Have you ever forced/pushed your SO or Spouse to try or go diving?
#1
Posted 29 September 2006 - 02:22 PM
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#2
Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:17 PM
Ok so many of you have non-diving SO's or Spouses' and I am curious if you have ever forced or really really really persuaded them HARD or even pushed them to try diving or to go diving? If so what happened?
I have seen this happen many times in my open water classes. Usually it is a husband pushing his wife to dive- sometimes it is a boyfriend. Although I am sure this happens, I have never seen a wifre or girlfriend push her husband or boyfriend.
I can count two times were a woman pulled me off to the side in tears to tell me how much she did not enjoy diving, but did not want to let down her husband because he wanted to vacation in the Keys and hunt lobsters.
My conclusions are simple. If you sig other does not want to dive NEVER push them. I think this is about the most uncool thing one can do. My expereince has been that is has nothing to do with showing someone how cool it is underwater, but a selfish act to get a convenient dive buddy.
Hell, go bowling together, or play volleyball, or landscape or whatever.
#3
Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:45 PM
Ok so many of you have non-diving SO's or Spouses' and I am curious if you have ever forced or really really really persuaded them HARD or even pushed them to try diving or to go diving? If so what happened?
I have seen this happen many times in my open water classes. Usually it is a husband pushing his wife to dive- sometimes it is a boyfriend. Although I am sure this happens, I have never seen a wifre or girlfriend push her husband or boyfriend.
I can count two times were a woman pulled me off to the side in tears to tell me how much she did not enjoy diving, but did not want to let down her husband because he wanted to vacation in the Keys and hunt lobsters.
My conclusions are simple. If you sig other does not want to dive NEVER push them. I think this is about the most uncool thing one can do. My expereince has been that is has nothing to do with showing someone how cool it is underwater, but a selfish act to get a convenient dive buddy.
Hell, go bowling together, or play volleyball, or landscape or whatever.
I saw this in my ow class. It was pitiful. Neither diver was certified, guy was hell bent that his g/f continue even though she was in tears after the POOL session. She was hysterical and petrified by the time we went on the first boat dive, and needless to say, didn't finish the course. I felt so bad for her. No boyfriend is worth THAT!
#4
Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:56 PM
Although I am sure this happens, I have never seen a wifre or girlfriend push her husband or boyfriend.
It definitely happens - I'm the one who made my ex-husband learn! I was the one who was hell bent on learning to dive and he could have cared less. Needless to say, when we went on our first dive trip, I was the one diving everyday and he was golfing, sailing, on the beach... Hmmm, I think I am starting to see where our incompatibility began!
#5
Posted 29 September 2006 - 05:01 PM
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#6
Posted 29 September 2006 - 07:15 PM
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#7
Posted 30 September 2006 - 07:14 AM
She wasn't going to buy my argument that they all went to the Mobil station.
When you make fish laugh, they can't bite you.
#8
Posted 30 September 2006 - 10:31 AM
When my wife started asking questions about where the fish go to the bathroom, I knew there was no point in pushing any further.
She wasn't going to buy my argument that they all went to the Mobil station.
Wait just one minute!!! You've got Mobil stations underwater in the NE???? Are you absolutely certain about that? My gawd, the competition must be horrible up there.
Ceph
#9
Posted 30 September 2006 - 11:19 AM
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 07:59 PM
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 09:56 AM
#12
Posted 02 October 2006 - 10:50 AM
We went on 2 dive trips together and he was a real hazard to dive with. He had no desire to control his buoyancy or even to propel himself at all!
Our last dive was when he had a panic attack because he had 500 psi in his tank at 35 feet and ditched his regulator, then tried to breathe off my inflator hosethinking it was an air2 while I was going for my octo for him - HE PUSHED MY INFLATE BUTTON and we of course went rocketing upward!!! I got us stopped at 10 feet, and onto my octo but I was really upset!
I reamed him out on the boat about AGI and DCS and so on - and the fact that he had plenty of air, so all the drama was not necessary, I made the decision that we needed to not dive together again.. He has since found out he has heart problems and will not be diving. We have since parted ways romantically (not because of diving) but are friends. He sometimes takes care of my dog when I am on dive trips.....
I now have 2 female buddies with whom I plan trips, and sometimes I go alone - of course SD.com will change that as well.....
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#13
Posted 03 October 2006 - 12:35 PM
Dennis
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#14
Posted 03 October 2006 - 03:34 PM
Edited by madlobster, 03 October 2006 - 03:35 PM.
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