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US man has brain damage, mother says, after allegedly being pushed into lake
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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It was probably one of those morons who said "this is how my parents taught me! Hyuk hyuk" and then pushed him in.
People have tried that on me, knowing I can't swim, and I almost got physical when they'd "pretend" to push me in the deep end. It just makes me wary around them near the pool, because I can actually fucking die if I fall in.
You might consider taking swimming lessons, my dude. Also, fuck those people.
A local place wanted $170 per lesson, and they recommended lessons twice a week. I need to keep looking but at $340 a week that's a bit out of my range.
Do you have a friend who knows how to swim? It isn’t difficult to teach someone the basics of swimming for survival—floating, kicking, and a basic stroke to get to the edge. I know I’d be willing to teach any friend who didn’t know how for free, and I imagine a lot of other swim capable people would feel the same since it is such a safety issue.
Friends have tried but I'm not gonna lie, they fail because of me. I'm very scary when my feet leave the ground. Pool party? Yeah sure I'll go, but once the water is neck level with my feet down, I'm going back shallow.
One time I was making real progress and some drunk person almost drowned, interrupting the lesson.
You can learn to swim in water that is shallow enough to stand in. And if being safe in the event of a pychopathic 'prank' is the primary concern, focus on learning how to tread water. Everything will seem easier once you know for sure that you can keep your head above water. Most people who are enjoying a pool or the sea are not actually swimming anywhere anyway.
Some people just don't want to learn to swim. My mother is one of them. The whole idea gives her too much anxiety. I don't really have an issue if they don't want to get in the pool.
I hope you can find a way to learn that works for you. No need to leave the shallow end—even if you only learn to float, then you’ve learned to survive. Good luck! You’ll get this!
Have you tried water wings? I'm not joking, they'll look silly, but shouldn't be necessary for too long.
Wow, that's expensive! Hope you're able to find something more feasible. Good luck.
Wow that's crazy, but not to worry, if you want to, you can learn yourself. There are lots of YouTube videos on it, practice in the low end, start learning to tread water. That should make you a lot more comfortable in the water.
As a child before we learned to swim properly, we used what we called dog swimming, where we basically just flap our arms downwards to push our heads above water, and splashed with the legs to push us forward. That's enough technique to know how not to not die at least, and be able to move around in water.
When you get comfortable in water, swimming becomes easy, there are so many ways to do it, and it's fun. Especially if you live near usable sea water.
Fr, in the age of YouTube, no one has any excuses to not learn how to do most things other than laziness imo.
They night also consider getting new 'friends'.