To be falling out of love for the hot tub?

[saltwinds]

We bought it last summer when lockdown hit. At first it was great.

It’s now becoming a pain, keeping it clean and lid on / off, washing swimwear. I also find DH wants to go in it all the time and I don’t! AIBU to dislike it now!?

All the people who say they don't use swimming pools Can't imagine spending my life so bloody uptight. Must be a barrel of laughs

All the people who say they don't use swimming pools

I know right? Life as a hygiene obsessive sounds hella dull.

I don’t get the swimming pool thing either. That’s what showers are for, isn’t it?

It's not being uptight - what a silly idea . It's just a decision I have made . I'm more than happy to lounge at the side with a cocktail in hand .

Hella dull ? Again rather silly - how can you define a person's whole life by one thing . 😂

@vera99

20 pages and we're probably done - what the hell is a Christmas Eve box though?

Fire at will!

You’re missing out mrsmaizel

Your life though, so what do I care?

I find them as pointless as garden bars but here we are, each to their own!

Soon it will be outdoor rattan sofas that are chavvy, now that you can get them from Aldi.

"You're welcome to them, just keep them out of my earshot and eyeline thank you very much and good night"

Hot tub popo - I'm so sorry for your trauma, it's important you know you are in a safe place. Would you like to use the dog to show where it hurt you?

This poster- sobs -it was the neighbours, they placed their h-h-ho.....chavy sex pond. In. My...... eyeline. Now I'm blind!! BLIND!!

Hot tub popo- I don't think you understand how trauma works. You know you can just not look right? And you aren't actually blind, it's just your eyes are shut? And I'm not the hot tub popo , I just work here at Waitrose on the fish counter. Did the white coat confuse you? Would a free coffee and paper help ease your nightmares?

Still love my Chavy sex pond. And my giant gazebo. And my charcoal smoker bbq and my WOOD FIRED PIZZA OVEN. If I'm playing horrible neighbour bingo..... then I think I win 😁

@TheKeatingFive

You’re missing out mrsmaizel

Your life though, so what do I care?

No I'm choosing not to do something that YOU LIKE ! I'm sure there are many things I do that you would hate - am I right to tell you that you are missing out ? 🙄

@fantastaballs

"You're welcome to them, just keep them out of my earshot and eyeline thank you very much and good night"

Hot tub popo - I'm so sorry for your trauma, it's important you know you are in a safe place. Would you like to use the dog to show where it hurt you?

This poster- sobs -it was the neighbours, they placed their h-h-ho.....chavy sex pond. In. My...... eyeline. Now I'm blind!! BLIND!!

Hot tub popo- I don't think you understand how trauma works. You know you can just not look right? And you aren't actually blind, it's just your eyes are shut? And I'm not the hot tub popo , I just work here at Waitrose on the fish counter. Did the white coat confuse you? Would a free coffee and paper help ease your nightmares?

Still love my Chavy sex pond. And my giant gazebo. And my charcoal smoker bbq and my WOOD FIRED PIZZA OVEN. If I'm playing horrible neighbour bingo..... then I think I win 😁

wait though - do you have the plastic outdoor rugs and the shower curtains with tropical scenes on ?

@fantastaballs

"You're welcome to them, just keep them out of my earshot and eyeline thank you very much and good night"

Hot tub popo - I'm so sorry for your trauma, it's important you know you are in a safe place. Would you like to use the dog to show where it hurt you?

This poster- sobs -it was the neighbours, they placed their h-h-ho.....chavy sex pond. In. My...... eyeline. Now I'm blind!! BLIND!!

Hot tub popo- I don't think you understand how trauma works. You know you can just not look right? And you aren't actually blind, it's just your eyes are shut? And I'm not the hot tub popo , I just work here at Waitrose on the fish counter. Did the white coat confuse you? Would a free coffee and paper help ease your nightmares?

Still love my Chavy sex pond. And my giant gazebo. And my charcoal smoker bbq and my WOOD FIRED PIZZA OVEN. If I'm playing horrible neighbour bingo..... then I think I win 😁

You sound like my kind of neighbour ie fun. Can I come round for pizza? Mine is a Hawaiian (and that's a whole other thread).

No I'm choosing not to do something that YOU LIKE

Well I’m hardly alone in liking it!

I should have clarified. If you don’t like pools/swimming, fair enough. If you’re put off by ‘the germs’ I think that’s slightly tragic. But, each to his own and all that.

I have a shower curtain with pink flamingos on it 🤔,we have just bought a laz y spa and we have a trampoline 😳,we also live in a council house we must be the he

Height of chavvy

@x2boys

I have a shower curtain with pink flamingos on it 🤔,we have just bought a laz y spa and we have a trampoline 😳,we also live in a council house we must be the he

WHAT ARE YOU EVEN DOING HERE.

