Advice from Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin.
I live in an old, established neighborhood where new homes are being built on the available plots. The one behind my own home is angled so that its back porch and dining room/kitchen are basically within a foot of my property line. The owners also replaced much of the lawn with a patio and pool, which reflect sound rather than absorb it.
When they moved in pre-pandemic, I went over and brought some welcome gifts, but I am now unsure of how to approach this problem. Shout “Too loud!” over the fence? Drop a note in their mailbox? Text them, if I can find their number?GENTLE READER The more embarrassed you can look while confessing this, the more motivated Miss Manners believes they will be to do something about it.I like to travel and have been many places in the world. I am very prone to seasickness, though, so waterborne vessels rarely make an appearance in my travels. People often ask me why I don’t go on cruises, but when I answer with the seasickness response, they won’t hear of it.
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