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Well.....you need to know that I look "hot" in my bathing suit. NOT!!!! LOL. Just joking.

Seriously, I would feel uncomfortable if there were no one else around but that's just me.

That is unacceptable they should be shunned and their homes confiscated.

What else do you do in a swimming pool. Just soaking urinating and Worshiping TFG.

I do notice people in our neighborhood pool go in and are in for hours. Does make one wonder.

I disagree.
 

We have three grown children who will be visiting for Christmas. They are 34, 32 and 26. It is ridiculous that 5 adults would have to use the family pools because one of us is not 30 yet. I understand the rules for adults only pools and not wanting a bunch of partying at the over 30 pools but certain situations don’t make sense.

Sadly, it is impossible to write perfect rules or laws. I would not mind the youngest, but it is not up to me.

If they changed it to 26 and one of yours was 25, you know what I'm getting at, pretty soon everyone would want them to be family pools. Best to leave well enough alone especially now that there are so many family pools being built south of 44.

Family pools very often have no younger people in them so you might be worrying about something that will not happen

At least you have a pool to go to. It's not like you are being told anyone under 30 cannot go to a pool in The Villages. The family pools are for the under 30 crowd and the oldsters can go to them too. Win, win.

I should hope so.
 

I would hope we have a pool to go to. We are paying for it.

True Villager at there best :1rotfl:

A solution for what?

In general: Family pools are intended for Villagers and their guests of all ages to enjoy

Adult pools are intended for adults (eg ‘over 30’ ) to enjoy whether relaxing on the lounge chairs or floating peacefully around in the water.

Sports pools are primarily for organized activities (eg water volleyball, water aerobics, synchronized swimming, lap swimming etc)

This structure provides a place for everyone to enjoy a pool as they would like.

The only problem needing a solution is how to handle the people who feel the rules don’t apply to them.

It's not like the rules changed since you moved here.

Too bad. The will find that the rules in The Villages apply to everyone, even if you think they don't make sense.

Very true

Happens all the time. It never crossed my mind to feel uncomfortable. I try to time my pool workouts to a quiet time before the sunbathers arrive so I am often alone.

It's ridiculous that parents of three children would have a problem being at a family pool with their three children, no matter what age those children happen to be.

Many 26-34-year old adults have kids of their own. You're likely to see plenty of grandparents with their adult children, and THEIR young children, at the family pools. Plenty of people for your adult children to talk to of their own age at these pools.

You could just stay home and not go to any pool. Or you could build a pool in your back yard, and never need to go to any amenity pool.

As I said in my previous post - if they bend the rules for you, they'll have to bend them for everyone else. There is nothing special about your 26 year old that makes them more uniquely qualified to be at a pool with a restricted age limit of 30.

You might be new, but you have the crabby villager thing down pat.

This happens all the time and it is usually somebody renting in TV for the winter getting passes for their friends who are staying someplace cheaper.

Well, there seems to be a lot of anxiety about people being dilated, or people violating the pools, so, a suggestion to get together, discuss why some feel that way and coming to a resolution seems a reasonable approach. I understand you are happy with things the way they stand. But, some apparently are not. SO, why not talk, discuss.

Or we could all just come here and yell at each other like has been done for a long time - see how well that is working?

Another "reasonable approach" is to simply follow the rules.

Based on the number of people who love living in The Villages, I would say it is working very well.

There's no need or reason to discuss this particular issue. It's already resolved.

There are pools for 30+ only. This accommodates visitors, but not people 2+ generations removed from the residents.

There are pools for residents only (sports pools). This accommodates residents who don't want visitors in their pools.

There are pools for all ages. This accommodates everyone who is neither 30 years old, nor a resident.

Everyone's covered here.

The line has been drawn but if you want to get it changed go ahead and try... but really don't, because everyone's covered here.

Or maybe, the line has been drawn, the rules are the rules, the sign on the wall is clear...

Flexibility is only okay in certain cases or for certain people??

I would much rather see rules based on behaviors rather than arbitrary age discrimination. As I believe I wrote somewhere earlier in the 200+ responses, I would rather see a 25 year old sitting in a chair reading or standing in the pool talking to their parents than have no choice but to listen to a 55+ year old loudly discuss their recent medical procedure on speaker phone or a group of 70 year olds loudly agreeing with themselves about politics.

But today the rules are the rules and so I'll have to consider the arbitrary number on the sign.

Florida is supposed to be a "free" state. Rules and regulations are supposed to be for other states, not for us.

Cherry-picking quotes to take out of context doesn't prove a person's point. It just makes them look ignorant, or intentionally obtuse.

Immediately beneath that sentence about how I prefer to drive, I took ownership of my preference. I acknowledge that it's against the rules, and if I'm caught, will accept that I was caught breaking the rules.

That's a whole huge big honking different thing, from saying the rules don't apply to me or mine, and justifying why I should be allowed to break them with no consequences.

In the Villages, the rule is 30 or older for the Adult Pools. You're welcome to TRY and change the rule. You'll fail, but you have the right to try through the appropriate channels.

And if you intentionally break that rule, you need to accept that you broke it. And accept that the Rec department folks and/or Community Watch folks have the right to order you to leave the premises if they choose to enforce that rule.

Just like if I get caught speeding, I have to accept that the officer might give me a ticket for violating the rule about speeding.

And I see no problem with what you suggest as long as… you start your own community, make up your own deeds and get people to sign off on them.

The Villages has already gone through that procedure and most of us bought our homes here because of the deeds and rules. They make this place a beautiful, enjoyable community for us.

You DO understand that when people say that, they're talking about "The State Government", not the Rec Center rules, right?