My relaxing Christmas Day was marred late last night when the two twenty-somethings next door once again could not stop celebrating. They like to have friends over and they get very LOUD. I've asked them repeatedly to quiet down by 11pm. California law states 10pm, but I'd be happy with 11:00. The previous discussions were polite; last night's was not. I am at the end of my patience with this. It has gone on the entire four years that I've lived here and the manager has made it clear that she does not want to be bothered. She told me it was my problem. Last night my neighbor said that 11pm isn't late and that I'm fussing over nothing, that I am the only one bothered by it and why should they change just to suit me (ALL of us who live near them have complained), and that I'm treating them like children. I treat them the same way I'd treat anyone making this much noise and showing so little respect for others, but they do act like children.
What is wrong with people? I think their age has a lot to do with it. They are clearly in denial, insisting that they are not noisy. I hate to call the police for such matters, but I may have to next time.
