50-Year-Old Woman in Disbelief After Neighbor Called Her ‘Sad' for Complaining About Party: ‘Should We Have Sucked It Up?'

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'Should we have just sucked it up, closed our windows and stayed inside?' she asked, following the confrontation with her neighborNEED TO KNOW
A 50-year-old woman teamed up with a group of neighbors to confront a tenant in their apartment complex who hosted a large party
Recalling the situation on Reddit, she said the exchange became "toxic" when the other person and her friends began hurling insults at the group
'Should we have just sucked it up, closed our windows and stayed inside?' the woman askedA 50-year-old woman is having second thoughts about her decision to confront a new tenant in her apartment complex.
On Monday, July 28, the woman penned a lengthy post on Reddit's Am I the A------ forum, explaining that she lives in a large apartment complex with 'historical significance.' She said it has huge communal gardens that are great for sitting in with friends or solo.
In recent years, however, neighbors have been using the shared space to host parties with over 50 attendees on the weekend. She said the events are often noisy until the early hours, guests use residents' parking bays and the grounds are used as a toilet due to no available facilities nearby.
'Recently, a new-ish tenant declared her intention to hold a big party in the grounds and her Facebook post got a few 'likes' (from her friends), but when it came to the weekend in question she had hired in a massive marquee that could easily hold 100 people and decided to put it up right in the middle of the gardens,' the woman wrote.
The woman said the tenants who live in the apartment complex have a Facebook group, where many began to complain about the disruptive party and the size of the marquee. She recalled that other members of the group, who 'don't get impacted by garden parties as they're on the other side of the building,' started hurling insults.
'We are apparently 'sad, mean, despicable, douchebags,' just some of the choice phrases,' the original poster recounted, before revealing that several members on her side of the group were also trolled privately.
The woman said everyone who complained about the party noise was accused of 'piling on' the host. 'We then received a massive 'pile on' of messages ranging from the 'mean, miserable, despicable, sad old farts' to the petulant 'I hope you're happy' grumpiness backlash piled on all weekend,' she continued.
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She described the exchange in the Facebook group as getting 'toxic very quickly.' She argued the comments made by those who disagreed were the party were 'really tame,' while those who supported the event made it personal.
'So, AITA [am I the a------] for being part of the no group?' the woman asked Redditors. 'Should we have just sucked it up, closed our windows and stayed inside?'
Responses to the post reassured the woman that it was the right decision to confront the tenant hosting the loud party.
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Many advised her to make a noise complaint with the police or to report the tenant to the housing manager.
'NTA [not the a------]. Communal spaces such as this are intended for the use of residents, not to be used by mobs of outsiders. No event should be allowed to affect any of you in the ways that you describe,' one person commented.
'NTA. I think you all are being way too polite about huge parties of people p---ing in your gardens. More people should be loudly angry about that,' another wrote.
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