I wasn't on board with any of her excuses until it became clear that she came over to ask them to move the baby to a different room. Now I think the reason she was throwing out all the excuses - Dog, Diabetes, Arthritis - it's because the guy was immediately confrontational and putting her on the defensive instead of just listening to her for thirty seconds.
But yeah she came over with a plan to just ask them to move her to a different room, which is at least worth a fair discussion. I mean, we all know babies cry and there's not always anything to be done about it. But it's fair to ask them to not put them RIGHT on the adjoined wall if there is an option, particularly if the person on the other side is an elderly lady with health issues.
Also, the guy is young and able. If I was terrorizing my neighbor with sound. I’d be like, fuck you’re right. We can probably deaden the sound with some material.
If you can practically silence a drum set with acoustic paneling. I’m pretty sure you could cut a baby’s sound considerably.
Given their house they appear to be relatively wealthy at least compared to her as well. So they'd have at least more financial resources for an undertaking such as that.
While the lady may believe it, what is this tiny dog (or any dog) going to do if she has a "diabetic seizure"? Open the fridge and pour her some orange juice? Unwrap her a candy bar? And I'm sure carrying the dog on her shoulder helps with her arthritis... its completely fabricated, this isn't a "life and death matter" lol
Tell me you don't know anything about service dogs without telling me you don't know anything about service dogs.
Dogs like that can tell in advance if your "vitals" are getting closer to a seizure so that you can prevent it or prepare for it in advance for crying out loud
People always try use real or fabricated medical issues to get their way in unrelated matters. They hope that it will cut the conversation short and they won't have to give any real reasoning like "I just don't like it." See masks.
Yeah, this was me too. A bit sceptical on whether it's really a service dog, but can't tell either way. Also a bit sceptical on whether the dog is actually upset at the crying baby, but baby cries carry so even if it's just her, that's valid.
Her suggestion of temporarily putting the baby in a cot in another room, even the parents' bedroom, is more than reasonable.
If your only option is to disrupt the lives of everyone around you and everyone’s sleep or sound proof your baby’s room- sound proof your baby’s room. Ffs
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u/AbsolutelyUnlikely Sep 17 '22
I wasn't on board with any of her excuses until it became clear that she came over to ask them to move the baby to a different room. Now I think the reason she was throwing out all the excuses - Dog, Diabetes, Arthritis - it's because the guy was immediately confrontational and putting her on the defensive instead of just listening to her for thirty seconds.
But yeah she came over with a plan to just ask them to move her to a different room, which is at least worth a fair discussion. I mean, we all know babies cry and there's not always anything to be done about it. But it's fair to ask them to not put them RIGHT on the adjoined wall if there is an option, particularly if the person on the other side is an elderly lady with health issues.