I determined that mz ribit's plan was for me to build a platform that went all the way around the trampoline complete with railing and stairs and a place for a grill ect ect.
I came up with a compromise plan. I bought a ladder for em to climb up and down on and told her that I wasn't gonna build a Thousand dollar deck to go around a hundred dollar trampoline.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!