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.

Please stop spying on this poor woman in the garden doing perfectly normal garden things with her toddler. And so the pool you were complaining about is nothing more than a glorified paddling pool after all?

Oh go no…she’s not pulling up weeds!? In her garden? On the wrong order? The horror!

I mean, it’s not really the pool is it, you have an issue with them even being in their garden regardless of what they are doing in it. Get some earplugs/ put on some music and stop nosing over at your neighbours. If a mother and child spending time together outdoors during summer, in a heatwave bothers you this much, maybe listen to some guided meditation and breathe a bit.

Just read you had 2 quiet children. Kids aren't generally quiet at that age and I find d in odd that yours are. My toddler isn't quiet and there's not a chance I'll try and make him be, just for miserable feckless like you.

Am I the only one hoping this unreasonable weeding Mum gets wind-chimes next?

I have just said how nice it is to hear the sound of happy children playing in their gardens.

Feckers *

Wow OP. You'd hate me. I use my garden all the time. Almost like it's part of my property or something. I'm in my garden in my dressing gown with a cup of coffee right now.

I wonder if this thread might go when the OP needs to head off to M&S.

Whereas I sympathise to an extent, because as I have got older I have become irrationally irritated and very sensitive to noise, the poor woman is just trying to entertain her child. YABU.
Try some noise cancelling headphones and an audio book.

Why does it matter to you that they've got a few weeds? Who the feck cares?! It sounds like the poor neighbour couldn't do right whatever she does. They're using their garden how they like - they're not doing anything wrong, and appear to be using it (pool) at decent times of the day - not too early or late.

I still haven’t worked out if you’re being incredibly troll-y or incredibly bitchy - either way, you’re a very sad individual

Of course mn gardens are only for quiet sitting… it’s sunny so families are playing in their garden. Stop being the fun police.

Misery guts. You're as bad as my neighbour, who thinks that children should be silent indoors and gardens should just be for looking at pretty flowers. Get some thick blinds, good headphones, a netflix subscription, and leave the poor family alone to enjoy their garden.

It sounds fun. I think you should live and let live (or move to a detached house in the middle of nowhere).

Leave the woman alone and mind your own business! Your life must be extremely boring!
She is weeding her garden. And??
Concentrate on your own family and life.
You sound obsessed with her.

She’s finally using her garden with her young naughty son 🤣

it will do him and her the world of good !!!!

stop focusing on what they are doing - work on your own enjoyment -
which is not contingent on what your neighbour is doing (unless it is criminal / antisocial)

Oh for goodness sake op. Let them have fun. I'm assuming you don't have any kids?

Wow you need to get some perspective. Her son is growing up so goes through different stages. This one is being out enjoying the weather and pool while he can. Let him be a child, let her be a fun mum, mind your own business and find something else to focus on. You said you have two kids. Try and remember how hard it can be and how you need to let them blow off steam and have fun. You are being ridiculously unreasonable.

Seriously. Get a grip and leave them to enjoy the summer in there back garden as they feel fit to.
If you don't like it then you can always close you're doors, windows etc or suck it up.
Wow. I would hate to be you're neighbour

Heaven forbid someone let their child in their garden to play. If he's a toddler the reason you didn't hear them out their last summer is probably because he was a baby (don't even get me started on you calling normal toddler behaviour naughty). Its not her problem you can't afford a detached house far from normal neighbourly noise.

I think you’re trolling.

It’s funny to see you desperately typing drivel to try to get people
to agree with you 😄really scraping the barrel with I don’t know how she’s getting in and out her back gate.

You need to get a job, or second and third job to stop you obsessing over this woman, it’s creepy. Then, you’ll be able to save up and move to a detached house.

You must have an extremely boring life OP. Watching them weeding the garden now. I would say you're coming across as borderline stalking this family.
Leave them alone

List of crimes so far..
Playing in paddling pool with toddler
Correcting bad behaviour
Buying toddler toys
Pulling up weeds

Have you reported all this to 101?

You're lucky my neighbors don't go in 'till 10/11pm