A woman claims to be "under siege in her own home" by the neighbourhood kids who demand to swim in her pool. The 36-year-old explained how she has been having to sneak around her own house avoiding all the windows because the youngsters refuse to take no for an answer.
Taking to Reddit, she said: "The young neighbourhood kids have started accosting me, outside our house, with pleas and begs of, 'Can we swim in your pool?' Just now, a pack of them rang the doorbell for two minutes! I had to hide in the kitchen so they couldn't see me.
"They finally ran back across the street but they are camped out, in their front yard, wearing swimsuits and jumping through a sprinkler... eyes trained on our door for any signs of movement." The woman, who is childfree by choice, went on to explain how the previous owner, Charlie, welcomed the children into the garden whenever they asked.
But she claims it would be "creepy" for her to continue this because she doesn't have any children of her own.
"We moved into the house last summer and were immediately bombarded by kids begging to swim because, 'Charlie let us swim!'," she added.
"We immediately took the stance that we were not the previous owners and that, no, we would not let them swim in our pool.
"We even told the parents, because the insurance liabilities are terrifying! What if their kid decides to climb our fence and swim anyway because they 'Used to do it with the last owner?'."
Commenting on her post, one user said: "This is awful. I have a similar situation with kids at my house.
"I have a big hill in my backyard and it's great for sledding but it's seriously dangerous, and I don't have the time/patience to watch neighbour kids if they want to sled on it. I put up no trespassing signs but they come around while I'm gone."
Another user added: "Tell them no, straight out. Let them know that the pool is not safe without you watching them and you don't have the time to do that."
A third user said: "Tell the parents that their child is not welcome in your pool and that if you catch him in the pool, you will be calling the police.
"You don't have to actually follow up on the threat, of course, but maybe if you strike some fear in to them, they'll stop walking all over you."
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