My neighbour is such an assh*le short of murder or beating him up

@SW-User Thanks he’s always nasty and he doesn’t have the balls to complain to me but he shouts at my partner and the kids - he lives beneath us in an apartment complex.

@Notauser lol. Now I know why he shouts at them and avoids you. Do you have carpets? Are your children running around and playing basketball in the house or sumptin? What exactly is he shouting at them? Can you put a stop to the activity that he finds objectionable. Nothing personal but I've lived below people who actually did allow their kid free reign, played basketball in the apartment, and I could hear him screaming obscenities at his mother. Annoying af.

@SW-User oh yeah no - we have what we call the ‘twinkletoes’ policy and it’s well enforced. However, yes, it will always be noisier than my neighbour upstairs an elderly couple. 99% it’s just normal unavoidable walking/moving. That justifies the crabbiness, but not shouting and threatening to women and kids imho.

@Notauser You're right about that. There's no reason to shout and threaten. I didn't shout at my neighbors. I spoke with them. If I were you, the next time you see him, walk up to him and ask to speak with him. Tell him you'll make a deal with him. That you'll do your best to ensure the kids don't make too much noise in exchange for him to rationally come and talk to you as soon as there's an issue. However, if he chooses to shout and threaten your partner and children again, you're going to immediately file a complaint with both the police and the landlord.

Or, you can just have your partner keep track of the days, time, and words said to her and the children. When you have enough of a list to warrant a complaint against him, file it with the police dept. Let them speak with him and put him on warning.

@SW-User Thanks I'll make sure they keep track with dates and times that it happens. In the meantime, it's not the first time we've spoken about this and the kids have certainly not escalated their rowdiness. So I'll just have to remind him to be civil and see if that works. I don't need him to like us ;)

@Notauser 👍