Does your significant other dive?

[speedhound]

My wife doesn't even like the shower splashing on her face, let alone dive. Still, along with there being no customers underwater, no cell-phones, calm peace and quiet, and being something I can spend my money on me for a change, it makes for another reason that I'm a scuba diver!
(I'm considering adding dive certification to the spec for the next one though!, LOL!)

 

[cudachaser]

My wife and I got married underwater in the Bahamas 27 years ago...I also was her dive instructor

 

[Surelyshirly]

I have been married 25 years and the secret I think is trust and respect. We dont have to go everywhere together and I dont worry about what he is doing when I am not with him.
We have made many friends this way. I played on a mens soccer team for several years because there were no womans teams and my husband would sit with the wives and girlfirends and watch games some evenings. These couples (and singles) have become great friends. But I do a lot of soccer stuff without him. He calls it my guys nite out.
My husband has bad ears and therefore will never be able to dive with me but he says he has no problems watching me from the beach and holding a seat for me at the bar when I get back.

 

[underachiever]

Yes she does. We got certified together in late March and have completed all 18 dives together. It has been a blast. We will be getting our AOW soon and will be headed down to the Keys (again) to dive the SG in about a month. I operate the camera most of the time while she looks for interesting subjects. She can find stuff better than me. Sometimes we hold hands as we slowly swim along. We had been talking about doing this for several years and finally took the plunge.

We are supposed to get interviewed by PADI this week at our LDS for something PADI is putting together.

 

[Amazon]

My hubby and I both dive. We got certified together.

 

[kchFLA]

My ex-husband and I had talked about getting certified but my work schedule made it very difficult to attend classes. My current job is more 9-5 so I was able to schedule classes, but he kicked me out of the house before I started the current job.

I decided to get certified on my own. It is hands down one of the best if not the best things I've ever done for myself.

Not sure if diving will be a requirement for a future SO but since diving appears to be the way I'm meeting people lately, the likelihood is probably greater.

 

[SNorman]

I just starting taking my OW class, and tried to get my wife to take it with me but no luck. She says she is too afraid. She is really accident prone too so I'm just going to accept her answer and not push her into something that might get her killed! I dunno.

 

[jcpol]

My wife and I learned to dive together. I took to the water like a fish. She, on the other hand, nearly panicked in 4 feet of water in the pool. I thought she'd never do it. The open water dive was almost as disatrous. Finally, on the 3rd dive, she relaxed and realized she wasn't going to die.

She now has nealry 40 dives under he weight belt, has been in 110 feet and has dived in the Keys, Cozumel, and BVI (also Texas quarries numerous times). She's even looking for sharks and barracuda. I am very proud of her efforts to conquer her fears. She is an excellent and safe diver.

The key is that SHE decided to conquer her fear...no one should push someone to dive. They have to want it.

 

[Spratman]

Nope....she's not interested. She likes to snorkel and was out with me and my son in Ft. Lauderdale two weeks ago.

I have made a swing over to tech diving and as with diveral, she doesn't like the idea of me out in the Atlantic on wrecks. However, she accepts it. On vacation, she does her thing and I dive. Then we do stuff together a couple of days.

It doesn't need to be all or else. My son wants to get certified and she's happy about that. We're going to Cancun the end of August and we are all going snorkeling over on Isla Mujeres.

 

[sandshaker]

Yes,.. My husband and I both dive. My son as well. My daughter not so much.