krukster86
Contributor
I was a middle aged couples instabuddy (group of 3) for one day of my last dive trip since my dive buddy/wife got food poisoning the night before.
I definitely got squared up for my new wetsuit and my quiet demeanor before the dive (I am rather quiet person myself). The husband made it clear that he was concerned that my air consumption rate might cut their dive short. No big deal, I made it clear that I would just trail them nice and slow and help point out critters. I went over the plan with them and asked about what hand signals they use for communicating air pressure and the like. Dive went very well. My air consumption matched the husbands, and I had to purge his wifes BCD because she wasnt descending and couldnt find the purge valve. On the flipside, I was concerned that his wife didnt have her own computer and she told me oh he takes care of that stuff for me.
---------- Post added April 14th, 2014 at 03:10 PM ----------
What do you guys mean by “I am leery of the quiet types”?
I suck at small talk. When I am an insta-buddy, I will engage in conversation to go over hand signals/communication or the dive plan, otherwise I keep to myself. I am not one to start talking about “the local sports team” with you until we reach the dive site.
I definitely got squared up for my new wetsuit and my quiet demeanor before the dive (I am rather quiet person myself). The husband made it clear that he was concerned that my air consumption rate might cut their dive short. No big deal, I made it clear that I would just trail them nice and slow and help point out critters. I went over the plan with them and asked about what hand signals they use for communicating air pressure and the like. Dive went very well. My air consumption matched the husbands, and I had to purge his wifes BCD because she wasnt descending and couldnt find the purge valve. On the flipside, I was concerned that his wife didnt have her own computer and she told me oh he takes care of that stuff for me.
---------- Post added April 14th, 2014 at 03:10 PM ----------
What do you guys mean by “I am leery of the quiet types”?
I suck at small talk. When I am an insta-buddy, I will engage in conversation to go over hand signals/communication or the dive plan, otherwise I keep to myself. I am not one to start talking about “the local sports team” with you until we reach the dive site.