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.

Oh my god!!! Get an actual life!!! I’m autistic and have noise sensitivity but would a child playing annoy me nope!

wrestling - kids wriggle! It’s a good game

screaming - given that your examples n your original posts were things like “hi five” ajd count downs so the kid can slide in/jump in the pool! It’s actally nice she’s outside engaging with her kid!

and oh my god what a shit mother she is asking her kid if he wants something to eat what would you rather she did let him starve!

If she still never used the garden would you think she was a terrible parent who didn’t take her toddler outside and just sat him in front of Peppa Pig all day? Or would that be ok?

You sound bloody miserable 🤣 get over yourself - they’re perfectly entitled to use their own garden.

Noise is intolerable 😂😂 get a grip

Can't wait for the film of this to come out. Who do you think will play you OP??

OP, do you remember when you were a teen, rolling your eyes at your parents and thinking I hope I'm never this much of a killjoy? Well the time has come.

Alex?!? Are you the OP?!?

This.

why is everyone such a misery guts these days?

Heatwave and paddling pools: perfect pairing.

Part of me gets it, I had a lovely neighbour until recently who was a disabled man in his 40s. He never made the slightest bit of noise and we would enjoy chats over the fence.

He died suddenly and a single mum with two kids about 3 and 6 moved in and I'm missing the quiet. I would never think to moan about it though, I loved playing out when I was a kid and my DD, nephew and niece probably made loads of noise when they were at the age where they played outside.

Detached houses tend to join gardens anyway so not sure what people constantly blame things on being terraced.

Detached houses tend to have bigger gardens whereas in a terrace it feels like your neighbour is standing next to you when they make noise.

Ooh, we're getting a paddling pool tomorrow and have a little slide... I didn't think about putting the slide in it! Thanks for the idea OP.

(For those worrying about safety, DD is still a baby so I have to hold her going down the slide)

I get you OP. I live in a terrace too. Fortunately my close neighbours are pretty chill. I had nightmare neighbours on one side for 5.5yrs including gutting and fully renovating the house. The building work was actually preferable to the hideous owners (no kids but they liked to party and were utter bullies).

The neighbours two gardens along moved in with toddlers who are now early junior school age. I quite enjoy the noise of the kids playing (they squeal and scream VERY loudly eek!) but it does get wearing especially when it goes on for hours and the oblivious parents never tell them to pipe down.

Our area is very relaxed but they're the only garden out of 20 (our row of 10 and the row backing onto us) making that amount of noise. A few of the other houses have young kids but they're much quieter when outside. In their position I'd be conscious of the disturbance (it wouldn't stop me but I'd be considerate of others).

I think it's good to give and take. If you're outside making a racket either do it for a 1-2 hours at a time then give your neighbours a break or if you're outside all day remind kids that voices travel!
I was a child in the mid 80s and we were repeatedly told not to shriek and give the neighbours a break!!

I hate this new attitude of 'screw you, we'll do what we like' that's evident in so many posts (and neighbours).

OP, do you mean she has bought a large PADDLING pool for her 3 year old to play in with her in this heatwave? And also set up a toddler slide to go into the pool (which is easy to do with a plastic preschool slide) and a sand pit by it?

They're hardly outrageous things for a family to have in their garden in this hot weather... . And hardly surprising you'd hear some splashing, talking and laughing noise!

As others have said, we'll get rain again soon enough ..

They’ve gone inside now. 8:30 it was. So times are being pushed back. It’ll be midnight next. I can’t stand it. Toward the end she was on the phone to “her friend in London”. Loads of cackling. And constantly telling the child to go and play, whilst she was on the phone. So she’s not all that.

I feel like everyone is being very unsympathetic.

8:30 on a weekend, the horror.

Why do you need sympathy?

Let’s get this straight

mother buys child toys for.garden, mother engages with child counting down for him to go on the slide, jump in pool, etc. mother puts sunscreen on child, and feeds it a ham sandwich. And then asks a 3 and half year old who actally would benefit from alone play to go and play while talking to her friend in London.

yes op you have my sympathy she sounds like a terriable mother I suggest you report her to social services, start an vigil- ante mob drive her out of her house because she’s such an appealing mother and she doesn’t deserve such caring neighbours like you!

ohhh wait no she actally sounds like a pretty decent mother. 8.30 at the weekend isn’t partically late. You on the other hand sound like a bundle of bitter bones

This OP sounds like a character from Talking Heads by Alan Bennett and I'm enjoying it.

How fabulous, a bonus episode of Po Faced Neighbours. In this gripping installment, mother of toddler has phone conversation with friend towards end of the evening and, having spent all day engaging with said toddler, asks him to entertain himself for a short while.

🤣

You’ve over done it now OP 🙄😂

No no she doesn’t

Alan Bennett is fabulous!

op sounds like a bad parody

"Not all that" wasn't good writing. It's a turn of phrase that this character wouldn't use.