Retired couple allow 6 and 9-year-old neighbors to use swimming pool, end the arrangement when mom requests to host daughter's birthday party there: 'They need to consider getting one of their own'

In this story, an older couple spent a couple of years allowing their neighbors' two young daughters to use their swimming pool during periods of warm weather. What started out as an arrangement that would happen every other week turned into multiple times a week, and the frequency with which they requested the pool was becoming a problem.

The final straw was when the mom asked if she could host a birthday party at the pool for her youngest daughter, inviting five of her friends. The couple declined, citing liability reasons. Although the mom accepted the decision, there was some anxiety that they had been too harsh.