I'm mortified. I totally flashed the pool guy.. I am so embarrassed!!! How did this happen you ask? I was taking a shower and my husband called me frantic from the living room so I jumped out of the shower wrapped my towel around myself and run into the living room. My 2 yr old had apparently used marker on the couch (probably b/c DH wasn't watching her close enough) anyway so I grabbed a scrub brush and some dish soap and told DH to go google removing marker in fabric. He went off to do that and I stayed in the living room scrubbing the couch. While scrubbing my towel fell a few times and each time I would pick it up and wrap it back and by the four time I just wrapped the darn thing around my waist and kept scrubbing. A few mins later I looked up and there was the pool guy outside just cleaning away right in front of the window. Now, I pray he didn't look in and see me on my knees topless scrubbing the heck out of our couch but most likely he glanced in. Probably thinks I am a weirdo flasher lady that was doing it on purpose so he would see me. I yelled at my husband that I think I just flashed the pool guy and he started laughing. It wasn't funny...My husband is the one who said now the pool guy probably thinks I did it on purpose and he probably enjoyed the little show. First of all it wasn't the pool guys normal day (at least I don't think it was) and second again, he probably thinks I am a weirdo flasher lady. I am mortified. I need to ask the pool guy about my pool light b/c it isn't working and now I just want to change pool company's. My husband won't let me change pool company's b/c he didn't do anything wrong. I was the flasher... Nice!!! Do I call and ask about my pool light and just say I hope you didn't see me b/c I wasn't decent scrubbing marker off my couch??? Or should I just leave it alone and continue to prayer that maybe he didn't look up? Or should I change pool company's??? I go with #3....
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#2...until if he gets too
#2...until if he gets too comfy down the road then change!
I have had my experiences with unexpected landscapers in the past....Once I screamed in horror and the poor guy looked at me in horror too and never again I saw that man again....oops....
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Use shaving cream foam to
Use shaving cream foam to remove nail polish and marker out of fabric! it works up to 2 weeks you spray it on the spot and then let just sit there for 2-3mins the rub hard back and forth and its gone! just alittle f.y.i!
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Sorry but I did get a little
Sorry but I did get a little chuckle out of this. Chances are good he didn't see you, and if he did, it's not like you were standing at the window waving your towel at him. Make your husband talk to the pool guy to ask about the light. In a few months you'll forget about the whole thing, and maybe there will just be a different pool guy eventually anyway!
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I would go with #2. I bet he
I would go with #2. I bet he wants to act like it didn't happen. If you had made eye contact with him, then you are talking about something else. You were in the privacy of your own house. It is not like you were outside laying by the pool. Just act like it didn't happen.
Can you imagine if you looked up and he had his hands cupped up to the window to get a better look?? Yikes.
Let it go (if you can) and tell your husband to stop teasing you, or you could tease him back and say your next goal is the mailman :)
KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.
LOL!!
LOL!!
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
LOL!
LOL!
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
I wouldn't worry about it
I wouldn't worry about it too much, he probably didn't even notice and if he did I'm sure it's not the first time it's happened to him and he's probably seen worst!! Have your husband talk with the pool guy if your not comfortable with doing it.
I wouldn't worry about it
I wouldn't worry about it either. Mostly because if you're outside around the pool looking toward a window, just the outside glare on the window makes it difficult to see clearly in a house. I would say he probabaly didn't see you, and if he did, not clearly enough to really know what he was looking at. No worries.... :-)
Don't worry about it! I
Don't worry about it! I really doubt he saw anything. I would only be concerned if the next time he cleans your pool with NO PANTS in attempts to reciprocate the flash!! Then you might have a problem!!! ha!
LOL!!!
LOL!!!
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
I was thinking about a
I was thinking about a glare.. I hope there was one...
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
Imagine all the crazy things
Imagine all the crazy things pool cleaners and landscapers see, not to mention mail carriers and meter readers. I wouldn't worry about it. Chances are he didn't see you, and if he did, he was a decent enough soul to look away and not look back.
Karina Bland is raising her 9-year-old son in Tempe with a lot of love, humor and support from her friends and family. A longtime journalist covering child welfare and education issues for The Arizona Republic, she blogs about raising good kids.
This is too funny. Thanks
This is too funny. Thanks for the laugh today.
Stacy Sullivan is an editor for arizonamoms.com, pets.azcentral.com and The Republic whose single mom sister is constantly asking for advice as she raises two great kids.
YOUR CUTE.... THINGS LIKE
YOUR CUTE.... THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN MORE THEN YOU WOULD THINK. I FLASHED THE PLUMBER YEARS AGO AND I WAS COMPLETELY HUMILIATED. BUT ONE DAY YOU WILL LAUGH ABOUT IT. ITS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT IF ANYTHING YOU SHOULD CALL THE POOL COMPANY AND ASK FOR A DISCOUNT FOR GIVING THEM A PEEP SHOW, IM KIDDING. BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE, HE HAS PROBABLY SEEN WORST THINGS. IM SURE. JUST LAUGH IT OFF MAYBE NEXT TIME A DIFFERENT GUY WILL COME.
This is the sort of thing
This is the sort of thing you see on a comedy...not to laugh at your mis-hap or anything. But no matter what it was just a mistake and you are both adults and can be adults about it. Just ask him about the pool light, if you are uncomfortable with that just call. I don't think it is worth changing pool companies though if you don't even know if he saw you or not.
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LOL... Ok so ya'll are right
LOL...
Ok so ya'll are right b/c I don't know for sure he saw. I just looked up and there he was looking down at the pool right across from me with the skimmer. I just hit the ground and called for my husband. I hope I am the only pool out of all my neighborhood he cleans. I don't want the moms at the park (who I just met and they are really cool) to think of me as the flasher mom... My husband who took this week off keeps making comments about what I do all day. He has summed it up to check email, swim with kids, layout while kids nap, flash body parts for fun, go to gym... I keep reminding him that normally I am busier than this and no I don't flash anyone... He reminded me of when we lived in tx and we bought our first house right before they came to install the window coverings I walked out naked to see what he was doing in the study (we were newlyweds) and he calmly pointed over my shoulder to the nice lesbian couple sitting in their breakfast area. So, he is having a ball making fun of me... he keeps calling me Lucy for all the stuff I get myself into. Not so funny.. It gets on my nerves!
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
You are so funny! I think
You are so funny! I think to "flash" someone you need to actively remove clothes with the intent of showing someone your stuff. You just were just aggessively cleaning while underdressed :)
This made me think how I wish my old pool guy would do HIS work shirtless... He was so cute and in such beautiful shape. He was the owner of the cleaning company that was getting started and had the nicest arms. He had this great barbed wire tatoo around his tan, muscular bi-cepts and he was always so friendly to my kids...sigh...I miss Andy. It was such a sad day when he said he was going to work the office portion and I was getting a new pool guy, no one since has come close to those bronze arms and winning smile........ oh, sorry, what were we talking about...
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You are cracking me up... I
You are cracking me up... I know but I say flash b/c I am thinking of those weirdos that answer the door naked. I just hope if he did catch a glimpse then he doesn't think 1. that I am a weirdo and 2. that I was wanting him to look! GROSS!
Now if my pool guy looked like Brad Pitt...Well, that would be anoher story..lol..
Elizabeth is a discussion leader for arizonamoms she writes about everything from her needing mommy advice to crazy and silly stuff that happens. She lives in the West Valley with her husband and 3 children, Joshua 12, Brooke 2 and Mason 10 months
Kinda funny. I would not
Kinda funny. I would not worry about it. I am sure you are not his first!