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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I can't swim. If you throw me in water over my nose I will die. Simple as that.
I had a couple of bad experiences when I was very young that created a fear of water - coupled with some very poor attempts to teach me that just made that fear worse.
I tried to learn when I was a teen and then again as an adult - with private 1:1 lessons. Though it made me more comfortable with the water - I still can't swim at all. Trying to learn to swim as an adult, when every part of you thinks you can't, is like trying to learn how to fly - it feels completely unnatural.
It isn't something I'm proud of and I'm working hard to make sure I don't replicate the mistakes with my daughter - who has taken well to water so far.
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+1 to this, minus having taken adult swimming lessons. One day I will give that a try.
As a 4 year old I decided to try and impress some 7 year olds and slide into the deep end at Village Square. Needless to say I would have drowned had our teacher not jumped in. My elementary school had mandatory swimming lessons when I was 8, and my mom pulled me out. By the time I took swimming lessons when I was 12, I was so terrified of being under water that I failed.
I'm somewhat okay in deep water if I have a lifejacket on, but if that lifejacket were to come off, it's panic time. If I'm on a boat I just wear a lifejacket from the time I get on until the time I get off.
My fiancee was a lifeguard for 5 years so my kids won't have the same problem. When we have kids they will be in those swimming lessons that teach babies how to float on their back in water.