Should I be in the water?

Thanks for all your input so far guys. From the replies I got so far even
from other scuba forums, the majority feel that it should be up to the
instructor and more than likely, I should not be there. And it shouldn't be
my girlfriend's decision since she's not the instructor.

We are planning to do the open water dives in Key Largo. So if I'm asked to
keep a distance from the class, then I'll go dive the Spiegal Grove while
she's doing her session. I heard the Spiegal is an awesome dive ;)

And yeah, my girlfriend's hot looking - hahaha

Clint

Free Spirit Gallery
http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca

"Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all your input so far guys. From the replies I got so far even
> from other scuba forums, the majority feel that it should be up to the
> instructor and more than likely, I should not be there. And it shouldn't
be
> my girlfriend's decision since she's not the instructor.

So if her instructor said it was ok, but she didn't want you there, then
you'd show up?
After all, "it shouldn't be my girlfriend's decision".

Dennis
>
> We are planning to do the open water dives in Key Largo. So if I'm asked
to
> keep a distance from the class, then I'll go dive the Spiegal Grove while
> she's doing her session. I heard the Spiegal is an awesome dive ;)
>
> And yeah, my girlfriend's hot looking - hahaha
>
> Clint
>
> Free Spirit Gallery
> http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca
>
>

In article <j3mad.54084$BH4.405963@weber.videotron.net>, Clint
<pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote:
From the replies I got so far even from other scuba forums, the
majority feel that it should be up to the instructor and more than
likely, I should not be there. And it shouldn't be my girlfriend's
decision since she's not the instructor.

Oh, good, he doesn't know how to listen, either.

€ And yeah, my girlfriend's hot looking - hahaha

She won't be yours for long.

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

In article <kvaad.19801$BH4.36728@weber.videotron.net>, Clint
<pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote:

€ I am a NAUI certified Master and Rescue diver. I finally got my girlfriend
€ to take a course in getting certified. When she takes her open water dive
€ tests, should I be in the water with her? Will my presence make her feel
€ more secure or the opposite, more anxious?
€
€ Clint
€
€

At my daughter's request, I accompanied her on her last NAUI training
dive in La Jolla Cove. She had some problems with navigation and with a
second stage free flow. She surfaced, looking to me for advice and
help. I backed away and let her instructor get in her face (yes, get in
her face. Sometimes a little tough love is the best prescription) and
tell her to remember what she'd learned in class. At that moment, my
presence was a hinderance, not a help, and had I opened my mouth it
would have undermined the instructor even more. She went back down, got
herself sorted out, and finished the dive successfully.

If I could do it over again, I would stay on shore.

Alan

>Subject: Should I be in the water?
>From: "Clint" pepmax@videotron.ca
>

>I am a NAUI certified Master and Rescue diver. I finally got my girlfriend
>to take a course in getting certified. When she takes her open water dive
>tests, should I be in the water with her? Will my presence make her feel
>more secure or the opposite, more anxious?

Shouldn't you be asking your girlfriend these questions?

Capt. Bill

Following the hurricane in Cayman, I lost track of a couple SCUBA
friends there. If anyone has contact with Jamie Quesenberry or Tim
Hunt, please either send me their current contact info or send them my
address and tell 'em I'm looking for them!

Thanks,

Glenn Call
Rochester, NY
<call@rochester.rr.com>

>
> Shouldn't you be asking your girlfriend these questions?
>
> Capt. Bill

I'm not sure if my girlfriend would be the best person to ask since she' new
to diving. I like Alan's answer. How many of you have tried to teach your
significant other something whether it's scuba, skiing, whatever? Sometimes
maybe it's best to let somebody else with a purely professional relationship
do the teaching.

Clint

Free Spirit Gallery
http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca

In article <SoBad.53875$DH5.817830@wagner.videotron.net>, Clint
<pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote:

€ I'm not sure if my girlfriend would be the best person to ask since she' new
€ to diving.

[snicker]

Well, if you're right, and she's a fox, you're definitely headed down
the right path.

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

Well give me here tellephone number Ill figure it out for you bro.
John Stewart

"Clint" <pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:SoBad.53875$DH5.817830@wagner.videotron.net.. .
>
>>
>> Shouldn't you be asking your girlfriend these questions?
>>
>> Capt. Bill
>
> I'm not sure if my girlfriend would be the best person to ask since she'
> new to diving. I like Alan's answer. How many of you have tried to teach
> your significant other something whether it's scuba, skiing, whatever?
> Sometimes maybe it's best to let somebody else with a purely professional
> relationship do the teaching.
>
> Clint
>
> Free Spirit Gallery
> http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca
>

>Subject: Re: Should I be in the water?
>From: Jammer Six

>In article <SoBad.53875$DH5.817830@wagner.videotron.net>, Clint
><pepmax@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>€ I'm not sure if my girlfriend would be the best person to ask since she'
>new
>€ to diving.
>
>[snicker]
>
>Well, if you're right, and she's a fox, you're definitely headed down
>the right path.

I'm with jammer.

Capt. Bill