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.

I do a few sports and swimming bring the worst out in people

1. swimming in what ever lane because it's quiet slow people in fast lane
2. swimming side be side chatting the record in our pool is 4 3)standing at the wall chatting so you can't turn and push off using the wall 4)won't let faster people past 5)swimming widths when the entire pool is swimming lengths 6)complain when someone it swimming too fast 7)telling me it's ridiculous to do tumble turns as someone said earlier in this thread open water swimming is vicious at the start of the race kicking, punching,swimming over people back to your question yes you AIBU if you don't want to get slashed far enough but you are in a pool it's up to you to keep out of the way it you don't want to get splashed

It’s usually older men who get in my way. They swim up and down, they splash you kick you and refuse to move over. I feel your pain OP.

I dont swim now.but when I did lane swimming, the dry hair side by side jabberers in the middle lane would get splashed. and it was always women.

the cafe is for chatting, not the pool. dont want to get wet, try a different sport.

It's like the swimming equivalent of manspreading

Haha that is so true although some women are guilty of it too. Try a ladiesonly night or find a pool with slow and fast lane. Then you can complain if they are misusing the slow lane.

If he had room to move, surely you did too? I am a splashier- not in purpose but because I'm pants at swimming. If you don't want to get wet- don't go in a pool.

the cafe is for chatting, not the pool

Interesting that you think you can dictate to other people in this way. I wonder if there's a correlation between how splashy you are and how arrogant. Chatting isn't banned in the pool, if there are lane rules like not swimming in tandem (as there are in mine) these should be adhered to obviously. If someone tried to tell me to stop talking in the pool they would be told to duck off.

I wear goggles while swimming because I hate getting splashed in the eyes. It's part of swimming, I find usually people swimming lengths are fairly considerate of each other.

I fear at the moment I'm one of the annoying people in the wrong lane - I'm too fast for medium-slow and slightly too slow for medium-fast.

I hate the fuckers so go Lane swimming, all of two lengths, then stop to chat at the end for ages! Like, I can’t do a full length cos you inconsiderate bastards are covering the end of the lane. Fuck off!

Meh. Just swim in your own pool if you don't want the hassle of other people

@Kewqueue I've never found a cap that keeps my hair 100% dry. My hair is very long though and there's a lot to fit under the cap. I wear one to keep as much of my hair as I can away from the chlorinated water.

I recently had to get a new cap because my father and husband thought it would be funny to draw eyebrows on my old cap with a sharpie, then to take turns wearing it and taking selfies.

OP, you can't complain about getting splashed when you are swimming. I have recently had some swimming lessons and have been working on my breast stroke, I get very wet when doing it, your head shouldn't be out of the water much.

There's one guy who does this at the pool I go to. He's been nicknamed "the majestic sea flap flap".

Totally with you. That’s why pools have lanes. At my gym, there are four lanes for varying speeds. The widest is for leisurely pace of breaststroke/side stroke etc.

I love to swim - but I have coloured hair that gets dry, so I was advised by hairdresser not to get it wet in the pool. Lovely leisurely breast stroke accomplishes this. But NOT when done selfish t**t decides to swim fast/ splashing all over in the wide/slow lane.

I suppose some people just don’t understand adult only swimming pool etiquette.

YANBU. For me it’s not about getting wet, my head is already under water from doing breaststroke. It’s when I lift my head up to breathe in, and get a mouthful of water from some persons tidal wave that this annoys me. Perhaps I’m just uncoordinated. But also seems to be the same types of men (it’s always men) who hog space and clobber you as they’re not looking where they are going.

I also dislike the dry haired chatty ladies who swim so. s l o w l y side by side

I’ve stopped going swimming!

So, he's swimming in the way he likes best, and you're swimming in the way you like best.
But his is wrong?

Do you swim in a cloud of perfume and big makeup slick too op? Yabu.

I have a sensory hatred of water on my face (shower is always neck down and I hairwash in a bowl!) and am also so short-sighted I have to swim wearing my specs or I bump into people/the wall. Prescription goggles not an option. So I am a face out of water swimmer and never got taught to swim properly when young. Bit late to learn now, but I have a lot of sympathy for my fellow frogstrokers.

Used to swim in a private pool after everyone else had gone home! It is indeed a pain to like swimming but hate getting wet.

I don't put my head under water when doing breast stroke

"Do you swim in a cloud of perfume and big makeup slick too"

Oh god, now I feel triggered. Forget splashy men, the most annoying man in our local pool is lynx-man, who leaves a cloud of the vomit inducing stuff in his wake.

My local pool seems reasonably civilized - there's an unspoken understanding - lanes are for swimmers who are prepared to get their face wet (with three different speeds which seem fairly well adhered to), if you want to keep your face out of the water, swim in the un-laned bit of the pool. Seems to work for everyone.

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

I'd see this as a very good opportunity to do some random head stomping standing up whilst in the pool

so many people completely missing the point of course she knows she will be getting wet in a pool..

i hate that about swimming OP and i agree
with PPs that its usually men. no decorum, just completely rude with zero grace. it cant feel good either surely?

Sometimes I feel as if I live in a different world from Mumsnetters. If you go to the pool you get wet - it's water, water makes you wet! If you don't like being splashed in the pool with other people swimming then don't go! The intolerance on here is laughable sometimes.

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?)

I once saw a woman doing front crawl without putting her head in the water. I was there thinking ‘id be impressed if she can do backstroke like that.’ Which she then proceeded to do

Breast stroke with your face out of the water makes your neck hurt like a mo-fo

I actually want to learn to do head-out-of-water front crawl, because it's the recommended stroke for life-saving. You go reasonably fast, but can still see what's happening around you. But I can't do it for the life of me.