I think we all should be careful of how loud that we talk in our home.

That's really awful...

I don't trust your neighbors and I don't even know them! Some people do speak loudly. All of your neighbors must be in their apartments with glasses up to the wall and binochulars up to windows watching your every move. They must be exhausted at the end of the day. Thank god you moved in there or they would be bored stiff as boards. Get out of there, dearie!

That's the thing about apartments. There isn't a lot of privacy. Sounds like your neighbor is just being nosy. It really is a shame. But some people are just like that. Try not to let it bother you. May mean she doesn't have much else going n in her life.

hi cream I think the main trouble with most two story apartment complexes is that they make the walls so thin we could all hear most anything goinf on in the rooms right around us. when we moed last we had a detached apartment on the ground floor and the walls really were soundproofed too. So we did not hear our neighbors to either side of us. the onedrawback there was that parking spaces were right up against our b bedrooms.One man had an old junker and he had to run it awhile before he could take off, the problem was that his exhaust fumes came right into myh bedroom and made me feel half ill, and he would just sit there and keep reving up his motor, I finally had to go around back and tell hime his car fu mes were flooding my bedroom. so then he moved his car. I know Cream its hard to trust people you just dont know very well but I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt as maybe they feel the same way about us too. I hope you can move your f amily into an apartment on the ground floor or better yet a detached unit as its hard on the littleones not to make kid noises as for God'd sakes they are just kids.

What kind of life is that, sweetie? Children need to play and no child can play or talk softly for the rest of their life's. That is so freaking unfair. I cannot think why people behave that way. As if they were never children that really made some noise. I wish you can just leave there. TATA.

Yeah. People like to scream in this household and you hear things that you don't want to hear. On the other hand I'm sensitive in hearing and talk so quietly that I get annoyed when they repeatedly ask me to say again what I had earlier said so I end up screaming. Also; I don't like being able to hear, or having someone else hear, something that is personal to me.

The trouble with walls in apartment buildings is that the walls are too thin. I live in a condo (same idea) and some new people moved into the condo next door. I never heard the people before them in 6 years but I could hear the new people almost word for word in my bedroom. I spent the money to have more insulation and drywall put on the wall that is adjacent to my bedroom. But of course if you rent this is not an option. Area rugs and heavy drapes tend to muffle the sound. Maybe you could try that.

I'm living in an apartment block. Opposite my house is my neighbour and on my floor alone, there are six households. When we talk or what, we actually don't care if people downstairs or above listen to it or not because we are not related. However sometimes we do talk softly but all the time we talk loudly. To you, walls have ears and you have to beware of what you're saying. But, whatever we talk is of nobody's business. We don't have to care about what other people think or say. The mouth is ours and whatever we say is what we think and nobody is to care. Never mind if you don't trust them. Do whatever you like because the HOUSE IS YOURS, not theirs.

I know everyones situation is different but I am a very loud person and always have been. I grew up in a loud family. My mom is deaf(sp) and I am partially deaf. I would not want to live somewhere that I had to be cautious of what I said and wouldn't want to be worried about my neighbors. I would move if I were you!

This is very true, my neighbour seems to be a mad family, they play music very loud all the time, we complained to the society chairman about it but no solution. That lady is just mad about music, she plays all the dancing numbers in the night after 11 pm which disturbs our sleep. We enjoy listening songs but not at midnight. We should take care of ourself and the inconvenience of others as well.

speak loudly is fine with me.i used to it.sometimes we are like that too as we are louder speakers.in my residents its okay for you to speak loudly as it won't last longer.-i don't think there are people who can talk loud more than 5 minutes.but we are not okay with too loud of music.every one can't stand with that.

I have the same feeling with you. I think we shouldn't based our happy on others' upset feeling.And if we meet this thing,we should talk with our neighborhood and warning them not do that agaim.

yes, you really have to be careful of talking, especially that you are living in a apartment, those neighbors of yours cannot be trusted.... i have the same story with you, i am living in a apartment and i have these neighbors who love spreading rumors....that is why i did not talk so much when i am staying at my apartment....

That is really bad you can't even talk in your own place...

We used to live in a duplex with the very same situation. During some times of the year, when it was too cold to run the air conditioner, we could hear right through the wall. Luckily, we were just hearing things from the neighbor's laundry room. It would have been more awkward had our living room been right up next to their living room. Try running the window AC or a box fan on medium during spring and summer. Put the fan near the wall. Also, turn the phone volume down so that it doesn't make so much noise, if you are really worried that someone might object.

Hi Cream This is why we moved out of our apartment 19 years ago and bought a house those apartment walls are paper thin not only did I not wanting my neighbors to hear me I didn't want to hear what was going on in their apartment either. And as for that neighbor of yours who opens her front door when your phone rings ... I guess she has nothing else better to do with her time than be a nosey neighbor next time she ask her ...Can I help you ? ..No the phones not for you close your door and mind your business

I think sometimes we are habitual of talking loud at our home. I think sometimes it give problem to us. When we going to another person house. So we are habitual and we can't stop us for talking in loud way. So then it creates problem when other person think about us that we have no manner for talking. I think it is a bed situation.

Hi Cream. I couldn't I wouldn't live where I didn't feel comfortable with my neighbors. Sounds like you live around a bunch of busy bodies my friend. Best not to talk loudly .

Why are you so suspicious of your neighbours, if I may ask? Sounds a little paranoid Maybe they have done something bad in the past and you prefer not to have any relation with them? Well, it`s nice that you try not to talk in a loud voice at home, as that way you aren`t bothering your neighbours, showing you`re a good neighbour.