I'm 27 years old,... and I can't swim.

[NeoAaronX]

And I almost died twice from this,.... you think I would learn,...

Anybody else out there my age and can't swim?

 

[sonambulo]

I grew up around water bro. I learned to swim when I was 5.

 

[shortylickens]

29.
Been taking lessons since I was 5 or 6.

When I joined the Navy I was amazed at all the guys who couldnt.

 

[Modelworks]

We lived across from a river. Everyone in my family could swim . Swinging out over the river on a rope attached to a tree then jumping off is a ton of fun. Think I might just go back next year, its been a while.

 

[buck]

Since I was a few months old.

Well I have been surfing since I was in my dads sack.

 

[necine]

I'm from Jersey... Yeah I can swim, lol.

 

[darkxshade]

No but I do know how to float.

 

[Snapster]

29 and I can swim. I think it's an important life skill that I will make sure my children have.

 

[JohnCU]

i can swim

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: buck
Since I was a few months old.

Well I have been surfing since I was in my dads sack.

:shocked:

What the....

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: NeoAaronX
And I almost died twice from this,.... you think I would learn,...

Anybody else out there my age and can't swim?

What I think is someone is going to give Darwin another nomination.

 

[Cattlegod]

Are you black? A lot of my black friends can't swim.

 

[Paladin3]

Originally posted by: NeoAaronX
And I almost died twice from this,.... you think I would learn,...

Anybody else out there my age and can't swim?

Unless you are very skinny, the human body is at least somewhat buoyant. I scuba and free dive and even without a wetsuit I need to wear my weight belt to avoid fighting my body's natural buoyancy on the way down.

At least learn to relax and be comfortable enough in water to let your body float so you don't have near drowning incident #3.

 

[NeoAaronX]

Originally posted by: AlienCraft

Originally posted by: NeoAaronX
And I almost died twice from this,.... you think I would learn,...

Anybody else out there my age and can't swim?

What I think is someone is going to give Darwin another nomination.

Well,.. what should I do? I think I'm too old to learn now,... all the swimming classes are taught by teenage girls,.. I'm not sure how I'll feel with them teaching me to swim,... lol,.. you know?

 

[blackdogdeek]

i took lessons when i was 8 with my brother who was 5.

my daughter is 5 now and we started her on lessons 2 years ago. we'll probably start the 2 year old on lessons next summer after she turns 3.

 

[NeoAaronX]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
Are you black? A lot of my black friends can't swim.

LOL,... I wanted to say that I'm not black in my first post,... but I didn't want to piss anyone off,...

 

[BarneyFife]

I didn't learn until I was 17 in high school swim class. Only like 2 of us out of 20 couldn't swim. I have to say that I expected ridicule going into swimming class but everyone was suprisingly nice.

 

[miketheidiot]

I can swim but i sink like a rock.

thats what i get for being really skinny

 

[XZeroII]

of course.

 

[TheWart]

Swam and played Water Polo in hs and college, so that is a yes.

However, on the first day of water polo tryouts in highschool I thought I was going to die, haha. Before that I had only ever goofed around in my grandparent's pool or briefly flailed around in the ocean....

 

[BW86]

I live on a canal so I've been swimming since I was like 4

 

[Bateluer]

Yes. I'm no Olympic swimmer, but I can tread water easily enough and propel myself in a desired direction. I always thought some type of swimming ability was pretty much instinctive.

 

[Gothgar]

I've been swimming forever, like 3 or 4

My daughter at 4 can swim fine

 

[her209]

If humans were meant to swim, they'd have gills.

And, no, I can't swim.

 

[ballmode]

learn how to swim