Had an interesting discussion with my dive buddy (wife) last night and it surprised me. We are planning our next trip back and she commented how nervous she was on our first trip. She said it worried her diving without a dive master, wondering if we would have trouble finding our way back to our entry point and what would she do in an emergency situation. It was an enlightening conversation. She stated it greatly improved her confidence and made her a better dive buddy and diver in general. We are totally dependent on each other and we have no safety line to done fall back on. We communicated better underwater, watched each other more, did a better buddy check before, during and after a dive. Yes we always found our exit, yes we all did survive a dive emergency and yes we are both better and safer dive buddies. There is incredible dive freedom but it comes with more dive responsibility. Has anyone else experienced this? Bill and Deedee (dive buddies for life)