Oh no he can't see into the shower the door to the room has obscured glass on it. The whole point of us using the room is that it's nice and bright and light, so we don't want nets. The front bedroom faces North and is cold & dark at this time of year. I was not really looking for a solution, but thanks anyway. I am using the thread as originally intended, to have a good gripe about something trivial, that we can't do much about 😄
@Allotment Boy, we frequently sit in bed having breakfast and could almost wave to passerbys, bin men etc. The houses at the top of the garden are higher than ours so we have the same situation, although they might be a bit further away. I only draw the curtains when we shower/change clothes etc. It doesn't much bother me if I forget.
Tbh the road to the back is a crescent, so they are at an angle to us anyway. If he looks straight ahead he is probably looking through the gap between me and ndn where our garages are adjoining . It's just disconcerting when you open the curtains at 8 am & he is already there.
Definitely dark damp depressing day and all alternative awkward alliteration
I can see how that might be irritating @Allotment Boy I am surrounded by gentlemen in sheltered accommodation and fear that if I forget the curtains I might hear the ambulance sirens (in my dreams) !
"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." Sir Terry Pratchett
In the flat where I lived for a while as a student (centre of Bath), we could wave to the people on the open top tour buses while we were sitting on the loo. Which was nice
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Ok this is a long term gripe but here it is. HE'S IN THE WINDOW AGAIN. I better explain. About this time last year, our neighbor over the back, set up a treadmill in front of the back bedroom bay window. It was obvious because he always wears a bright red T shirt when he's on it. Then a couple of months in he moved it and set up a desk right in the window. The thing is, we use our back bedroom as our main one. When we had our extension, we had a shower room put in the room. Now that we are retired, and as there isn't much we can do at the moment, we don't always get going very early. Sometimes after a leisurely breakfast we might not go for a shower till 9:30 or so 😱 Such decadent behaviour I know. The thing is given that we can see him so clearly can he see us ? Our house is higher than theirs (we're on a bit of a hill here). There's nothing we can do, it's just disconcerting when you open the bedroom curtains & the first thing you see is him sat in the window on the phone.
Easy way to check. Wait until he is on the treadmill and looking out of the window. Then walk out of the shower in the buff. If he falls off the treadmill it's likely he can see you.
Might I put in a word for the neighbours of persons with privacy issues? Hyacinth next door has a table and chairs in the middle of her garden. From spring to late autumn all meals are taken there including candlelight suppers. I like to look out the windows at the wildlife, gloat over and plan my garden. However, when they're out there it looks as if I'm perving. God forbid I would use my binoculars😯 So in effect, I am adversely affected. If people look into my garden from their upstairs windows,I assume they're admiring my beautiful garden😉 If they're bouncing on a trampoline, they'll get tired and go inside to play in their computer
Personally I don't much care if people see me going about whatever I'm doing. If they have nothing better to do than to watch me they must have a really boring life.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It's so frustrating! The weather has warmed up a bit so I'm getting the urge to go out and play in the garden, but the soil is so wet, I'd do more harm than good on my heavy clay. On the positive side, the moisture must have gone down pretty deep. Good news for mature shrubs and trees in the summer.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I can see how that might be irritating @Allotment Boy I am surrounded by gentlemen in sheltered accommodation and fear that if I forget the curtains I might hear the ambulance sirens (in my dreams) !
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Easy way to check. Wait until he is on the treadmill and looking out of the window. Then walk out of the shower in the buff. If he falls off the treadmill it's likely he can see you.
Hyacinth next door has a table and chairs in the middle of her garden. From spring to late autumn all meals are taken there including candlelight suppers.
I like to look out the windows at the wildlife, gloat over and plan my garden. However, when they're out there it looks as if I'm perving. God forbid I would use my binoculars😯
So in effect, I am adversely affected.
If people look into my garden from their upstairs windows,I assume they're admiring my beautiful garden😉
If they're bouncing on a trampoline, they'll get tired and go inside to play in their computer
The weather has warmed up a bit so I'm getting the urge to go out and play in the garden, but the soil is so wet, I'd do more harm than good on my heavy clay.
On the positive side, the moisture must have gone down pretty deep. Good news for mature shrubs and trees in the summer.