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I have a neighbor upstairs with a 9 year old son. I understand he is young. Sometimes the pounding, (almost as if he is standing in one spot and literally jumping up and down) lasts for about 45 min. I gather it is before his bedtime, and I generally try to be patient and just moan and groan to my sister about it, but sometimes it gets really bad.

I finally sent her a text asking is they were "ok" because I heard a lot of really loud pounding on the floor and that I was concerned and wanted to check on them. She said they were fine and thanks for checking.

I have seen her in the common area and mentioned that it seemed like her son was "having a good time up there" and explained to her what I meant, she said that it was only when his friends were over. However, his friends aren't over during the week.

I know the way I did it was passive, but she doesn't answer the door when I do go up there. So I didn't know any other way.

Did I strain our (kind of non-existent) relationship?