To hate the big garden pool trend, and my neighbour who has one

[Bringbackwinter]

We live in a terrace so very close proximity to each other. The neighbour next door has a big pool crammed into the backyard. She’s been practically living in the garden all week. She has the one toddler, a boy, who seems to be quite naughty.

All I hear all day through my open windows is happy screaming, angry screaming, crying, lots of splashing, “wooooo”, “one two three go!” “High five!”. Must have heard the child’s name about 100 times today. They finally went inside at about 7, but not before I heard her say they’ll come back out tomorrow. I’m cursing that pool. Before she got it they never went in the garden. They’ve lived next door 2 years and I never heard a peep from them. I don’t think the pool is even safe. It’s quite deep and she’s set up a slide going onto it. And then there’s the environmental impact of filling it up everyday.

But this is just one mum and toddler, not quite the same?

Glad you added that 🤣

If the garden is over over it probably wants suitable for a very young baby, not he’s older the pool and sandpit sound age appropriate.

I had al old neighbour who lived a couple of houses down, our garden were all adjoining. They got a paddling pool and left it filled and the water turned green and attracted mosquitos.
they’d play loud dance music all day long and smoke weed.
prompted their immediate neighbour to move, and was I glad when we moved.

your neighbour sounds normal and enjoying her garden.

Nah, people are focusing on you making a complete tit of yourself on the internet. 😄
Get a job, if you have one, get another one, you have far too much time on your hands.

I don’t think OP is suggesting she will go and say anything or complain. Sometimes people just need a place to vent about something they find irritating and the internet is a common place to do it - even if it’s irrationally so, it doesn’t mean your irritation disappears. I have two very noisy three year olds running around my garden every weekend and even I feel irritated if my neighbours play music in their gardens or neighbours dogs barking super loud. I suppose I am desensitised to my kids’ noise. I think my neighbours must get annoyed at my kids’ noise sometimes too.

It’s a shame peace and quiet comes at a premium price.

Hahaha! Don’t ever move to Glasgow. We’re in a mid terrace and all the children on the street (including ours) used to run screaming in and out of each other’s gardens. But everyone was always indoors and quiet by 9:30pm and let’s face it the noise of toddlers is the least of your worries on a hot weekend in a big city. Now these noisy tiny tots are teenagers who love and respect their local community and have not just great memories but lovely bonds with their neighbours.

Not sore watching her carry out normal tasks - it's unlikely the poor neighbour hasn't noticed. She'll be feeling uncomfortable for doing perfectly reasonable things on her own property

*but she's

Exactly!

I think some people ARE inconsiderate in their gardens

We've horrible neighbours who built a house right on top of ours, despite us living in a very rural location. It's a long story.

Anyway they now have 2 toddlers & a dog that barks everytime a leaf falls. The mother is impatient & really shrieky. She's never done shouting at the top of her voice at the kids & the dog. It's hell & has pretty much ruined our enjoyment of our own garden.

I hate it so much. I feel a bit sorry for the kids as it's not their fault, though they are like mini foghorns themselves now & seem to spend a huge portion of their lives yelling, shrieking, squealing, screaming & crying. It's LOUD

Apparently you're not up to date on how to be a decent human, either.

close your windows - helps keep heat out as well as noise.

Thinking it needs refilling every day made me laugh. Sorry OP

Indeed. Maybe he's 'naughty' because he's been shut inside not getting enough exercise and too much screentime and this is the mum trying to sort it out?

The noise is really intolerable today. Shes been wrestling him around to put sun cream on. Loads of screaming from him. Now She’s been asking him for about 2 hours if he wants a ham sandwich.

Thoughts and prayers.

And in today's thrilling instalment of "Po faced neighbours", mum entertaining toddler outdoors insists on sunscreen and offers regular snacks. Bloody disgusting.......

Ahh that's great, she sounds a great mum.

Applied sunscreen and feeds her chid.

Maybe you should go indoors and close all windows, doors, blinds and curtains?

I can’t decide if the OP needs to drink more wine or less. Because this is not a reasonable, rational response to a preschooler having fun in his garden.

I have NDNs the same age, OP, and they have a treehouse, climbing frame, trampoline AND large paddling pool. Yes, they can get rowdy but who can possibly object to little children enjoying themselves?

Putting on suncream to protect his skin AND feeding him? In her own home? The very nerve of her!

Probs because the kid has grown up into playing in the garden, you know like babies tend to do.

The noise is really intolerable today. Shes been wrestling him around to put sun cream on. Loads of screaming from him. Now She’s been asking him for about 2 hours if he wants a ham sandwich.

This IS a wind up.

If this isn't a wind up then you are a very sour faced person. Who makes a lot of assumptions.
Really, get a glass of wine, some earplugs, a decent book and get out into your garden and stop fretting over what your neighbors are doing.

Miserable, joyless woman. I hope we have a heatwave for six weeks and they’re out enjoying their pool every day of it.

YABU but I’d find it annoying too.

they’re just making the most of the summer and it’s one of the things that comes with living in terraced homes.