Dear Snarky,
There are a group of mean moms that have taken over the pool. They have one mom stay after morning swim practice and save 16 pool lounge chairs. Then when the rest of the moms show up they hang out for hours at the pool gossiping and judging all the other moms that aren’t them.
I’m so sick of it! They don’t even care if anyone else can hear them making comments about so and so’s swimsuit or cellulite and a whole lot of other what I’m going to call body observations.
It’s making me not want to take my kids swimming and we paid for a pool membership that was sort of expensive so please don’t tell me to go somewhere else to swim.
How can I get these women to back off and shut up?
Signed, Sad Summer Mom
Dear Sad Summer,
Sigh, It seems like I get a letter like this every summer. So, here comes some vintage advice. As in any hostile situation with enemy combatants you need to take a direct attack. No wishy-washy maneuvers will get this job done.
I strongly suggest you begin a campaign of cannon balls off the side of the pool that will create a tidal wave worthy splash back on these moms. Then make sure to invest in some XL Super Soakers and engage in a very robust game that results in all of you accidentally on purpose hitting the not so charming ladies with water.
Finally, enjoy teaching your children and their friends how to master their flutter and butterfly kicks and smile proudly as they joyfully churn epic amounts of water out of the pool and onto these catty lounge lizards.
Will all this make the mean pool moms cease and desist? Probably not, but you’ll be happy and that’s exactly what I was going for.
You know what would make me happy? If you guessed buying my latest book EMPTY you would be correct.😍 It’s a fun and fab summer read ⛱ and for a peek-a-boo at it just click on the link. www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZKPGQZQ
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