So, swimming is no longer the meditative, peaceful thing it was. I went again today, all excited to get my fix of relaxation. Alas, there were screaming children and young guys there. My worst nightmare come true. I figured Id get in anyway. Fuck it. Ill just hang out a bit in the water and see if they leave. Oh no, the kids kept on screaming their heads off. I must have had a bitchy look on my face the whole time (and let me add that without my contacts in, I cannot see distances, so all I really knew is that the noise was irritating as fuck and I wanted it to stop. Didnt really see who was with the kids, etc.). The boy child came right to where I was, looked at me and then jumped in which splashed me right in the face. I was already irritated as it was, so being the mature, self-controlled person that I am, I flicked a little splash in his direction and said loudly, Jesus fucking Christ! Big mistake.
The boyfriend of the mom (both where there) screamed across the pool, Whats your problem, lady? Theyre kids! I screamed back, Well, kids dont need to splash people and scream at the top of their lungs in a public pool! This is when I kind of noticed he had gang-affiliated tattoos on his stomach and back. Hmm. Then the mom chimes in that it is MY problem and not theirs. So, being a master of words and feeling my rage rising fast, I waved them off, looked disgusted and said all pissy, Whatever! So the guy starts yelling, So youre kids are perfect? and I yelled, No, MY kids are considerate to other people! Now they are both starting to look like they are going to move my way and, what, maybe drown me? Who knows?
Other people were at the pool and one said, Lets just calm down and have a nice day. The mom said, WE are! I threw in another whatever and then it was awkward for the next 30 minutes while they swam around with the kids, now all of them yelling (because they were mature too), while I waited for them to leave so I could do laps. (It turns out the other two guys there wanted to do laps too and were equally as annoyed as I was.) After the Asshole Family left, I let the guys do their laps, and when they got into the hot-tub, I did mine.
Bottom line of this story? I will probably never go to the pool again while it is good weather. I will wait until rain falls and Winter winds blow so there is no chance that I will run into assholes again. The pool no longer feels like a safe place for me and Im pissed because I was really starting to get into a routine. Swimming made me feel good for the first time in a long time and now I feel like its been ripped from me.
Damn! This kind of crap is exactly why Im anti-social and hate 99% of people. This is why I keep to myself. If it werent for the nice person who calmed things down, Id probably be in the hospital right now. I also realize that the hair-trigger temper that I have that I THOUGHT had subsided a bit has NOT. Scary jora!! Look out world!
Thats my news for today. Nite.
The boyfriend of the mom (both where there) screamed across the pool, Whats your problem, lady? Theyre kids! I screamed back, Well, kids dont need to splash people and scream at the top of their lungs in a public pool! This is when I kind of noticed he had gang-affiliated tattoos on his stomach and back. Hmm. Then the mom chimes in that it is MY problem and not theirs. So, being a master of words and feeling my rage rising fast, I waved them off, looked disgusted and said all pissy, Whatever! So the guy starts yelling, So youre kids are perfect? and I yelled, No, MY kids are considerate to other people! Now they are both starting to look like they are going to move my way and, what, maybe drown me? Who knows?
Other people were at the pool and one said, Lets just calm down and have a nice day. The mom said, WE are! I threw in another whatever and then it was awkward for the next 30 minutes while they swam around with the kids, now all of them yelling (because they were mature too), while I waited for them to leave so I could do laps. (It turns out the other two guys there wanted to do laps too and were equally as annoyed as I was.) After the Asshole Family left, I let the guys do their laps, and when they got into the hot-tub, I did mine.
Bottom line of this story? I will probably never go to the pool again while it is good weather. I will wait until rain falls and Winter winds blow so there is no chance that I will run into assholes again. The pool no longer feels like a safe place for me and Im pissed because I was really starting to get into a routine. Swimming made me feel good for the first time in a long time and now I feel like its been ripped from me.
Damn! This kind of crap is exactly why Im anti-social and hate 99% of people. This is why I keep to myself. If it werent for the nice person who calmed things down, Id probably be in the hospital right now. I also realize that the hair-trigger temper that I have that I THOUGHT had subsided a bit has NOT. Scary jora!! Look out world!
Thats my news for today. Nite.
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Something similar happened to me last week at the air show. There was many many people.... me and my man were sitting in the grass, waiting for the planes to take off... some kid was standing up besides me and kept hitting my ass with his foot. The first few times, I let it pass....but after a while damn, I had to tell him to back off politely but I was very direct.... he was hurting me and annoying me. His dad was with him and he NEVER said a word to his kid. What do these adults teach their kids? Not alot. Respect surely isn't one of them.
Anyhow, I hope you have a good weekend. Anything planned?
::sending lots of hugs your way:::