For many, home is a safe space where you can relax and no one can tell you how to behave, or how to dress. However, when you have neighbours who live very close by, this can become complicated as you still have to remain mindful.
One mum-to-be thought her neighbours took things too far when they asked her to "cover up" her "large, pasty pregnant body", while swimming in her own pool.
Her above-ground pool was almost as large as the fence to their property, so it's not very private and can be seen from the next door property's deck and windows.
Taking to popular forum website Reddit, the anonymous pregnant woman explained that she was eight months gone, and feeling quite "uncomfortable".
One thing that was helping was floating around in her backyard pool, so she likes to "spend a good chunk of time most evenings" there.
In the recent post, she continued: "I wear a bikini to do this because it's about a million times easier than fighting with a one piece. The end result of this is that my neighbours get an eyeful of large, pale (wear sunscreen, kids!), stretchmark-covered belly when they look in the direction of my backyard.
"The other day, my neighbour stopped my husband when he was on his way out to ask if I could cover up more in the pool.
"Apparently they're avoiding using their deck because seeing so much of my body is uncomfortable for them. My husband laughed as if they were joking and they didn't press, but now they've started giving me dirty looks whenever they see me."
The woman asked fellow forum users whether she was wrong for "subjecting" her neighbours to her "pasty pregnant body on the regular," and unsurprisingly she received a lot of support.
One person said: "You're pregnant, and you're relaxing in your own pool, in your own yard, wearing a normal swimsuit. F**k them. If it's that big an issue for them, they can stay inside."
Another agreed, adding: "Nobody is forcing them to look in any particular direction. Making a pregnant woman uncomfortable for your convenience of being able to look at her and not see her pale belly, or whatever the actual reason is, is bonkers."
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