AITBF for keep messaging my upstairs neighbors about their dog after they told me there's nothing they can do?
I've lived in my flat for about a year. The neighbors upstairs have a dog and generally it's fine, I hear it sometimes, not a problem.
Except at 6am. Every morning the dog starts running across what I'm fairly sure is directly above my bedroom. My alarm is at 7:30. I haven't slept past 6 in two months.
I messaged them about three weeks ago. Friendly, just explained the situation and asked if there was anything they could do, maybe keep the dog out of that room in the mornings.
They replied pretty quickly. Said the dog doesn't understand instructions and that I should just forget about it. I'm paraphrasing slightly but that was genuinely the gist. Just forget about it.
I messaged again last week because it was still happening every single day and I was genuinely exhausted. They haven't replied. It's been a week. When we pass in the hallway now it's gotten weird, they don't really make eye contact.
I don't know what I expected them to do differently but "forget about it" at 6am when you haven't slept properly in two months is hard advice to follow. My flatmate thinks I should just get earplugs and drop it because there's nothing they can actually do about a dog being a dog.
Maybe. But I also haven't had a full nights sleep since March.
AITBF?