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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ICYMI: pool toys are for everyone. They are universally known to be communal property.

Didn’t you teach your kids that when they were little? Anytime we went to the neighborhood pool I brought extra toys and reminded my little ones that anything we brought to the pool would be shared.

As an adult hosting guests at a vacation home, you let the other kid use the item for 15 minutes and then you let the other parent know that your Larla shared her floaties with Johnny and now she would like to have a turn.

Adulting really isn’t hard…[/quote]

First of all, these are not little kids.  These are teenagers and they don’t take turns.

Secondly, not in our pool. Who told you others’ pool toys are yours to take?

You have no concept of personal boundaries, do you?[/quote]

I never saw these universal rules at our neighborhood pools or pools at hotels. Kid's pool toys weren't shared unless the kids started playing together which didn't happen all the time. Also I'm not obligated to provide sleeping arrangements for someone I've invited for dinner. [/quote]

Public pools are not the same as private pools where presumably you know everyone. Different rules apply. These weren't strangers sharing a hotel pool in OPs case. Sharing of pool floats would be the norm. And usually the kids all play together on them. I'm getting the sense that OP has toddlers and was wildly unprepared for what much older kids are like talking about not sharing toys and eating all the snacks of which there can't have been many of.[/quote]

Even at more public pools, sharing pool toys happens a lot.[/quote]

So? It may happen a lot, but it's the norm at a private pool and expected. It would be weird to be territorial and possessive of pool toys with friends and family at a private pool like we're talking about in OPs case. Which makes me think OP has tiny kids. Because if the kids are all tweens and teens it would be ridiculous to get involved and intervene over pool toys. Kids that age aren't crying to mommy about it. And toys aren't so much shared as taken and tolerated at public pools because they become fair game when the toy owner leaves them unattended and wanders off. But, it's ok to ask for them back when you want to play with them again.[/quote]

Wow yeah.  Hence the use of the word “even”.  [/quote]

It's not really relevant what's going on at public pools or what universal rules may or may not apply there. OP wasn't at a public pool. It's even more ridiculous to be crying about pool toys in a private backyard pool amongst friends and family. [/quote]

Wow yeah.  Hence the use of the word “even”. [/quote]

Wow yeah. It's not really sharing if someone takes your kids toys when they're not looking. It's more like stealing but to not cause problems we call it "sharing" and you're lucky if you get them back. Not at all like private pools where the toys aren't going to go missing.[/quote]

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