Scuba Diving Family, But Not Us!
By DianneN
@DianneN (254926)
United States
December 26, 2018 9:11am CST
Our daughter-in-law had a regulator popped into her mouth as a child by her father. Since then, she has done dives beneath the sea all over the world.
She became a scuba diving instructor and taught my son. They’ve been on dives all over the world, too.
She taught my younger son how to dive. He and his wife also took more recent classes, and both of them have made dives.
It was time for my grandkids to get regulators popped into their mouths, too. They made their first dives on vacation in Aruba last week. They loved seeing all that sparkled and swam beneath the sea.
My husband and I are big chickens. We just like to swim in seas all over the world and darn well close to shore.
Do you scuba dive? Do you snorkel? Do you swim?
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37 responses
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
26 Dec 18
I swim. I was in the first swim class for infants in Miami more years ago that I want to remember. I would love to have learned when I was much younger how to snorkel and scuba dive but I wouldn't do it now. How wonderful that you son, daughter-in-law and their children are involved in it.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Dec 18
Where's your sense of adventure lol?
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
26 Dec 18
I don`t know how to swim but I love seeing people dive and swim 
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
26 Dec 18
@DianneN That`s nice. I had swimming lessons but never learned to swim no matter how I tried to learn it 
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
26 Dec 18
@m_audrey6788 I’m sorry. Everyone in our family can swim well. My husband isn’t too good, though.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
26 Dec 18
I know they must love scuba diving. It is something I always thought I'd do. When I was young, I loved snorkeling and swimming. Back then, I never had the money for scuba classes. Now that I could afford them, I don't have the time. Perhaps I will learn when I retire.
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@Fleura (35055)
• United Kingdom
26 Dec 18
Yes I do, I dived frequently in the UK and around the world for 15 years. It changed my life in many ways. I have had to give it up 4 years ago as it is not a family-friendly activity with young children but I feel 'homesick' if I look at a photo of something like a sponge! I intend to go back with the girls one day!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
27 Dec 18
unfortunately, i don't even know how to swim.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
29 Dec 18
@DianneN oh, now i have the objective to reach the place where your son is, so he can teach me. hahaha
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@snowy22315 (209009)
• United States
27 Dec 18
I love swimming, and snorkeling is usually fun if it is somewhere tropical..I have yet to go Scuba Diving, but I would love too sometime.
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@wolfgirl569 (135847)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Dec 18
I never learned to swim. I might be willing to go down in a bubble but not diving as something could eat me.
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@wolfgirl569 (135847)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Dec 18
@DianneN "before its tail clobbered him." Did you point that out to him. Even not wanting to eat meat it is more dangerous than I want to be around.
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@DianneN (254926)
• United States
26 Dec 18
That’s my fear, too. My younger son told me I was silly. He’s seen all kinds of sharks and other creatures. They keep their distance. He and his wife dove special to see the giant whale sharks that only eat vegetation, but as it turned, my son had to get away fast before its tail clobbered him.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
27 Dec 18
It's curious I swim but never scuba dived in the sea before. It would be so great, they look so happy in the sea. You should be there too, that's not fair lol.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
26 Dec 18
Only dived once in a pool during a holiday - loved it but never got a chance to do more but it's not too late I expect
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
26 Dec 18
I have never tried scuba diving but I hate snorkeling so I think I am safe in agreeing to say above the water is what I prefer unless I am in a boat!!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
30 Dec 18
@DianneN lol I was thinking being under water in a cruise ship ?? lol
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
26 Dec 18
I mostly swim.Did very little on the snorkel not much.
I was in my days a very good swimmer.
Snorkel is a lot of fun and very interesting seeing the depth of the water
They are having lost of fun.It is a very good idea to teach their family on this.
Most parents do not.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
27 Dec 18
I don't scuba, I don't snorkel and I am not a good swimmer. i like to keep both feet firmly planted on dry land!
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