I think it’s more than expected that when you live next to a young family that you might get a ball kicked over the fence every now and again, but the woman in this story is claiming that it happens so frequently that it’s actually ruining her life.

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That might sound a bit much, but when you read her story that was posted on Mumsnet, you might be a little more sympathetic than when you first read the headline because it does sound pretty annoying:

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For the past five years, we have had to deal with almost constant balls being kicked over into our garden from the house behind, and as their children get older, these are being kicked into our garden with increasing force. On an average summer’s day, a minimum of 10 balls will come over.

If we do not throw them over they will come into our garden and take them, which we have caught them doing and asked them not to, but suspect they still do on occasion.

It has got a bit ridiculous at times and we have suggested they consider a net to stop the issue but they have said they got a quote and it’s far too expensive.

Fast forward to now and we have a toddler, and we have just completed an extension, and are finalising our garden. Funnily enough, whilst the works were being done, no balls have been coming into our garden, but as the builders and heavy machinery in our back garden have left, so begins the balls once again.

As the weather gets better the balls will only get worse. I’m mindful that I don’t want to start any neighbour disputes.

I should add that on weekends balls are being kicked over (and against the fence) often until 9/10 pm, meaning that I’m forced to have my toddler’s bedroom in our front, tiny, box room, rather than the much larger back bedroom.

This wasn’t an issue as a baby but as they’ve started to grow, I could do with putting them in the larger bedroom but I’m 100% certain that the shrieks and repeated bangs of balls being kicked against walls and fences would keep them awake.

That does sound kind of annoying but I’m not sure why it’s a problem for the family to just sneak into the garden as and when and pick up the balls themselves? I suppose the fact they’ve got a toddler is a bit more of a concern now, but I still think it would be highly unlikely a ball would be hit over the fence and actually hit them because that’s gonna be one hell of lucky strike.

Whilst we’re at it, how crap must these kids be that they’re constantly kicking balls over the fence? You would think that they might have got a bit better at football over the past five years that they wouldn’t be missing the goal so much right? Or failing that if they’re practicing so much and only hitting a few balls over the fence then surely they’re probably going to be the next Wayne Rooney or at least someone fairly decent like Sean Longstaff. Try and find out who they are and put a bet on them being a Premier League player in the future.

As for the woman’s problems I would just ask them not to kick the ball late at night when they kid was asleep – that seems fairly reasonable – and then just let them come in the garden and take the balls they’ve kicked over. Seems like a really simple and easy solution for something that’s ‘ruining her life’. People are so dramatic these days! Grow up.

For more of the same, check out when some dickhead left a football filled with concrete in the middle of a field. What an asshole move.