I hate it when people make assumptions!!

Wow - that is an amazing looking enclosed pool! Are you sure you're not stinking rich? Hee hee. We have two pools - yes two! But we live in a rented apartment - ha ha - so the pools are not "ours". Not about our living space, but people have assumed I am rich because of the way I dress. Believe me, I get cheap, second hand stuff, but it's all about putting it together . . . and for some reason people think own a lot of clothes and name brand at that (all second hand, I'm telling you!). I'm not rich . . . I just make it all look good - ha ha.

Hi Oldchem, Lovely pool you have there. I agree so many people make assumptions. I was at a church meeting the other day and one women mentioned that you never got people from the council houses attending the church they just went for set amount of weeks to get the kids Christened or for them to get married and you never saw them again, well I went off on one as I live in social housing after having lost my home, husband and business to the last recession, how dare she prejudge as I always attend and help run there youth club. I told her with an attitude like that I would rather prayer around my kitchen table than go to church, then she mentioned dress code as there had been a taattooed pierced man there the week before, that was my sons dad lol, so I don't think I will be attending for a while. Huggles. Ellie :D

Hi Oldchem, Yes. I remember as a kid, my parents inherited my grandparents home. It was an extremely wealthy neighborhood. We were not wealthy at all. My parents did alright by us kids but when they passed, they did not pass on any material gain. I am a single mom and I struggle week to week. When I tell people where my family lived they wonder why I struggle. They assume I come from money.

That is some pool! You are stinking rich! lolol May I have some money to buy my own pool please? I know someone who had assumptions made and it cost my friend dearly at times. The church she went to had some people that were very critical of the clothing my friend had. She is on Social Security at a young age and the minimum at that, waaaay under the poverty line. Because she kept her clothes nice and knows how to shop for clothes on sale and at discount, she looked very nice. There were a few people who thought she had invested more in her clothes than she did. When she needed to go to the food pantry, she was criticized for it and at times certain people in charge would not allow her to have food, because her clothes and shoes looked too nice for her to be so poor! I was with her once when someone asked her where did she get her new shoes and how much did she spend on them. They were 6 years old, and she only wore them in the fall and spring. They were from a discount store. I know, because I was with her when she bought them! Same with her boots. Her boots were fabulous because she found them for very little money and they were leather. She polished them up and took good care of them and had those for many years. But for several winters, every time she brought out those boots someone inquired about them and their cost. The same with sweaters, her Easter dress, etc. She asked someone to pray for her finances because she had a car repair and couldn't afford food, and they looked her up and down and said "it looks like you are financed out to me" I did learn something from her. If you want clothes to last, do not dry them in the dryer. Put them in long enough to get warm and get the wrinkles out, but do not let the cycle complete. She had clothes 10 years old that looked brand new!

Pool is not important Important is what you have under the pool Keep safe out there You put water for confusing the neighbors. I enlarged the picture and see...something suspicious in a corner

I hate it too but honestly for us, we do assume that if you have a pool in your house, you're rich. Seeing as having a pool is rare for every house.

Oh yes I know what you mean about what people see. We owned and operated 8 semi trucks (had our own drivers) then we bought a 13 acre commercial garage so we could work on those trucks. Every one thought we were rolling in the dough and we were...rolling it into the bank and out to pay bills! Most of the time my income never equaled the outcome! If I ever had more in then out that was ok cause it was making up the loss from before! Once we got rid of all the trucks and I started working for a company...I had some money to do little things. I would never go back to those trucks. When I went to work, I was still paying off bills from those trucks!!!!

yep, not because I have a pool, just because I live in a house and drive a car - oh, and I'm white...

hio oldchem1 no as I am stuck here for now in this retirement center and people here assume very wrongly that I came there as I just really wanted to retire in this lousy retirement home.No they are so wrong,I maybe 84 so what,I was doing great in ou r two bedroom apt. until my son lost his job a year and a half ago.,We were evicted because we simply ran out of money as my own social security check would not cover 1200 dollars per month of rent,once evicted we were homeless so finally worried for my safety as an elderly partly handicapped,physically, he got me put in here so I had a place to stay. Now he has got a job so maybe sooner or later we can have an apt. again.I detest it when people think I came here to live because I thought it was so damned wonderful,not no way. Some of the people here are very dear to me but I do not want to live here anylonger than I must.

some things are always better on the outside than on the inside. i hoope you have the funds to take care of a pool because it takes a lot to keep up plus the maintenence of keeping it clean.

Hi Oldchem, You can't blame them, I myself think that people who live in a house with a pool are rich. I mean, maintaining a pool alone costs so much, and let alone the fact that you have that space enough to accommodate one. But you've explained your side of the story, and I think I'll buy it. But then again, living in a house with a swimming pool? Only rich people can afford that

Can I come live with you? Your pool is so lovely! And enclosed is excellent! So...are you then able to use it year round? Or doesn't the pool room heat? I imagine it would be expensive to heat in winter, eh? Well, a thought... Swimming is my favorite thing to do and one of the few things I can still do since becoming disabled. I am soooo jealous! heeheeheeee! (furby laugh) No, really, I am happy for you.

Yes,surrounding people aways judge us in their own imagination according to their vision. 100 people have 100 opinion upon us.If we take other's judgement serious it would be too weary for life. Do what we believe is right,let people say what they like to say.

People make assumptions. That's just people. I would not worry about it. Let them think you're rich. lol.

Hiccup is hilarious... But yeah, putting in a pool is expensive, but it doesn't add that much to the resale value of a house. People assume a lot of things, but don't always know what they're talking about.

I can't stand when people make assumptions. And people do it all the time- and it's not just about finances-people make assumptions about all kinds of things about other people. As for finances, one assumption that people make is that if someone lives in a big house he/she must be rich. This is not always true. Perhaps they were rich at one point-when they bought their house. But then, they may have lost their job. Now they are stuck with huge mortgage payment they can't afford. They haven't had a chance to move yet, or they're emotionally attached to their house and their neighborhood and are hesitant to move-they hope things will get better. There are people with large homes who have trouble putting food in their refrigerator. There are people who live in small homes, but have a lot of money in the bank. They just don't feel that they need a big home, and would rather save their money, or use their money to go on nice vacations rather than pay big mortgage payments.

Yes. people mistakes that i am these and that! i dont know whats wrong with the way i wear my dress but they said that im classy when in fact those are just worth than a penny.

If I have a big pool near my house , many people must think that I am a very rich man in my country . So if someone think that you are rich , which is not odd . And rich or poor is not most important for people . It is enough that you are pleased every day . Do not care other's words and thinkings . that is my opinion .

yes, I have known some people in our office who make assumptions about me. They see me well dressed in formals, the way i speak, behave and perform. They say he has got all from the family. He was rich so could afford to get good education and lifestyle. But when i tell them that our family was living below the poverty line and have spent days without food they hardly believe the fact.