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Recording Boris and partner

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annep1 Sat 22-Jun-19 10:30:54

This is totally ridiculous as a news headline. Can't a couple have a row without the world knowing. I'm not a Boris fan but this is out of order imo.

annep1 Sat 22-Jun-19 20:50:24

Paddyann I think most of us on gn would do something if we thought someone was in danger. And you might not row but many do. It's not headline news no matter who you are.

paddyann Sat 22-Jun-19 20:25:28

we dont argue either and we've lived together for 44 years and worked together for nearly 50 .Its not compulsory to have lud arguements .When we were amrried at first the couple next door to us had these kind of arguements ,one which ended up with her trying to escape him by running through our garden ...he dragged her back by her waist legth hair she was screaming her head off.I did call the police ..they did come out but back in the day it was "juat a domestic" I'd never have forgiven myself if that poor girl had ended up in hospital or worse .She was very young..only 17 and to be honest I was in two minds about letting her dad know what was going on as I knew him well.Sometimes you need to "interfere" even if its just for your own conscience

mcem Sat 22-Jun-19 20:16:18

I object to being lumped in with the "we all do it" brigade!
Shouting and yelling so loudly that every word can be heard outside? Never!
That style of building most certainly will not have paper thin walls!
As someone said last week "The leadership is Boris' to throw away".
Didn't take him long to start doing just that.
As soon as the minders aren't on the spot to exert control, he shows his colours and reverts to type.

annep1 Sat 22-Jun-19 20:04:10

Not the argunent. Recording and reporting it.

annep1 Sat 22-Jun-19 20:03:21

I remember worrying about a couple arguing next door but it never occurred to me to record it.
Many couples don't row and many couples do. Many are quiet disagreements and many are anything but. Can we at least agree on that.
My bet is the loud noise that camd after Get off my computer (or laptop whatever) was the computer hitting the floor. They were obviously having a humdinger. The relationship is probably under a lot of strain at the minute.
But it sounds fishy and well timed.

Sandiiee Sat 22-Jun-19 20:02:32

Sorry but I find this very creepy. Who would even think of recording their neighbours through closed doors let alone selling the recording to a newspaper.

Gemmag Sat 22-Jun-19 19:32:05

Luckygirl.....she recorded it because she knew who lived there and she knew the Guardian newspaper would pay her I imagine a very large sum of money.

The only people who know exactly what went on in that flat are the two people who live there.

The police managed to get there within two minutes but cannot be bothered to turn up when someone’s being burgled. There was nothing to report, just a complete waste of their time.

NfkDumpling Sat 22-Jun-19 19:26:01

After a few raised disagreeing voices in our kitchen a week or two back we found out that our neighbour could hear us perfectly clearly through our hob extractor fan vent!!

Luckygirl Sat 22-Jun-19 18:46:51

To be fair, although it does seem like a bit of an invasion of privacy, if the neighbour genuinely thought that the woman was in danger she could not sit back and do nothing. And the fact that she recorded it implies to me that it was not the first time.

Gonegirl Sat 22-Jun-19 18:35:04

When DH spilt red wine on our new sofa I said "oh dear, never mind darling", Granny23.
Not.

grin grin grin

Gonegirl Sat 22-Jun-19 18:32:55

Mr GG never shouts back at me!

Anniebach Sat 22-Jun-19 18:24:53

Thank you for explaining Granny23 , as the thread is
‘Recording Boris and his Partner’, naturally I assumed you were referring to this.

Granny23 Sat 22-Jun-19 17:42:47

Annie the violence that was reported related to Mark Field.

janeainsworth Sat 22-Jun-19 17:31:21

we have never found anything that bad that we both disagreed on that can't be sorted by sitting and having a talk about things,my parents where the same

Mine too, glamma.
I don’t understand posters who imply that unless you have raging rows, it means that you’re a doormat, subservient, or lacking passion.
I couldn't live with anyone who couldn’t express their feelings without resorting to shouting and ranting.

glammanana Sat 22-Jun-19 17:23:22

janeainsworth Your Mr A and my Mr G must be from the same mould as we have never had a really nasty argument in 40+ years we have never found anything that bad that we both disagreed on that can't be sorted by sitting and having a talk about things,my parents where the same.
I disagree with the neighbour informing the media but if I had paid £650k+ for a flat I would be questioning the builder about the soundproofing it must be like a wendy house,and as for Boris he has the family morals of an alley cat in my opinion, lets see if he does get into No.10 how many partners he moves in whilst he is in residence

Beckett Sat 22-Jun-19 17:21:03

When DH and I had our first argument as a married couple my grandmother said that a couple who say they never argue are either lying or one is being subservient to the other

I think both of them are strong willed and probably often argue loudly and passionately.

Callistemon Sat 22-Jun-19 17:12:52

Didn't the neighbour say that the building shook after the altercation?
It looks to be a very solid building.

Apparently there was the sound of crockery smashing too. I do hope Boris can duck. Or perhaps they were having a Greek evening and the neighbours weren't invited.

When DH spilt red wine on our new sofa I said "oh dear, never mind darling", Granny23.
Not.

janeainsworth Sat 22-Jun-19 16:57:12

Day6
Don't imagine your relationship is the same as others

I could say the same to you.

lemongrove Sat 22-Jun-19 16:30:38

Gonegirl grin

lemongrove Sat 22-Jun-19 16:30:04

Walls between flats are thin!
Most couples in a marriage / relationship will have had noisy arguments at times, particularly if they are passionate/emotional/upset.
There may be a few saints/doormats who never say boo to a goose of course.

Gonegirl Sat 22-Jun-19 16:22:58

Unless he'd had too much red wine of course.

Gonegirl Sat 22-Jun-19 16:22:27

Yeah! Wonder if anyone is asking Boris about the making up that went on after the row! grin

Day6 Sat 22-Jun-19 16:16:47

MrA and I don’t row. We sometimes disagree about things and we calmly discuss things and reach a compromise.

Well, good for you Janeainsworth. Aren't you lucky?

I am one of the Gransnetters who has had to face abuse, noise, threats etc, from my husband, and my neighbours were aware as he had no shame. I did.

Don't imagine your relationship is the same as others. Many couples row and make up. I'd imagine that is the norm.

wicklowwinnie Sat 22-Jun-19 16:04:47

Certain names spring to mind- Lloyd George, Jack Kennedy and others????

Anniebach Sat 22-Jun-19 15:51:58

Granny23 there has been no reporting of physical violence, you speak of it, would you post a link or share how
you know there was physical violence involved in the reported row last night ?