So I live in an apartment with fairly thin walls, but only have one neighbor adjacent to my unit. By thin I mean I can hear my neighbor pouring her cereal in the morning, baby crying, etc. She is a 20-something single mom with a baby.

I'm a very respectful neighbor. I keep my tv at a reasonable volume all the time, and even more reasonable after 10 or so. If friends are over I shush them if they start yelling. I don't slam doors. Etc etc etc. Anyway, tonight I can't sleep so I'm just going to stay up until work time. (I feel better on 0 hrs sleep than I do on 2-3 hrs sleep, and I'm sure I'm not the only one).

My question is: would it be inappropriate or inconsiderate for me to play a movie at 3 am? Open my loud ass back door to smoke? Or am I looking too far into this whole thing? I'm just not sure if I'm worrying about it too much or if it would be a dick move for me to do my own thing at a reasonable volume.

Here are some more natural remedies collected from various sources that will help you sleep better:

1. Ensure that the room you sleep in has adequate ventilation and is peaceful.
2. Do a small prayer before retiring to reduce stress.
3. Reading good, inspiring books will help you sleep better.
4. Two drops of sesame/castor oil applied to foot and eyelids will make you sleepy.
5. A blue colored bed lamp will calm the brain and induce peaceful sleep.
6. Certain classical music ragas like Bhairavi can work wonders on hard core insomniacs.
7. Soak your feet in warm water for ten minutes before retiring.
8. Take deep breaths. With each breath you inhale, smile and imagine you breathe in happiness and positive energy, and with each outgoing breath imagine you are exhaling stress, worries and tension.

Hookup with the single mom.

Then move somewhere that doesn't have paper walls. 

Everybody wins.

Originally posted by dacampbell

Here are some more natural remedies collected from various sources that will help you sleep better:

1. Ensure that the room you sleep in has adequate ventilation and is peaceful.
2. Do a small prayer before retiring to reduce stress.
3. Reading good, inspiring books will help you sleep better.
4. Two drops of sesame/castor oil applied to foot and eyelids will make you sleepy.
5. A blue colored bed lamp will calm the brain and induce peaceful sleep.
6. Certain classical music ragas like Bhairavi can work wonders on hard core insomniacs.
7. Soak your feet in warm water for ten minutes before retiring.
8. Take deep breaths. With each breath you inhale, smile and imagine you breathe in happiness and positive energy, and with each outgoing breath imagine you are exhaling stress, worries and tension.

I dont think the Sky Wizards particulary care if the OP gets a good nights sleep or not, just relaxing with a good book will work better and solve his noise problem.

1. Get with mother. gotta be number 1 on your list.

2. Make loud moaning sounds next to her room.

3. She thinks apartment is haunted, moves out.

4. enjoy silence

-or-

1. Be beta and chicken out of getting with mother.

2. poke a hole in wall next to bathroom.

3. Videotape goodies.

4. Sell on internets. Profit.

5. Use money to rent house.

6. enjoy silence.

Do what I did.  My 18 yr old Daughter moved in with me and stays up all hours of the night.  I go to bed like 10 pm.  I went ahead and bought these wireless stereo heaadphones that connect to the TV.  Now we can watch TV as loud as we want and neither one of us can hear the other with our different schedules.

Get headphones -> fap to internet -> pass out -> profit.

Works every time.

Originally posted by Garkan

Originally posted by dacampbell

Here are some more natural remedies collected from various sources that will help you sleep better:

1. Ensure that the room you sleep in has adequate ventilation and is peaceful.
2. Do a small prayer before retiring to reduce stress.
3. Reading good, inspiring books will help you sleep better.
4. Two drops of sesame/castor oil applied to foot and eyelids will make you sleepy.
5. A blue colored bed lamp will calm the brain and induce peaceful sleep.
6. Certain classical music ragas like Bhairavi can work wonders on hard core insomniacs.
7. Soak your feet in warm water for ten minutes before retiring.
8. Take deep breaths. With each breath you inhale, smile and imagine you breathe in happiness and positive energy, and with each outgoing breath imagine you are exhaling stress, worries and tension.

