# Re: Wish I could get a Re-do

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Posted by Swimclothed on January 01, 2020 at 18:50:09

I don't check here often enough. I just posted a reply to an old post from October and figured many wouldn’t see it because it was so far down so wanted to post this on top and maybe renew the discussion. I really enjoyed reading about everyone else’s failures and wanted to share the many times I have made the same mistakes in my life. I tried to keep it short and too the point but I kept thinking about past experiences.

In sixth grade the class had the opportunity to take swimming lessons at the YMCA. I went to a private Christian school so they did not have a pool. There was a small fee of like $20 or something but my mom was afraid that I would drown if I learned how to swim so wouldn’t let me go. The girls and guys went at different times and I was the only guy who didn’t go. I wanted to learn how to swim and loved getting wet which my parents would not allow. Anyways to top that off at the end of the weekly lessons they did a fully clothed survival swim which many students talked about how fun it was. Yeah I missed that.

Fast forward to when I was 20 years old I took lessons and learned how to swim. There was only one other student swimming and he just wanted to play around and not listen to the teacher to improve his technique so I had all of the attention. The other student wore basketball shorts and had a waistband from underwear showing a lot of the time and the teacher never said a thing. I made a lot of improvement since I was afraid of the water as my brain was telling me what my mom told me about drowning. I ended up in the deep end and diving in. At one point early in the class the teacher mentioned I could wear a shirt if I felt more comfortable. Not sure what she meant by that but I never did wear a shirt. Anyways I wanted to swim in jeans obviously and I am sure that I could have just by asking about survival skills and such or forgetting my trunks. She probably would have appreciated wanting to go further in my training. I did show up my first day by walking through the locker rooms and into the pool area fully clothed and of course was told to put my suit on. On a funny note I have a really low fat content and sink like a rock. She was larger and so buoyant that he shoulders would float out of the water in the deep end without moving her legs.

Not long after my swimming lessons I took scuba lessons at the same pool. One of the students wore jean shorts every time. We had to wear a t-shirt to minimize chafing of the scuba equipment. Not sure how I could have played it to wear jeans every time but a simple forgetting my swimwear would have probably allowed it at least once as long as I had an extra pair of pants. I guess I could have worn jean shorts also since the other guy did but once I wore swimwear once I can’t use the I don’t have a pair excuse. I am not sure if he cleared it with her or just wore them and she didn’t care. It has been since 2001 since I last swam and am contemplating getting back into it with a refresher course. One problem is I am somewhat related to her as her daughter married my cousin. The only place to dive in my area is flooded stone quarries, which are really cold so really need wetsuits. I might be able to get by with snorkeling in jeans.

Going back to when I was 12-14 years of age I went to a church camp that had many wet opportunities. One of them was sliding down a hill similar to a slip and slide and splashing in a deep muddy lake. People had to do this fully clothed as guys and girls both were doing this at the same time and many churches had strict guidelines on modesty. People tried to convince me to do it but I didn’t know how to swim even though others were doing it because there were lifeguards in the water for those who didn’t know how to swim. They may have even had life vests but I was scared of drowning. They were all so muddy and later went to the showers to shower off. I still remember all the wet clothes hanging on the lines drying. During that event I went with some others who did not participate in the slide. We went on a canoe and lo and behold it had a hole in the bottom of it. The counselor told me to sit on the hole to keep water from coming in. I wanted to but I am really shy and thought it was weird to have a wet bottom so refused to so someone else did.

Wow I have a lot of these. Once I started typing more stories popped into my head. The last one was also when I was 12-14 years of age I was spending the night at a friend’s house and he helped his dad doing concrete. He was in rubber boots and jeans and lost his footing and fell into the concrete. His mom hosed him off and offered to hose me off also even though I was not dirty and I said no. Maybe she knew I was into that which I was. I remember my friend complaining how cold the water was since it was from a well. They also took me to a couple amusement parks that had water rides. My parents weren’t into shorts in public so only had jeans on me and they insisted I wear my friends shorts so I wasn’t wet all day. Kind of hard to disobey when they are taking me to a park but I really wanted to get soaked clothed.

Well I thought of another one. I was camping with a bunch of other guys and there was a river close by with rental canoes. Someone I didn’t know and his son was going to go for a swim and asked if anyone else wanted to go along. Another kid who was friends with his son said he wanted to go along. They were around 14-16 years old. The kid who wanted to go along said he didn’t have any swimming trunks when he was asked but just said he would go in these. He was wearing jeans and t-shirt. I should have spoken up and went along but did not. Later on when they got back the kids had there wet shirts and jeans hanging up. The father had swimwear hanging up. I did go on a canoe ride with some others. The guy who was in the canoe with me was elderly and frail so didn’t flip it over but wanted to. We did stop along the way to pee and got my shoes wet by stepping in the water to get out. I didn’t pee in my shoes LOL. I tried to splash some others with the ore but was told not to because nobody wanted to get wet. I was riding back in someone else’s van so would have gotten the seats all wet.

I hope all of my experiences not getting wet when I could have motivates you to just take the plunge. I am a very shy person and hate attention. I have learned to overcome this and have less problems getting wet in front of others now. Though I still have to fight my brain. The more I do this the easier it becomes. Most people say nothing. It is really not that big of a deal that we make it into. Yeah you are not suppose to get your clothes wet but its just a not suppose to. Kind of like going over the speed limit or mowing the lawn in the rain. As long as you are not harming anyone no one really cares.

If I think of another one (probably will) I will add it.

Follow Ups:

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