Damsel, you just joined the long list of people that all have pointed out that I was being too hard on the guy and my rant was out of line. We're past that.
I realize that you are a vastly more experienced diver than I am but I'm a bit offended at your remarks. I have been training very hard every week in the crappiest conditions imaginable, both day and night to condition myself to be "aware of my surroundings and my buddies." In my opinion, and the opnions of the people I dive with, I perform those skills very well.
However, I have already admitted that I was beyond upset over what this guy was doing. When my wife grabbed my fin and yanked me to the surface, it happened almost instantly. Excuse me if I didn't glance at my dive computer as I was abruptly yanked upside down and taken on a ride to the surface.
As far as keeping tabs on my buddy (in this case my wife) goes, I constantly turn and check on my buddy regardless of who it is. As I mentioned earlier, her favorite position is above, and behind me. She does it because she is nervous that something on the bottom is going to "jump out and get her". Since I want her to be comfortable and get over her anxiety on her own, I don't push the issue although I don't like it. Incidently, I didn't notice that she was having any bouancy issues earlier when she was signalling she's "OK" and she made no attempt to let me know of any problems prior to her runaway ascent.
And I'm not sure what you tbough I meant when I said "deal with" the issue. To me, "dealing with" an issue is talking about it. And forgive me if I'm a little sensitive about the issue because my left arm hasn't been feeling right all morning, I'm going to have my self checked out by a doctor today.
Not to mention I'm a little "wound up" after asking her if she was feeling any symptoms of DCI and her response was "Why do you want to know? What's the worse that could happen? Why do you want to go to the doctor? Won't the bubbles just go away on thier own?"
There was no, "I hope everything is OK", a "I should get myself checked out", or even an "I'm sorry".
Why am I even talking about this?