In the heat of passion, it can be challenging to keep the noise down – but most people are mindful and considerate of their neighbours when getting frisky.
However, one woman was left seething at the “p*rno noises” emanating from her downstairs neighbour, which were preventing her from catching some shut-eye. She acknowledged that living in a flat comes with the “occasional” sounds from neighbours, but she insisted this was far more frequent.
“My downstairs neighbours have been having very loud sex anywhere from 12am to 3am”, she raged.
Venting on Reddit’s ‘Neighbours from Hell’ forum, the woman angrily detailed how she could even hear the woman’s noises through earplugs.
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She wrote: “My downstairs neighbours have been having very loud sex anywhere from 12am to 3am. And it’s the girl making unnecessary p*rno moans that’s waking me up. Bear in mind I wear earplugs almost every night because my boyfriend snores super loud, and I can STILL hear them. And of course, he could sleep through the house collapsing so he doesn’t hear a thing.
“I held off doing anything for a while because I thought ‘Oh maybe this won’t happen all the time’ but it has been happening at least twice a week. It’s now reached a point where it’s ruining my sleep and I’m contemplating writing a friendly note. What would you do? I’ve already banged on the floor and that didn’t seem to slow them down.”
In the comments, some encouraged the woman to “fight fire with fire” and make noise using a “microphone” when they’re asleep. One shared their similar experience, writing: “I had downstairs neighbours like this many years ago. But it wasn’t twice a week, it was once or twice a day and at random times. It was a small apartment building, ten units, so I’m certain I wasn’t the only one who heard them. I just heard them, or rather her, the loudest. And she was loud as hell.
“I’d stomp on the floor right above them. One day, mid-stomp, they stopped. A minute or so later, I heard their door slam shut and then an aggressive knocking on my door. I answer, and the dude and I briefly get into it. He ends up telling me that they are trying to conceive (which explains the frequency), and I end up telling him the obvious that this is an apartment and consideration for others is necessary.
“I was young and working hard to pay for a nice place to live, but I couldn’t even have company over due to this situation. It was that bad. After that, it was much quieter, and several months later they ended up moving out.”
One person joked: “Why is it not immediately obvious to folks in this situation to just blast the Benny Hill theme song using the loudest equipment they can afford”, while another suggested: “Clearly you need more sex, at least twice a week. Wake up your boyfriend and make some noise of your own.”