Kids: Today, I agreed to lend my daughter's inflatable pool to my neighbor...

By getmeoutofthiscountry - 19/07/2013 19:06 - United States

Today, I agreed to lend my daughter's inflatable pool to my neighbor for the day. Barely an hour later, I witnessed his son jump off their balcony, missing the pool by inches. He's now in hospital, and my neighbor has sworn to sue me, saying I'm responsible because the pool is mine. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/03/2014 21:53 - United States - Springboro

Today, while lifeguarding, a kid thought it'd be hilarious to take a crap in the pool. The other kids freaked out and rushed to get out. Several of them slipped on the way out and hurt themselves fairly badly. Two parents are now threatening to sue us, and my boss blames me. FML

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By orcatheseapanda - 09/01/2016 05:14 - Thailand

Today, I was stretching on the balcony, when I heard my neighbor's daughter scream. She was playing in their kiddie pool and thought I was peeping on her. And now her parents think so too. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/07/2013 20:27 - United States - Los Angeles

Today, I went to the pool with my son. One moment I'm sitting down, applying sunscreen to my legs, and the next I look up to see him squatting on the diving board, seconds before dropping a deuce into the pool. As we got kicked out, he screamed that it was my fault. FML

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By qtpieo1 - 13/08/2010 16:14 - United States

Today, I was at the pool with two boys I babysit. The eldest wouldn't get out of the pool so I pretended to call his dad. He then ran out of the pool, pushed me down, grabbed my phone, chucked it into the pool and then ran back into the pool. FML

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By babyeaternomnom - 30/06/2012 16:22 - Canada - Brampton

Today, I caught my elderly neighbour skinny-dipping in my pool. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/09/2013 05:18 - United States

Today, I taught my kid how to mow the lawn. It's a self-propelling mower so it's easy to handle. My kid thought it would be smart to tie the handle down so that he wouldn't have to push it at all. This resulted in the lawn mower blasting through our fence and sinking into my neighbor's pool. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/12/2012 17:19 - Australia - Perth

Today, my friend and I decided to go skinny-dipping in her pool just after we'd finished watching a scary movie. While we were in the pool, I heard something move in the bushes so I freaked out and ran onto the deck, slipping and falling flat on my back. Her dad saw the whole thing. FML

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By imbx - 13/04/2009 00:24 - United States

Today, I was at a pool party. My friend's little sister pushed me in the pool. When I got out, I pushed her in. She started screaming, and I started laughing because I thought she was pissed that I pushed her in. That wasn't why she was screaming. She can't swim. Her whole family witnessed it. FML

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By babydoll13211 - 04/09/2009 21:36 - United States

Today, I was at a friend's pool party. He lives on a lake and one of our friends wouldn't get in the water. My best friend and I decided to push him off the dock. Once we had, I turned to see my crush who had watched looked shocked, then said, "You know he can't swim right?" FML

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By thanks dad - 01/08/2020 02:02

Today, we were slowly introducing my daughter to the pool to help her get over her terrible fear of water. My father-in-law scoffed, called us pussies, and tossed my daughter straight into the water. When I threw him out, he insisted he was just trying to teach her to swim "the right way." FML

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Saturday 20 July 2013 1:51

Your neighbor is an idiot.

ScenicSubterfuge 39

Saturday 20 July 2013 1:53

Counter sue him for the distress and trauma that you and your pool suffered from having to watch it.

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noelasis94 18

Saturday 20 July 2013 1:56

Call the cops for him, and watch them laugh.

Warmonger_Smurf 29

Saturday 20 July 2013 1:56

Tell him to sue jackass.

flashback.miss 28

Saturday 20 July 2013 1:58

Threaten to sue your neighbor for being an irresponsible ******* of a parent.

yeongji 31

Saturday 20 July 2013 1:58

I would like to see him/her sue you. Unless the inflatable pool has feet on its own and moved while he was in mid-air, I doubt he/she will win the trial. Not to mention how it happened on his property and his/her son should have known better (it will be worse if the son is just a child - in other words, no parental supervison!) that even if he landed in the pool, chances are he will still be in a bad shape since.. it's an INFLATABLE POOL.

catwho 18

Saturday 20 July 2013 7:31

The issue is unless OP represents himself he still needs a lawyer to defend him if the neighbor follows through. That costs money.

Neesalun 20

Saturday 20 July 2013 12:37

Exactly! Where was the parent in this scenario? If you want to say anything about that, they were negligent.

goose12321 11

Sunday 21 July 2013 5:41

You're forgetting this is America...... OP will probably lose.

crimsonlilies 26

Saturday 20 July 2013 2:00

Possession is 9/10 of the law! Neighbors....sheesh!

AngrySailor 17

Saturday 20 July 2013 3:57

Pool? What pool Your Honor?

Obryn 9

Saturday 20 July 2013 2:01

If he had borrowed your car and been injured in an accident due to his own stupidity, he would be liable, not you. Tell him to bring it on and be sure to countersue for legal costs.