SHHH...The Windows Are Open...
By twoey68
@twoey68 (13627)
United States
May 23, 2008 10:32am CST
With warm weather arriving, we’ve been leaving our windows open to let the air in. Since we live in apartments we try to watch some of what we talk about b/c we do have neighbors. Sometimes Hubby and I will start discussing MyLot topics and we get a little rambunctious and we have to remember the windows are open. After all we don’t want everyone in the neighborhood knowing everything we talk about. We also tend to close our bedroom window at night in case we get a little too frisky…we don’t want anyone setting up a chair outside the window to listen to our bedroom adventures.
Do you watch what you say when your windows are open? Do you close them in your bedroom for privacy? Have you ever caught anyone listening in on your discussions through a window?
**AT PEACE WITHIN**
~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~
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37 responses
@blackbriar (9076)
• United States
29 May 08
We never did care what others heard while we talked with windows open. Now that we have our own property and it's pretty private, I even leave my bedroom windows open while I sleep or even dress being noone will know unless they purposely walk by our window.
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@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
29 May 08
OMG--- how funny.... a little frisky!
I live in the country- so if someone wanted to listen to any of our conversations- they would have to get past the dog! Also- our neighbors aren't close enough to hear us. So nope--- I don't bother talking softly.
Our bedrooms are on the second floor of our house-- so there is no way anyone outside could hear us getting a bit frisky!
I love the country!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
25 May 08
No I don't watch what I say when the windows are open. i am single so I don't have anyone to get frisky with.The only thing that the neighbors may not like is when I watch the hockey playoffs I will say a four leter word If I need to.
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@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
25 May 08
This discussion makes me laugh. It reminds me of my aunt. She will call me on the telephone and whisper about her neighbors in her apartment building. I can hardly hear what she is saying and if I do not respond when I am suppose to, she gets an attitude.
There have been many, many times when I have entertained my neighbors. Especially, when I lose my temper, but I am working on that.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
23 May 08
i don't worry about it,i'm on the upper floor.
they'd have to use a ladder to listen in,and if they do i'll push it away from the house on them 
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
30 May 08
I have a mental picture of that one in my mind. People at the top of the ladder and listening, and you pushing it away "AAAaaaaaaaaaah!!!" Crash. I am would be entertained by that today.
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@golfproo (1839)
• Canada
24 May 08
Hi,
You are right, the weather is getting warmer and with that comes benefits and new things to watch for. One of those things is people listening in on conversations. I have caught my neigbours doing this a number of times actually. It is quite annoying! There really is not much choice however as it is too hot to keep the windows closed. We have started talking quietly, but that kinda makes me annoyed that I have to do that!
cheers,
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
23 May 08
I could careless if people hear what I am discussing LOL We always forget the windows are open during our bedroom romps too LOL Our neighbors are not any better, heck i bet they can hear us through the walls anyway.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
23 May 08
Thankfully my neighbors aren't that close.. But still, even though I don't close our bedroom windows when it's warm, I do pull closed the curtains, what with this modern age of possible digital peeping toms.. and all things turning up on youtube.. I mean how horrifically embarassing would that be!
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
30 May 08
I am fortunate enough to be in a house, in a quiet neighborhood for the most part. When by neighbor built a new hot tub on his back porch, I did have hubby suggest he screen it, cause from our upstairs we could see him with his girlfriend. Our bedroom is upstairs, the other houses around are single story, so we leave the windows open. It saves on air conditioning. I tend to hear things people do, they probably do not hear me.
@sophiasmom911 (1345)
• United States
23 May 08
lol terry I know I'm enjoying my fresh air!
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@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
8 Jul 08
I'm not the kind of person who cares what the neighbours hear, though I don't go out of my way to make sure they hear either! lol.
I am who I am, and I'm not going to be ashamed of my thoughts and feelings. If they are offended by them, then it isn't really my problem. Just means they have a different point of view.
As for the windows in the bedroom. Well, ours do stay closed, but mostly because I don't like to have 8 legged uninvited guests in my bed! lol.
@vera5d (4005)
• United States
30 May 08
I have worried about this before, too. In my old apartment I used to record music and sometimes have the winodws open and would wonder what the neighbors thought!
Now that our neighbors where we live now are constantly outside and so are we, it seems like we have zero privacy, since most times my kids tend to talk pretty loudly and i know if we can hear them surely they can hear us!
@cortjo73 (6498)
• United States
30 May 08
We don't open our windows too much but, sometimes and, I never really thought about the possibility of someone hearing our conversations through them. LOL! So, we have not been careful!
But, when the hubby and I lived in an apartment, our back neighbor, they were town homes, was standing outside of our screened in porch watching me while I was watching TV. They hubby caught him. When they first moved in behind us, they asked us if they could use the space outside of our porch to plant some veggies. The space outside of their porch was smaller so, it was just better for them to use our space. We were ok with it because we weren't going to do anything with it. We didn't know that the dude was a peeping Tom. Ugh! LOL! Taught us a lesson!
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
30 May 08
twoey I have never caught anyone listening on my discussions
as I do not talk while in my bedroom and our living room is pretty secure but people park their cars outside our bedroom
windows and talk too loud sometimes at two am too. very'
annoying it is to me.
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@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
24 May 08
Since we don't have any neighbors to close to us, we generally don't close our windows. Then again, we're not really crazy loud people either. We're pretty quiet and keep to ourselves so I do not think we'd end up disturbing anyone. At school, we have an apartment and we sometimes open our windows but I still do not feel we're really that loud. Our neighbors this past school year were, they were loud without the windows being open. We had more problems with outside influences than from us being loud.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
24 May 08
Lol Don't want to worry the neighbors. lol
We have very few open window days where I live. It is either really hot or too cold. But the days we do have in early spring or late fall are very pleasant with the windows open. I worry more about my dogs barking too much and annoying people than I do about what I say. Even though houses are kinda close in my neighborhood, I don't think my neighbor could hear a conversation I was having unless they were up to no good.
@twallace (2675)
• United States
23 May 08
There is nothing wrong with a little fresh air. When you can open the window do it. Most people have ac and don't open the windows at all. Cause of ac&heat all year round sometimes they forget that fresh are on a nice cool; but not to hot day is just as good as the ac.
@Remembering1996 (2219)
• United States
24 May 08
Where's I live on the first floor and I have the window's open I do watch what is said. I have had a couple of friends get loud and I remind them that other people live in this building to and I don't want to get in trouble w/ the landlord or have others hear what we are talking about for it's none of there buisness. As far as I know no one has been eaves dropping at my window plus my cat would act up if someone was there he useally does when the kids are playing on the front lawn right out side my window. They haven't been close to my window unless to grab there ball that they play wiffle ball every day. I also will periodically look out to see what's going on outside.
