little quieter. I talked to the dad, and I could tell he was a little peeved, but he made them tone it down, and he got over it.
I did it again, one night when our neighbors two houses down had a dog that was outside barking. Actually, it was the female neighbor’s side piece’s dog. He’d come over at night while her husband was working a night shift as an air traffic controller. So I called and asked them if they could keep the dog quiet. The wife answered and claimed it wasn’t her, bc they didn’t have a dog. But the dog stopped barking soon after.
Yall are probably thinking it was me who was the annoying neighbor, but I really was very seriously sleep deprived so I was desperate for a quiet, peaceful environment to soothe my girls. I haven’t been the demanding neighbor since then, and that was 25 years ago.
A more recent annoyance was that one of our cul de sac neighbors actually called the police on a young teenaged girl for parking on the street facing the wrong way. This neighbor peeved me the first time I met her - just seemed like a nosy Parker. We think she’s also an alcoholic and speeds too fast in the neighborhood. Then, right after she called the police on the teenager, she supposedly took an Ambien one night, went out driving and drove thru the guard rails at some entrance ramp. When the cops showed up, she had no idea where she was, and was incoherent. She was arrested for DUI (alcohol) and lost her license for 6 months, but continued driving anyway.
Finally, neighbors could complain about my husband if they knew about his powers of observation. He notices EVERYTHING that goes on. But I don’t think he’s trying to be nosy, he’s like I said, just very observant. He’s the one who noticed our neighbor was having an affair. He’s also guessed correctly that two women we knew were pregnant and they weren’t showing at all. I’ve never been pregnant so he really doesn’t even know what to look for! One he guessed bc she wasn’t drinking at dinner. He hadn’t seen the woman in 20 years! The other was “walking funny”. He also had clocked the guy on the corner’s son selling drugs from his dad’s house. Sneaking out the back door to people parked in the street.