To not want to get splashed in the face whilst swimming

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Went for what was supposed to be a nice, leisurely and peaceful swim at 9pm on a Friday night and yet again some inconsiderate twat gets in and starts hammering from one side of the pool to the other, arms and legs flapping about everywhere and splashing me all over the face and hair (I'm doing breaststroke) every time he shoots past me. I even said "EXCUSE ME!" hoping he'd move across (he had room I didn't).

Yes it's a pool and yes you get wet, it doesn't mean you should put up with other people disturbing you with their fucking splashy, watery presence.

People are cunts.

This is like deciding to walk up Ben Nevis a and complaining that it's hilly.

I hate this. Another pet hate of mine is when people swim too fast and take over and will not move to the next lane up (when they keeping g pace with them)z

Someone swimming in a pool is annoying to you? YABU.

You're mad at someone for swimming in a swimming pool?

Totally with you!!!
Yes you are swimming and wet but it’s not nice having water thrown over you without any control over it!
I hate big kids jumping in and splashing everyone when I’m doing my nice splash free lengths!

YADNBU. This is why I do ladies only swimming, it's always blokes doing the fucking butterfly or something equally splashy in the slow lane. Why do they do it? It's like the swimming equivalent of manspreading

That would annoy me too, but presumably if you're doing breaststroke you have your face in the water anyway? Still no excuse for the splashing though.

fucking splashy, watery presence

You are obviously one of ‘those’ people, who swim slooowly up and down with their faces steadfastly out the water the entire time, more like treading water than breaststroke (which involves putting your face IN the water you realise?)

Wear a swimming cap if you don’t want to get your hair wet. Or better still, don’t get in the pool if you can’t bear to get wet.

Don’t you get your face and hair wet when you shower before getting in anyway??

YADNBU

Yabvu this is what the pool is for , provided they give you room and safely overtake you when passing then it's fine. If you hate being splashed you can wear goggles or similar.
People are not doing it on purpose they are exercising. It's like being made at someone for sweating when running.

Haven’t you chosen the wrong activity if you don’t want to get splashed?
People who look like they’re trying to keep their face dry in the pool bring out the worst in me-I’m afraid I turn into a 12 year old boy and my usually smooth front crawl turns very splashy

Meh. You should try open water swimming. Some bloke clouted me in the side of the head last week and it was totally normal. Though I did moan about someone jamming their fingernails into my armpit in passing.

Not swimming in the right speed lane otoh should be banned. As well as doing backstroke and butterfly in shared lanes

Good health, op!

What annoys me is two women getting in when I am already swimming in a lane, in my lane though they can see I am there then swimming up and down talking and making me and others have to move.

It's ALWAYS men who do this. It's like the aquatic equivalent of man spreading.

I don't mean the lane belongs to me, I just mean they can see I'm swimming in a lane but get in where I am swimming even when there is room elsewhere.

I hear you. I swim a lot, always breaststroke and there's often a man doing the splashiest stroke ever - sometimes it's so furious that everyone else including the lifeguards just stares in amazement.

No I'm not mad at them for swimming I'm mad at them for acting like they're the only ones in the pool and invading my fucking space while they're at it. Bastards!

I worry that I splash too much when I'm swimming. I've lost all finesse and technique 🤔

Not people OP. Men

oh no, not just men, I'm female & I've been complained at for 'thumping' the water. Medium lane complainer didn't expect to get wet. . In a crowded lanes session. I'm either the slowest in the fast lane or the fastest in the medium lane. I either get in way of fast swimmers or 'thump' to make slower people wet. I guess best I can do is equal opportunity pissing off, fast and slow. If people truly want resentments, they will find a way to hate no matter what you do.

How the flip do you keep your face dry doing breaststroke?

splashing me all over the face and hair (I'm doing breaststroke)

If you were doing breast stroke, surely your face was already wet from putting your head under the water?

Head-always-out is a modified frogstroke. A huge number of people only swim this way.