Everyone dislikes slackers. Nobody enjoys a slacker and his obnoxious friends even less. But even more than that, nobody enjoys a lazy and his buddies taking over the family pool and keeping the kids from using it. No one loves it when he says he’ll let them play but never follows through on the promise, and this is even worse. Do you notice the struggles his wife is facing?
1. OP is the only working person in the family as his husband is jobless for ore than a year
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So, instead of having this entire headache, she decided to get their family pool renovated and upgraded so that the kids could use it. The ideal solution to an otherwise logistical nightmare, right?
Wrong. As soon as the money was spent and the pool was fixed up, her husband started organizing low-key pool parties with his buddies. They would come over and use it for hours, effectively not letting anyone else use it. Not even the kids.
In turn, the kids complained about being denied pool services on more than one occasion. So, the mother had to intervene. However, said intervention did not go well with the hubby. He flipped out.
5. The children contacted their mother since the father had promised to let them play but instead continued taking up the entire pool area.
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He insisted that she had no control over what he did or who he brought, that it was his house and his water as well. OP was much more incensed at him as a result, but she persisted. Instead, she asserted her authority and threatened to deny him and his friend’s access to the pool until the youngsters had some pool time. “FINE! The spouse exclaimed, “THEY CAN HAVE THE DAMN POOL TOMORROW!”
So, OP’s daughter called her the following day in tears. She explained that when dad invited his buddies over, he surprised everyone by performing what he had been doing constantly. Being the pool mooch, you know.
7. OP added a few small clarifications in post edit form as well.
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At this point, OP was absolutely livid. So much so that she left in the middle of the workday to go home and rip the husband and his buddies a new one. And as soon as she got home, all hell broke loose. She screamed, he blew up, and the end result was his friends had to leave. She was upset that he ignored her request to let the kids play in the pool. And he was upset she came over there, guns blazing, thinking she could manipulate him with her money and scream at his friends. He bolted to start calling all of them individually and apologizing on her behalf.
And folks online had absolutely no doubts that she has the right to be as furious with her husband as she needs to be.