Neighbor lets kids swim in his pool, parents upset for banning them after they cross one boundary too many: ' I just do not want my property treated like a public pool'

When I was a kid, summers meant finding someone (literally anyone) who had a pool. My friends and I didn't have one, so we'd all cross our fingers that the one lucky family in the neighborhood would invite us over. If they did, it felt like winning the lottery. If they didn't, well, it was back to running through sprinklers or begging our parents for a trip to the public pool. That scarcity made a backyard pool feel like the ultimate luxury, and if you got access, you treated it with respect.

In this story, one man decided to be the "cool neighbor" and open his above-ground pool to the kids next door. At first, it was wholesome and he liked the idea of being a good neighbor and giving them a fun summer memory. But the kindness quickly got taken for granted. The parents stopped asking permission and started sending the kids over daily, even when he wasn't home. Things escalated when he discovered juice spilled into the pool and broken floats left behind.