Comments on: Our Pool Membership – An Epic Failure

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 18:01:29 +0000

In reply to Ellen K.. Oh Ellen K. I see parents with multiple kids at the pool and I have no idea how they manage to keep them all afloat. It seems one always wants to go one place and the other is running in the opposite direction. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who failed to use my membership. It makes me a feel a little better about the error :)

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:59:21 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. Hi Elizabeth - It seems your blog fell off my radar as well! I think you must have changed domains because I recognized the dog, but I thought your blog was called something else. Things have been great. How are you?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 23:17:39 +0000

This is totally unrelated to your post, but I was reading the comments to an article on Alisa Bowan’s site and saw your name and remembered your blog! I apparently fall in and out of blog topics, so my reading shifts, but I remembered you and wanted to say hi and hello and I hope all is well. 🙂

By: Ellen K.

Ellen K. — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:05:04 +0000

Our Y has a separate outdoor pool membership; this year the price dropped from $150 to $75 for long-time members, so we thought we could swing that. I think we’ve been three times. My girls are 4.5; one twin is a bolter and the other is a clinger… on land. In the water, it’s the opposite. Needless to say, I cannot take both to the pool by myself. It’s not fair to anyone. Also, the sun and water wipes me out for the rest of the day, so it’s better if we go as a family so that there is one awake adult in the house. : P

I was amused to hear the girls’ preschool aide say that her dad refuses to get the outdoor pool membership and still rants about wasting money for two years in a row. There are 6 kids in the family, all very athletic and attractive, but even they never went to the pool.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 01:30:34 +0000

In reply to elle sees. $99 down the drain isn't such a bad lesson. Imagine if I'd purchased a membership for the whole summer!

By: elle sees

elle sees — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 15:29:07 +0000

oh no! but at least you learned that it wouldn’t work for you.