Probably not the right category and I do apologize, but it has something to do with dating I guess
I live in an apartment with three others, one being my boyfriend of six years. We have befriended our neighbors two levels below us.
As I'm writing this, it is 2:30am on a Friday night. I cannot sleep because my neighbors, my boyfriend, and one roommate were all right outside my window - drunk and playing music extremely loud. I called my boyfriend on his cell to please let them know I could hear everything and it was disturbing my sleep. They could have very easily moved back inside their apartment and continued doing everything they were doing outside. He refused to pass along the message. I went downstairs, outside, and relayed the message in my pajamas. They were quiet after that, no problems.
However my boyfriend came back upstairs and was
irate with me. I'm sure the alcohol had a hand in this, but he said it's absolutely ridiculous that I would even think of 'telling them what to do', and that as we live in a college environment I should expect to have to deal with noise and no sleep some nights. Now there is no noise outside, but three of the boys (one being my boyfriend) are being noisy in the room right next to my bedroom, when they know full well the walls in our cheap apartment are paper thin. We have an odd-fitting door on that room, and they are opening and shutting it literally every minute, it is very very loud.
I have to get up at 7am...well, this morning, and work a 9 hour shift. In my opinion it is not unreasonable to ask my friends, neighbors, and roommates to take their party inside to reduce noise level. I also think it's rude to be noisy at 2am when two residents in this apartment (me and my girl friend) have to get up for work at 7am.
The excuses given to me by the boyfriend are a) it's a college area and b) it's a Friday night. I UNDERSTAND this but also think compromises don't hurt. Basically though I'm being told to quit being a 'baby' and to deal with no sleep.
However, and correct me if I'm wrong, isn't there such thing as noise violation, especially if they are hanging out drunk with blaring music outside of an apartment complex? Or am I totally in the wrong here? I'm not asking about them being loud within the apartment because I know that's something that is to be dealt with personally.
Just though I'd ask out of curiosity, you know, since I can't go to sleep and all right now