I dont think the Sky Wizards particulary care if the OP gets a good nights sleep or not, just relaxing with a good book will work better and solve his noise problem.

Technically, he's correct, but not because of "sky wizards". The act of meaningful prayer has a tendency to calm the mind.

Of course, the problem with attributing this fact to an ethereal source is that other actions have the exact same, and often greater, effect. Meditation techniques are often used as a very effective form of sleep aid. Number 8 on his list for example is an example of a meditation technique known as Pranayama Yoga. (not sure about the spelling there) .

If anything, I like to think of prayer as a specific form of meditation. One that may be less effective than others, but is easier to learn.

As to the original question, if I'm in a situation where I do not wish to disturb others with noise, I just use a good pair of headphones.

Maybe you should talk loadly once in a while to remind your neighbor  of of just how thin the walls are?

Hook up with single mom, screw the crap out of her just before you want to go to sleep and you will go to sleep easy, end of story.

Gosh, there sure are a lot of manly internet stud muffins gravitating to this thread...

What would Dr Phil do?

Charlie: There's some sort of weird chemical reaction that happens when you combine cat food, beer, and glue. It makes you feel, like, extremely sick and tired, and you're able to fall asleep!
 

Dee: Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and tired?
 

Charlie: 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.

While treating underlying physical and mental issues is a good first step, it may not be enough to cure your insomnia. You also need to look at your daily habits. Some of the things you’re doing to cope with insomnia may actually be making the problem worse. For example, maybe you’re using sleeping pills or alcohol to fall asleep, which disrupts sleep even more over the long-term. Or maybe you drink excessive amounts of coffee during the day, making it harder to fall asleep later. Oftentimes, changing the habits that are reinforcing sleeplessness is enough to overcome the insomnia altogether. It may take a few days for your body to get used to the change, but once you do, you will sleep better.

@ kids and other virgins in this thread advising him to fuck the single mom:

Do you know what a baby does to a vagina? Watch a woman giving birth and come back to me. Babies turn vaginas into bowls of soup.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

@ kids and other virgins in this thread advising him to fuck the single mom:

Do you know what a baby does to a vagina? Watch a woman giving birth and come back to me. Babies turn vaginas into bowls of soup.

Wow. 

Just wow.

I've been with a few in the past and have been married to one for the past 5yrs. Can't say I've ever really noticed. But, thanks for the info. 

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

@ kids and other virgins in this thread advising him to fuck the single mom:

Do you know what a baby does to a vagina? Watch a woman giving birth and come back to me. Babies turn vaginas into bowls of soup.

Not only that, but throwing a kid into the situation would just make the whole unable to sleep thing worse.

Originally posted by HardWalker

Hookup with the single mom.

Then move somewhere that doesn't have paper walls. 

Everybody wins.

This is the only acceptable answer.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

@ kids and other virgins in this thread advising him to fuck the single mom:

Do you know what a baby does to a vagina? Watch a woman giving birth and come back to me. Babies turn vaginas into bowls of soup. 

If the baby is crying a lot it's probably around 3 months old and 6 weeks after birth a women will usually be physically able - whether she's emotionally willing is another story. 

I agree with you that it's not a practical  solution to his problem and I would go on to say that it will most likely add many new problems.

Headphone advice was best if you can sleep with a headphone.

Originally posted by Hazelle

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

@ kids and other virgins in this thread advising him to fuck the single mom:

Do you know what a baby does to a vagina? Watch a woman giving birth and come back to me. Babies turn vaginas into bowls of soup. 

If the baby is crying a lot it's probably around 3 months old and 6 weeks after birth a women will usually be physically able - whether she's emotionally willing is another story. 

I agree with you that it's not a practical  solution to his problem and I would go on to say that it will most likely add many new problems.

Headphone advice was best if you can sleep with a headphone.

Hmmm....  I think you're confused.

The solution is the move somewhere that doesn't have paper walls. Being close to the same area as the OP, I can say there is no shortage of decent housing at decent prices.

Hooking up with the single mom is just because it have no repercussions because of the solution.