Are These New Homeowners Insensitive For Not Getting Rid Of The Pool That Their Neighbor's Child Drowned In?

Leona Martinez

Do you know the r/AmItheA**hole (AITA) subreddit? For those who don't know, this online community is the place where you can "find out if you were wrong in an argument that's been bothering you." Right after you post your problem, about 7.1 million people there will give you the answer that you are right or you are the a**hole.
Recently, a woman came to this subreddit to ask members of this group a sensitive question, "AITA for letting our kids play in the pool where a neighbor's child died and for not getting rid of the pool?" In the thread, she shared that she recently bought a new house with a pool in the backyard and they and their kids really love it. However, the problem was that their neighbors called them insensitive for letting their children play in the pool where one of their neighbor's kids had drowned in the pool last summer. After the OP posted their story, she and her husband received many opposite opinions. Scroll down to read the full story below. What do you think? Please share your thoughts with us in the comments.

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A family moved into a new house, but because of what occurred in the past, their neighbors didn't want their kids swimming in the pool

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The author also added some further details about the problem by answering Redditors' questions

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Most Redditors said that she was not wrong for letting their kids play in that pool

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However, others believed that no one was at fault and their neighbors have suffered a terrible loss

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