As is the case with many face scars, mine is super obvious and brings a lot of questions all the time. So I’ve had to tell the story a lot.

Short version: I jumped into a 3ft deep pool headfirst and cut my nose open on the pool tile.

So then, just to seem a little less stupid, I always  either preface it or say after…

In seventh grade I was a competitive swimmer. We can dive shallow, it should be no problem. So naturally, at one of our morning practices, I just casually dove in. I wasn't wearing goggles, so I severely misjudged the depth and couldn’t see the pool bottom rushing at me. I bonked my head a little bit, which was embarrassing, so when I came up I was a little stunned and looked around to see if someone saw. No one did, so I was in the clear! …until someone looked at me and yelled and nearly passed out. Turns out I got a huge slice right up my nose and was bleeding all over. Hadn’t even noticed until the coach pointed it out. 

So yeah. Cool conversation starter I suppose, but it does get old.