So this is more Are They Being Unreasonable...
A friend of mine invited us to her DD's birthday party on the weekend.
This friend is ridiculously wealthy and has a new house, built to her exact specifications with an outdoor olympic sized swimming pool. The pool is infinity and set into the decking (don't know if you even call it decking, it isn't wood it is freaking marble) so not surrounded by a safety gate and quite seamless.
The party was in the garden and though not specifically a pool party, friend was aware that guests might fancy a dip, seeing as the pool is freaking massive and over the weekend it was 34 degrees.
So friend hired a lifeguard. Her thoughts were that she wanted to relax and not worry about anyone falling into the pool.
Just come back from a playdate where some of the party guests were there, they were mocking friend for having a lifeguard present.
Personally i thought it was a sensible move. They thought it was over the top, another show of her wealth and another way of highlighting her freaking massive pool, which they also feel she shouldn't have built. ATBU?