I work out in my garden to try & lose baby weight – now my neighbours have complained about my ‘erotic’ exercise noises
A NEW mum has been left fuming after her neighbours complained about the “erotic” noises she apparently makes while working out in her garden.
She took to Mumsnet’s Am I Being Unreasonable? forum to share her situation, and admitted she was “taken aback” by the neighbour’s request.
“The last few mornings around 10:30am I have been going into our back garden to do a workout,” she wrote.
“I have been wearing my headphones as quite frankly my neighbours don’t need to hear the cheesy ‘come on, push it harder’ motivation chat from the fitness instructor.
“This morning after my workout (I do HIIT – 20 minutes), the neighbour next door came to the door and asked if I could work out inside as they are trying to relax in their back garden in peace and watch their fish.
“I was a bit taken aback.”
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Her husband then came to the door to step in, and insisted his wife wasn’t making lots of noise, it’s the daytime and they’re entitled to work out in the garden if they so wish.
“He pointed out what will they think when our daughter is older and playing in the garden?” she continued.
“The neighbour responded ‘that’s different’.
“And apparently my panting noises are a bit ‘erotic sounding’.
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“At this point we said to the neighbour that again, I’m not making excessive noise and that I’m simply working out.
“I’m actually really annoyed.”
She even checked the CCTV outside her house to see how loud she is when she’s working out, adding: “Honestly hardly any noise, mostly just heavy breathing which the camera struggled to pick up.”
While the neighbour suggested she could “join a gym”, she wrote that she actually has a gym in the garage, but works out outside instead to avoid disturbing her husband, who works from home.
She also doesn’t want to wake her baby, who naps while she works out.
“Who is being unreasonable? Me or the neighbour?” she concluded.
People in the comments section were quick to side with the new mum, with one person writing: “You are definitely not being unreasonable.
“I want to say keep doing it but I know if it was me I would feel massively self conscious working out again so it’s p**sed me off on your behalf.”
“It doesn’t sound unreasonable at all!” another added.
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“Perhaps next time play your cheesy music as well!”
While a third insisted: “Your neighbours are being ridiculous. They are essentially complaining about you breathing in your garden for 20 minutes.”