NWR... this is embarrassing to admit..

Marianne13 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:05 AM

NWR... this is embarrassing to admit..

I can't swim.

Most people are shocked to hear this. I grew up in Queens with a tiny backyard so we obviously didn't have a pool. I only started to learn to doggy paddle when I started dating FH. If and when we live in LI (and if we have a pool)..I promised myself I will learn.

Am I the only one??

JenBill61210 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:06 AM

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nope! me too. i never had a pool growing up

Rosalind_75 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:06 AM

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i cant swim either

crazy_betty Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:07 AM

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I can swim... learned when I was really little...

BUT... I can't ride a bike!!
Never learned and really don't want to. FFIL keeps saying he's going to teach me, and I'm like NAAAAH. That's okay, haha.

Lsorrent Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:08 AM

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I can't either. I can swim underwater, but not above. And I have no excuse, my parents sent me to two different sets of swimming lessons when I was a kid.

AngnShaun Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:09 AM

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lol... i dont think its that out of the ordinary... now not knowing how to ride a bike... thats nuts! LOL

i took swimming lessons as a kid and grew up at the beach... so i'd be dead if i couldnt swim

kris_gets_hitched Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:09 AM

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I'm a really good swimmer, but FH can't swim...and he's terrified of open water.

So when we go to the beach, if I go way out there, he freaks.

Heeheehee.

MR1223 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:09 AM

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me too!! never had a pool growing up. i try to teach myself when i go in other people's pools and im ok, but i never go in the deep end lol. pools and oceans scare me lol.

FallBride2010 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:09 AM

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Barely! I can keep myself above water...but doubt I could save myself in a mildly dangerous situation. I'm all about the doggy paddle. LOL

christine2010 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:10 AM

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don't worry FH can't swim either. & he can barely float

joctorre Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:11 AM

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I was on the swimming and diving team in high school (but I'm a TERRIBLE swimmer when it comes to speed. I was more of a diver)...

I learned at the town pool or camp or something...

I know plenty of people who can't, though... no biggie.......

usually you just hang around where you can stand anyway, so doggie paddle is fine!!!!!!!!

NanandEric08 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:12 AM

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Haha, don't be embarassed! I can swim but I freak out in the ocean, I am honestly frightened of it if I cant touch the bottom and being only 5 feet tall, that's pretty much always!

Future Mrs H Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:19 AM

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I cant swim either and I am also afraid of the water.

01ELLIE Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:21 AM

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Me either! i can float, doggy paddle and maybe do about a quick dash across a small pool...LOL

FH cant even float! dont feel bad!

Marianne13 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:36 AM

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I can't believe how many other people can't swim.. It does make me feel better (hope that doesn't sound bad... you know what I mean).

FH is supposedly not a good swimmer..I can't tell who's good or not but he says he is just ok and he can't float at all. But he grew up in Ronkonkoma where almost everyone had a pool growing up.

We should organize a group LI Weddings swimming lesson. LOL

Clover23 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 11:37 AM

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I am terrified of the ocean and I do not know how to swim and I refuse to go underwater in a pool!!

I took swimming and diving lessons when I was younger. never passed beginners level. eventually when I was like 11 and everyone else was like 4, I gave up out of embarassment.

flibbertigibbet Posted: Mar 26, 2010 12:02 PM

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<-- former swim instructor.

take lessons! i love the water. its so lovely. you will never regret it.

you can do it!

you are definitely not the only one out there. but i strongly recommend taking lessons.

saralee1978 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 12:08 PM

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Posted by crazy_betty

I can swim... learned when I was really little...

BUT... I can't ride a bike!!
Never learned and really don't want to. FFIL keeps saying he's going to teach me, and I'm like NAAAAH. That's okay, haha.

I was about to say the same thing!

FH can't get over that I never learned to ride a bike....never learned because I had no need to, and in my area where I grew up there was a lot of street traffic - not really safe for a 10 year old to ride a bike.

SummerBride10 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 12:29 PM

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Nope I can't swim either.

And I worked at a pool for 8 years lol (not as a lifeguard dont worry)

asg450 Posted: Mar 26, 2010 12:48 PM

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Hey, I was born on an island and lived there for 6 years of my life and I can't swim; so trust me you have nothing to be embarrassed about. I even took swimming lessons and I still can't swim.