Moving into your dream home can be incredibly exciting. It’s a place to call your own and make plenty of memories for the rest of your life. All in all, this experience is typically a positive one for new homeowners, but unfortunately was not the full case for one 32-year-old woman and her wife.
The woman went to Reddit in May 2022 to explain how she and her wife always rented in the past, but they had finally purchased their very own home. On top of that, it’s a home that they both adore and hope to stay in for the rest of their lives. It has some great amenities, including a pool.
While everything seemed to be perfect for this happy couple and their new home, they’ve run into one recurring problem: their next-door neighbors’ kids keep coming over to use their pool without their permission. They’ve even gone so far as to hop the fence to use the pool. The women have spoken with the parents about this, but the parents figured that it wouldn’t be an issue since their kids used the pool when the last owner lived there.
The woman and her wife have continued to tell the children that they can’t use the pool without permission, only to receive dirty looks and stares from their enraged parents. She has taken other measures to try to prevent the kids from using the pool, but nothing seems to have worked. So, the woman turned to Reddit users for advice on eradicating the issue.
Starting off her Reddit post, the original poster (OP) said, “I’m a 32-year-old woman and my wife, who is a 33-year-old woman, and I finally bought our own home instead of renting.” She explained how it took a lot of hard work to pull off, and they’re extremely happy with what they hope will be their forever home. However, there was one problem.
“The issue is our next door neighbors,” OP said. “I keep finding their kids using our pool having hopped our fence and I keep getting them to leave.” OP and her wife spoke with the parents about the ongoing problem, but their parents said the last owners — an elderly couple — used to let the kids use the pool in exchange for cleaning, so the children have gotten used to just using the pool whenever they want.
“I told them that was fine when it was the last neighbor, but it’s something my wife and I are not comfortable with as we don’t know them well enough plus if the kids were hurt we’d feel awful about it,” OP explained. “They insisted their kids wouldn’t get hurt and asked if it’d be OK if the kids used it whenever we weren’t as they’re ‘just kids’ and spoke about how it’s getting hotter now.”
Frustrated with the situation, OP suggested that the parents just get their own pool since their kids seem to want one so badly. On top of that, she had also expressed that she wasn’t “comfortable” with the kids using her pool. Unfortunately, this only created more issues.
