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Do you know how to swim?

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curliegirl
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Gina

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Posted by chikita315

I do - very well, I might add.

I always take it for granted, that everyone knows how. I grew up with a pool, so I've been swimming since I was a baby. But I know there are a lot of adults (my mom being one of them) that don't know how.



I am you!!!!

Swimming like a fish since practically birth and my mom can barely doggie paddle!!!!

Posted 10/18/06 11:36 AM
 
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Stacey1403
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

YesChat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 11:37 AM
 

MrsPornStar
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Mama

Re: Do you know how to swim?

I can just barely swim. I took a few lessons as a child but stopped. DH cannot swim and neither can my 3 sisters.

Posted 10/18/06 11:39 AM
 

TheInfamousOTG
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes

Posted 10/18/06 11:40 AM
 

Stefanie

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Stefanie

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes I do. I taught my cousins to swim and I was a certified water safety instructor a while ago. I worked at a day camp and taught all ages how to swim.

I love the water but I'm afraid of the ocean...

Posted 10/18/06 11:41 AM
 

IluvBo
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Rose

Re: Do you know how to swim?

no and that's one of my biggest regrets.

Posted 10/18/06 11:46 AM
 

~Colleen~
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guess

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes, I grew up with a pool and as kids my sister & I took lessons.

Posted 10/18/06 11:48 AM
 

MrsDiamondgrlie
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D

Re: Do you know how to swim?

I love to swim. Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 11:50 AM
 

Blazesyth
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

No... but somehow I passed pool in high school (the teachers were so oblivious, I walked along the bottom of the pool and pretended to be swimming..)

I was dunked under when I was young by a 'friend' and then once I was dragged into the ocean by a neighbor, and of course the undertow took me away.

Too many bad experiences. If it's a pool, I have to be able to stand up, or in the ocean I won't go in past my knees. DH gets mad because I won't go in with him holding me. Even that freaks me out, and I know he isnt going to put me in harm's way.

Being a non-swimmer, best thing I ever did was Helmet diving in bermuda. It's the closest I'll ever come to snorkeling or scuba.

Posted 10/18/06 11:55 AM
 

MrsS1126
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Jackie

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Kind of but definitely not to save my life Chat Icon

Yet my sister is a swimming instructor and a life guard. My parents never had a pool so she couldn't teach me...maybe one day she will! Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 12:00 PM
 

Ladybug63
Ohh... baby

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D

Re: Do you know how to swim?

I can.Chat Icon I was on the swim team in HS and even made it to state finals for my back stroke. I was also on the Dive team.

My sister and I were put in lessons at Crab Meadow beach when we were like 4 and we grew up on the boat so we had to learn.

I too find myself taken aback when I hear someone cant swim. Specially since we live on an island. I have 1 or 2 friends that can't really swim.

Posted 10/18/06 12:00 PM
 

Hi-Fi55
12 years...wow....

Member since 2/06

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Name:
Dianne

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes, I'm a very good swimmer. I've taken lessons almost all my life. Growing up with a pool and boating, knowing how to swim was a must.

Posted 10/18/06 12:06 PM
 

skygirl
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Erica

Re: Do you know how to swim?

yes- although I cannot do the butterfly stroke or anything fancy

Posted 10/18/06 12:19 PM
 

munchkinbugs
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Lisa

Re: Do you know how to swim?

I do....I used to compete.

Posted 10/18/06 12:54 PM
 

Lisa
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Professional Aunts No Kids

Re: Do you know how to swim?

yes...i love to swim

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Posted 10/18/06 1:05 PM
 

mrsv
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lol

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yup and I love it!!!

Posted 10/18/06 1:30 PM
 

tourist

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Re: Do you know how to swim?

I do-I never remember not swimming & then I took lessons to learn it properly, which I'm not that good at. It was mandatory in HS too.

I never understood how people didn't know how to swim. I don't ever remember learning, I just did.

I guess as adults, its mostly fear & bad experiences.

Posted 10/18/06 1:31 PM
 

skip123
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes..grew up with a pool..so I have been swimming on my own from about the age of 3. i love to swim..I am such a water rat..Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 2:02 PM
 

LisaI
Momma's Little Beans

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Re: Do you know how to swim?

yes

Posted 10/18/06 2:07 PM
 

SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

yes I do. when I lived in Israel, we used to go camping at Lake Kineret a lot. My Mom told me that my Dad threw me in the water when I was around 2 and I started to swim after a few seconds.

when I first heard the story, Dad got yelled at! Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 2:10 PM
 

BriBri2u
L'amore vince sempre

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Mrs. B

Re: Do you know how to swim?

not very good...I paniac when I realize I can't touch the floor - so maybe thats a no Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 2:11 PM
 

JE7391
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes Chat Icon

Posted 10/18/06 2:11 PM
 

eroxgirl
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Rebecca

Re: Do you know how to swim?

I can swim but my mother can't. She's terrified of the water and because of that, it was her mission in life to make sure that I wasn't afraid and could swim.

Posted by Shellyesq

I also grew up with a pool and could swim before I could walk. I am a very strong swimmer.

Its funny, to graduate my college we had to pass a swim test. It never occurred to me that at 21, there were some people out there who couldn't swim.



Did you go to Harvard?

Posted 10/18/06 2:28 PM
 

Tine73

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*********

Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yep!

Posted 10/18/06 2:28 PM
 

lvdolphins
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Re: Do you know how to swim?

Yes, we had a pool growing up and we were signed up for lessons for years.

Posted 10/18/06 5:18 PM
 
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