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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“My new friends invited me to a barbecue at their house with a pool. There was no lifeguard and lots of kids in the pool. The parents were only watching the kids sporadically, so I felt for safety I had to spend the entire bbq watching everyone else’s kids since rhe other parents just kept walking away to focus on their conversations and food. Do you think my new friends like me or are just using me for free babysitting? Also who has a pool party where the adults don’t get in the pool??”[/quote]

OP here.  As I said, there was ALWAYS one adult watching the kids in the pool. Parents took turns in shifts to do this.  They weren't sporadically watching the kids: there was always someone standing there watching.  [/quote]

OP again.  In addition to my last comment re: someone always being stationed at the pool to watch, there were not "lots of kids" in the pool.  Most of us didn't bring kids.  Other than Friend A, only two other people brought kids.  And the other kids eventually left the pool to play soccer on the lawn or read a book, or to sit by their mom and eat barbecue with the bigger group.  Only Friend A and her kid remained in the pool, alone, for hours after the other kids left.  They didn't even eat anything.[/quote]

No one drowned that day.

Always invite Friend A to the pool party/bbqs and be thankful.

Have you seen in the news what can happen when everyone/no one keeps and eye on the pool?   Or the playground and nearby ponds?

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