Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Mom Conflicted After Neighbor Kids Keep Playing On Her Swingset Without Permission

Neighborhood children using a private property's playset
@s_hubby14/TikTok

TikToker @s_hubby14 turned to TikTok to seek advice after her neighbor's kids keep trespassing into her backyard to play on her swingset and trampoline.

Being friendly with your neighbors is all well and good until one of the neighborhood kids gets hurt. Then everyone's true colors shine through.

That was exactly what TikToker @s_hubby14 was worried about when the kids around her neighborhood kept trespassing into her backyard to play with her children's swing, backyard playset, and trampoline.


Physically crouching down and watching out her back window, the mother recorded a video of multiple children, and later their parents, playing in the private backyard.

The TikToker quietly spoke in the background:

"Okay, let me ask you a question, and yes, this is literally me crouched down, hiding in my own house."
"Do other people's neighbors do this?"
"We have an open backyard, which means that there are no fences, and we can't put fences up, because we don't have a pool."
"So our neighbors just come into our backyard and literally play on our structure."
"And they don't ask us. They just play like they f**king own it, like it's a communal backyard, just because we have no fences."

She had only recently realized what a problem this was turning into.

"At first, like the first couple of times, I didn't care, because I'm like, whatever. Like, I let my kids go out and play with them."
"But now it's just so weird to me."
"And it's like, they have a pool. What if they just came home, and I was just in their f**king pool? Like, this is so weird to me."

The TikToker was also experiencing a difference of opinion at home.

"My husband thinks I'm overreacting."
"But I work in a law office, and I'm like, this is just screaming liability."
"What if one of them gets hurt? Then our homeowner's insurance is the one that's getting sued."

She then asked the TikTok community:

"So, whose side are you on? Am I crazy, or is my husband just too nice?"

The TikToker then showed a large group of people leaving the yard after their dog did not get along with the TikToker's dog.

You can watch the video here:

@s_hubby14

Sound on… Are you team #beneighborly or are you #getoffmylawn ? #weirdneighbors #neighborhood #neighborhoodplayground

The video immediately went viral with thousands of impassioned responses to the TikToker's situation.

Some reassured @s_hubby14 that this was absolutely not an okay situation to have going on.

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

Others were deeply concerned about potential liabilities, as well.

The original TikToker was clearly conflicted in the comments, as she didn't want to ruin the relationship she thought she had with her neighbors, but she didn't want to have to worry about liabilities, either.

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

Others questioned what the parents were teaching the trespassing kids through this experience.

Considering how many people were helping themselves to her backyard, it seemed like the parents might have been more interested in the free entertainment than the neighborly friendship.

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

Some advised the OP to increase the security in her backyard, and maybe to get a pool just to be able to put up that fence.

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

And, of course, some had to joke about sharing backyards and pools from now on to prove a point.

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

@s_hubby14/TikTok

It's wonderful when a neighborhood has a friendly vibe where everyone gets along and can spend time together, but if history has taught us anything, it's that injuries and other drama have a way of exposing people's real selves.

If one of those kids got hurt, the TikToker would find out very quickly how "friendly" those neighbors actually were, and like so many neighbors before her, the answer very well might be "not at all."

More from Trending

unidentified female Trump supporter at MAGA rally
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images

MAGA Mom Goes Viral After Revealing Her Son Refuses To Talk To Her Because She Voted For Trump

While people grapple with how to handle family members and friends who voted against their basic human rights, the people in question are dealing with the fallout from their choices.

MAGA Republican President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's embrace of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 made clear the rights of women; ethnic, racial and religious minorities; the disabled; immigrants; and the LGBTQ+ community were at risk.

Keep ReadingShow less
Mike Lee
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

GOP Senator Faces MAGA Backlash Over Plan To Sell Millions Of Acres Of Public Land

Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee is facing harsh criticism—including from Team MAGA—over his proposal to sell off millions of acres of public land in the American West owned by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service to supposedly create more affordable housing.

Lee claimed in his proposal that there is an "extensive process for interested parties like States and local governments to nominate land for disposal to meet housing and community needs," noting that it specifically exempts national parks, monuments, and federally designated wilderness areas from potential land sales.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Ripped For Complaining That Americans Get 'Too Many' Federal Holidays Off Work

While it was ultimately former President Joe Biden who established Juneteenth as a federal holiday, President Donald Trump—who once campaigned on that promise—took to Truth Social on Juneteenth to whine about the number of "non-working holidays" Americans get, claiming that it costs businesses "billions of dollars."

Juneteenth is derived from June 19, 1865, when Union troops led by General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and declared that all enslaved African Americans in the state were free.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump
Carlos Barria - Pool/Getty Images

Donald Trump Called Out After Awkwardly Misspelling His Own Name In Post About Iran Attack

President Donald Trump was ripped by critics after he awkwardly misspelled his own name while praising the B-2 pilots who flew the strikes on Iran—only to later delete the post and repost it as if nothing happened.

On Saturday, Trump authorized a series of intense U.S. air and submarine strikes targeting three Iranian nuclear facilities, amid ongoing uncertainty about the status of Tehran’s nuclear program.

Keep ReadingShow less
A woman sitting up in bed as a man sleeps next to her.
Florida State University Researchers Find Predictors for Infidelity in New Study
(Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The Biggest 'They're Definitely Cheating On Me!' Signs People Ignored

When our partner commits suspicious behavior, it's easy for us to jump to conclusions.

Most of the time, the conclusions we jump to are 100% wrong and are just our imaginations playing tricks with us.

Keep ReadingShow less