@fantastaballs

"You're welcome to them, just keep them out of my earshot and eyeline thank you very much and good night"

Hot tub popo - I'm so sorry for your trauma, it's important you know you are in a safe place. Would you like to use the dog to show where it hurt you?

This poster- sobs -it was the neighbours, they placed their h-h-ho.....chavy sex pond. In. My...... eyeline. Now I'm blind!! BLIND!!

Hot tub popo- I don't think you understand how trauma works. You know you can just not look right? And you aren't actually blind, it's just your eyes are shut? And I'm not the hot tub popo , I just work here at Waitrose on the fish counter. Did the white coat confuse you? Would a free coffee and paper help ease your nightmares?

Still love my Chavy sex pond. And my giant gazebo. And my charcoal smoker bbq and my WOOD FIRED PIZZA OVEN. If I'm playing horrible neighbour bingo..... then I think I win 😁

Are you happy with your pizza oven? If so, would you mind PMing me which one you have? Thanks.

YANBU to realise it was an impulse purchase.

I love ours and having wanted one for years we finally decided on our last holiday (August '19) to get one.
It was not a lockdown panic/impulse purchase, we bought it before the shit hit the fan. Maybe that's the difference, we did months of research then actually tried out the very model we got in Oct '19.
That sealed the deal.

We use it almost everyday, more than once on weekends & during holidays, maintenance is not difficult and it's been absolutely brilliant!
Apart from the fun it's been so helpful with pain relief, especially during lockdowns when osteopath sessions & swimming was unavailable.

@x2boys

I have a shower curtain with pink flamingos on it 🤔,we have just bought a laz y spa and we have a trampoline 😳,we also live in a council house we must be the he

Everyone form an orderly queue for the smelling salts!

@MrsMaizel

No shower curtain but I do have a rug as we have a huge sand pit too for my grand kids and nephews.... the sand C transfer was horrible so a rug and a foot Bath was absolutely necessary. I am sorry to disappoint you about the shower curtain though so I will instead share a photo of my artificial foliage and twinkly lights.

@CornishGem1975

I love cooking for people. Oddly my bbq doesn't take two hours like other angry posters does. And my wood fired ooni cooks a pizza in 60 seconds. My dough ferments for 2 days and it's delicious!! But people will be in killing the planet doing that too as a long ferment produces c02 😂

@DrSbaitso

I got an ooni fyra. If you go wood fired make sure you only use hardwood pellets . It works an absolute treat.

@BritWifeinUSA

I don’t get why people think they are dirty or have to be emptied and scrubbed clean every week? Do you think hotels and leisure centers empty and scrub their pools every single week? And a lot more people use public pools than use a private hot tub. The water is chlorinated and we get in after showering without soap. And yes, we get in naked.

We have this one hottubsbyhotspring.com/product/hot-tubs/hot-spring/hotspot/rhythm/

It constantly filters and we just change the cartridges when needed. It’s only me and my husband that use it - if he had any STDs I wouldn’t need to get into the hot tub to catch them. We change the water every few months. We use it every night. No neighbors, we use it at night and look at the stars and listen to the ocean. It’s very relaxing. A hot tub is as dirty (or clean!) as the people who use it. A really good one doesn’t involve that much work.

Well if I had one that was in the holiday cottage - yes I would HAVE to empty and clean it between guests and test the water twice a day. It's the HSE guidelines and if I didn't I'd be wide open to claims if anyone did get ill. Legionella is a real risk with hot tubs along with all the skin infections etc

The larger ones in spas etc are constantly tested - at least twice a day and rely on very high levels of chemicals like chlorine to keep them safe. Much greater than you'd want in a private home pool. I don't have sensitive skin or eyes but just walking past one makes my eyes water. Just because you don't see the maintenance doesn't mean it's not happening.

Any way - with a home pool you do as you like.

@saltwinds - I felt the same as you. At first I enjoyed it, nice to relax in after work but it started becoming more of a annoyance having to keep maintaining it.

When it got to the point that we were maintaining it more than using it, we decided to get rid of it. We sold it during Lockdown 1 and actually made a profit as it was when people were going crazy for them and they were all sold out / long delivery times.

I don't think some people realise how much maintenance they require, not just in terms of cleaning and replacing filters - but getting the chemical balance right.

@Sparrowsong well it does have a place in my garden where no grass grows as it puddles and the alternative is paving slabs which would then run into my existing grass, water can soak through the astro.

A little-known fact is that they also serve as time machines- there is even a documentary made about it.