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.

The opposite annoys me. When I'm in the medium or fast lane and someone gets in and starts swimming that painfully slow head out of the water breaststroke, forcing me to overtake every other lap. Go in the slow lane!!!

If I were you, I'd wear a swimming cap and goggles. I do, and it's a great disguise as I sometimes bump into pupils from the school I teach at and I don't think I've been recognised yet!

My goodness. Some really inconsiderate people out there swimming in a swimming pool and getting you all wet.

I am one hundred percent with you OP and can't understand some of the replies at all. YANBU.

Yep the splash blokes are everywhere. No matter where I've lived. They seem to take their swimming so seriously. Genuinely never experienced a woman swimming like a twat. Yanbu but no idea how you address it. Lifeguards don't seem bothered.

I find middle aged men bad for this applesauce. I am sometimes forced into the slower lane because they go straight into fast and swim at a dawdle.

Ffs it's a swimming pool. Put a cap on, wear goggles and build bridge. My biggest bugbear is two swimmers meandering up the pool chatting and laughing as if they're the only bods there, oblivious to the clearly set out lane etiquette, swimming breast to breast and completely ignoring that other swimmers MIGHT JUST WANT TO SWIM FASTER THAN A SEA SLUG. Ok I don't know how fast (or if at all) a sea slug swims but omg a) stop thinking it's just the menz and b) stop lane hogging.

I do swim quite splashy when I do butterfly. But unless you practice, you don't get better.

On the flip side you’ll generally find that a splasher will get out after only a few lengths- can’t keep up that level of energy wastage for long

Oh that’s dreadful. I’m so very sorry you’re getting splashed, in a swimming pool. Just awful 💐

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I get my face and hair wet whilst swimming and don't mind that, I do hate the feeling of being splashed in the face though. It's different to putting your face in the water yourself (you get to close your eyes and hold your breath for a start)

Adults that splash loads when they're swimming do annoy me too. Splashing is wasted energy anyway.

There is a bloke in my local pool who swims underneath you to overtake if he thinks you go too slow. Disturbing

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

Is it buggery. It’s women with hairdos.

There is a bloke in my local pool who swims underneath you to overtake if he thinks you go too slow. Disturbing

I used to do that as a kid. Lashings of PA fun.

I don't notice splashy adults when I'm swimming. Because I wear goggles and swim properly with my face in the water. I'm not the fastest, because I'm fat and unfit, but have good technique so am quicker than some people expect me to be. I can't abide granny breaststroke and will never do it, but perhaps somebody out there thinks I'm a splashy fucker.

This is the most annoying thing ever. If I was a millionaire I'd rent out a lane just for me whenever I wanted it. There's always splashy twats who can't actually swim properly and have no sense of personal space.

There was a brilliant lifeguard who used to tell people to move if they were going the wrong speed for the lane, but I haven't seen him for ages.

I like to keep my face out of the water when swimming. Only do breaststroke. Or maybe its frogstroke as a PP said.

Ideally I like an hour in an uncrowded slow lane where I can drift up and down the pool like a jellyfish without anyone else affecting me in any way. Bliss.

I like to erm- swim in the pool. Yes that sometimes means some splashing. You sound like a really annoying swimmer.

@ThisIsNotARealAvo you wouldn't just have your own swimming pool?

What do you expect You're in a public pool
Water does splash.

Don’t be such a bellend OP. You’re in a pool for goodness sake!

There's an entire song dedicated to this very subject which you may enjoy...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g8s_NxlIRGo

Oh your poor hair. God forbid it should get wet in a swimming pool

I think unfortunately YABU but IABU too because I also hate this. I’ve heard it’s quite a common thing for abuse victims to hate the sensation of water being splashed in their faces and this would make sense to me - it makes me feel massively triggered. However, splashing is to be expected in the pool and, being someone who goes swimming late in the evening, I always find there’s one inconsiderate manspreader who always splashes about and slaps the water in a “get out of my way bitch fashion”. He also swims over me when I’m doing backstroke.

Honestly?

It's a pool. You don't have the lane to yourself, there will be splashing. Deal with it.

Annoying but not as annoying as a man who insists on overtaking in the slowlane but never fast enough so he makes the swimmers coming toward him on the right side wait - or he crashes into them. Bet he drives like that too! To those saying wear a cap - are there actually caps that keep your hair dry?!