Just like to add this to this thread -
I recently went out diving with a group of people I hadn't been diving with before (except my buddy). A couple of the girls were openly staring at my stomach (why did they have to stare? It's not exactly well hidden
) and generally making nasty comments (loud enough for me to hear, with a hood on).
To be honest I didn't really care, but my buddy was being really sweet, asking me if I was ok and telling me not to listen to them. Bit hard at that decibel!
To cut a long story short, once we were in the water it was a different story. These girls have more dives than me, but they sucked! At one point one of them was clinging onto my arm because her buoyancy was terrible, as was her buddy's. Back at the shore I had to help them carry thier equipment because it was too heavy! Needless to say they were pretty much laughed at by the rest of the guys, who had heard their previous comments.
And I got bought a few drinks back at the pub.
Moral of the story - the best thing an overweight diver can do is dive to the best of their ability. Blow them away under the water and at the surface nobody will care what you look like.
Nauticalbutnice :fruit:
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