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.

It's summer, kids play out, they love getting wet and splashing. There's nothing nicer than the sound of children having fun.

You sound a bit jealous.

Oh do stop being so miserable. It's a real tough life listning to a toddler having fun and being high fived fora couple of weeks of summer 🙄

Another vote for you being unreasonable.

We have a neighbour with two young boys and most of the time you'd never know anyone lived there. In summer they have the trampoline and pool out, it can get raucous. Like yours they pack in by about 7. Genuine summer days here are few and far between, I'm more than happy to "put up" with a bit of playtime noise as they're such good neighbors otherwise.

The other side has no young children but a yapping dog, and they park inconsiderately. All year round. Much prefer the other side!

Smacks of NIMBY or more appropriately not in YOUR backyard.

ZOMBIE thread. How did you even find this?

You’re angry because a toddler is playing in his own garden and they have a few weeds?

You’d absolutely hate living next to me, we are in the garden at some point every day unless there’s torrential rain… it’s good for children to play outside.

I’m guessing you’d hate our weed filled ‘nature corner’ too.

I don’t think you can complain about normal toddler noise though (assuming the mum isn’t shouting too?). It’s the price of having neighbours.

This is completely normal and appropriate garden noise. If you don't like it move to somewhere with no neighbours.

YABU (and a misery)

Read this back to yourself and rate your own arseholsery factor.

Z O M B I E

Must check op date in future.