Any advice on sleeping through noise?

March 22, 2012

My husband and I are in a fight about something he thinks I'm being totally

unreasonable about. A new neighbor has a LOUD dirt bike. I've actually become

desensitized to the sound, except when it jolts me out of a sleep at 1:30 in the

morning. At that point I become shaken, then furious. The next day I'm tired and

lose productivity. It seems really inconsiderate and rude to me. Another

neighbor leaves on his bike at 7:30. That one bothers me, but it doesn't seem

inappropriate or enrage me like the one at 1:30.

When I first woke up I told my husband I was going to have a friendly chat with

the guy (explaining my sensitivity and asking if he could try to quiet the bike

when coming in at sleeping hours). He slammed out of the house screaming I was

going to turn the whole neighborhood against us if I didn't learn to live and

let live. He thinks I'm trying to be " controlling " and said he would be really

upset if a neighbor confronted him about coming home on his vehicle. He's very

worried about creating tension with the neighbors which happened at our last

house because of another noise issue.

I just called the police department to ask their opinion. They said there was

nothing they could do legally. I asked what they thought about (me) talking to

the guy. They replied that maybe those were his work hours and it is within his

rights, so there probably wouldn't be much good resulting from such a talk (and

if the guy escalated in response, there was nothing they could do...there's no

noise ordinance).

We don't want tension, so I guess I need to figure out how to deal with an

explosive, awakening noise in the middle of the night. Apparently, I'm the only

one it bothers.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can prevent being awakened by this loud noise?

I'd sleep with earplugs but they bother my head/ears after about a half hour. I

have a sound machine, but I don't think it will cover that sound (plus it's

noise bugs me too). Hope my description wasn't too long and boring. Would love

thoughts or advice!

Recommended Posts