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.

Another seasonal po-face. Oh goody......

Maybe the things are there now because her DC is of an age to enjoy them? Honestly, you are coming across like the Grinch here, OP.

Log it with 101 😅

All very strange, because like I said, they never went out there! I used to see her taking him out with his bike or toy shopping trolley everyday, to the park I assume.

Not strange at all. They’ve only been there 2 years! It took us longer to get a shed!

This has to be a joke thread? How can there possibly be annoyance at a child enjoying a garden - during daylight - in the summer - in a heatwave?

Buy some earplugs then or move to some far flung Scottish corner

I've just bought an 8 foot one. Just for me, an adult 😬. I'm going to sit in it, drink beer and read a book. I'll refrain from wooing.

It's not "strange" that your neighbour's child is starting to play in the garden more now that they're a toddler and not a baby. Babies don't generally use the type of garden equipment you're talking about so there wouldn't have been much point in it being there two years ago would there? You're the "strange" one, complaining about a family making the most of the summer and playing in their garden UNTIL 7PM 😱

😁 I would be doing the same

Honestly you’ve got no idea you’re born we live in a row of houses where next-door but to one a full on rave with decks and grown men singing along and Woop Woop Ing with the occasional whistle for added fun. I mean a genuine whistle like people used to have a raves. After 10 to 15 minutes of this occurring the lady who lives next door to them comes out and quite literally turned the air blue with her language.
my kids sits on the trampoline watching the drama unfold, I love it 🤣

Neighbours…. If you don’t like them then you have to have the cash to live far enough away from them in town, or maybe have just quite ones, or you need to move to an isolated area. It is simple and obvious.

YABVU. You can’t beat em so join em - I am childless and have just bought a paddling pool for myself 😎

Intrigued what this toddler is doing that you can see closely enough to be able to conclude he is “quite naughty”. Unless by “quite naughty” you mean “not completely silent at all times”?

I’m guessing you don’t have kids?

This is a reverse, surely?

I had 2 sons, both very quiet.
He must be naughty, she tells him off every 2 minutes.

More likely bad parenting than a naughty toddler.

Do they have a bar in their garden, too?

She sounds like a good mum from what you've said. Takes him to the park or out with his trolley everyday, bought him a pool and a sandpit. Doesnt just leave him to it outside, actually plays with him and engages him. Also she corrects him when he misbehaves.

Did your quiet children never have a pool or a sandpit?

I had 2 sons, both very quiet.
He must be naughty, she tells him off every 2 minutes.

This is a wind up. 😬

A pool has to be a certain depth for a slide to be safe.

YABVU.

Buy noise canceling headphones or move to a remote spot if you don't approve of a family enjoying their garden pool in a heatwave and the sound of perfectly normal interactions with a toddler in the water.

Heavens to Betsy!!

A slide and a sandpit! For a toddler! In his own garden!

I feel an attack of the vapours coming on.

Oh give me strength, another misanthropic sourpuss who flinches at the sound of a child's voice

It's summer. You live in a residential street. Other people live there, too. Some of them have children. Children play outside. You might hear them sometimes.

FFS.

Good luck to them

I have a family a few doors down who have one. I can tell its school finishing time just by the sudden screaming, shouting and general level of noise going up each day. They also like to have family and friends round to use it every nice weekend. This consists of at least 10 kids screaming and shouting, plus parents being loud and absolutely nowhere to park in the street because of all their visitors. I used to love to hear children playing in the nice weather, now it sets my teeth on edge.

Seriously get over yourself.

You'd hate living next door to me. I live in a terrace, don't use my garden much when it's cold but make the most in this weather. I have had 4 kids round all playing in the pool and on the trampoline today.

Glad my neighbours come round and join in and aren't miserable sods like you