AIBU to go and sit......

[TheSecondMrsAshwell]

In my neighbour's paddling pool?

WFH and hearing the delicious sounds of kids playing in one of those inflatable pools in one of the gardens round here (we're back to back and it could be in any of 5 gardens). You know the noise - where they're having an absolute ball and keeping cool at the same time.

My upstairs neighbour knows where it is - she can see from her back bedroom.

So my question is, once the kids are asleep, WIBU to grab a large G&T. climb the fence and slip into that pool?

Or do parents generally get a bit pissy about large middle-aged women intruding into their paddling pool?

hahahaha let me know the address I'll just pop my bikini on and be there 😂😂😂

I wouldn’t judge. Paddling pools are cheap though - go buy one tomorrow!

If you like sitting in warm urine and grass!

Do it!

Go for it

Go for it if you are prepared for a negative reaction and comments.

If its anything like the one in the garden at Grandma’s I would say the water is now 25% my sons wee...

WIBU to tell you how annoying I find “teaser” thread titles? I know, I know, I don’t have to click on it (it appears most people have chosen that option) but I guess I have too much FOMO. I just don’t understand the “why” of it. Are you sharing a secret? Is it funnier than if you’d titled it “WIBU to sit in neighbor’s paddling pool?” ? Or is it just a jaunty little online wink to indicate the sassy insouciance of your wild idea?

To your original question I am very much in the YANBU category.

YABU if you don't take a cocktail to enjoy whilst you relax in the pool.

@RatInADollhouse who pissed on your chips?

Sorry. That came out meaner than I intended. It’s nothing personal, just a longtime pet peeve of mine, amplified by my hot-crankiness.

YADNBU Can you take a selfie enjoying your g&t & post it later for us?

Who pissed on your chips 🤣

@botswanabanana

Thanks. Do help yourself to a glass of Prosecco from the ice-bucket hanging on the fence.

YABU
Get your own paddling pool!
Failing that a cold bath?
BTW we left ours out overnight and it’s Now full of grass, leaves, toddler wee and what looks like bird poo...the water is only good for one day (unless it’s chlorinated and filtered)

I wouldn’t use someone else’s during cv. You should totally buy your own - I did. I’m a middle aged woman carrying extra weight and not the best shape to wear a 👙

I started with my feet in it only while sitting on a lounger with a dress on over a swimming costume as I felt a bit silly but as soon as the heat cranked up the dress was off and I was in that thing with a cold drink and my music on headphones.

It did get cold in the evening though. So I think you may have to partake of alcohol during sunlight hours or have a pool boy on hand to carefully pour kettles of hot water in !

Aldi recently had the big ones. I don’t know if they still have. I got mine in Argos a couple of years ago. I put it up on my yoga mats so it doesn’t rip with the rough ground here. I have a hose so it’s easy to fill. Pest to empty though!

@PeacefulPlease

Try Campden Tablets - they're used to sterilise bottles etc for winemaking (no Miltony taste and, as they're intended for food containers, they're safer than something like bleach). My parents used to swear by them for the paddling pool when we were little. 3 or 4 in each night kept it going for a week (with a morning run round with the sieve for poo, leaves and insects training for a Channel crossing).

Actually, CV would be the least of my worries if I did avail myself - I think it would be a toss-up between a punch on the nose from an irate Polish Dad or getting arrested for trespass.

Do it!

Sit very still and pretend you're a discarded shopping trolley 👀

I’d love to go & lie in my pup’s 2m paddling pool, but I’m frightened Greenpeace will arrive to tow me back to deeper waters.

@CentrifugalBumblePuppy

It's a worry for me too!

They're out there now playing in it, having a fab time by the sounds of it. It's lovely to hear.