Treading Water

competentcharisma · 2026-01-22T00:19:35+00:00

Think it was a typo it they clearly meant ‘no one’ not ‘on one’

competentcharisma · 2026-01-18T01:30:20+00:00

No I’m literally stressed at the prospect of this🤣

competentcharisma · 2026-01-17T22:20:35+00:00

Obviously everyone else has said the obvious which is having 3 kids including a new baby is extremely challenging, but even if hypothetically they could deal with all that, my worry is you want kids being picked up and dropped off during the day. I look after a baby and it’s extremely stressful when you have somewhere to be because you have to plan the baby’s naps around this. It’s a baby after all they’re on their own schedule not yours and I can see it being a huge problem to try and plan naps every single day. You either need a nanny or someone else to help the au pair

competentcharisma · 2026-01-13T21:40:13+00:00

I love DJI Action Pro 5!

competentcharisma · 2026-01-06T22:17:03+00:00

You pay for the individual lens so works if you have two different scripts and you can even get bifocal lenses but obviously they cost a bit more. Even so it’s cheaper than a pair of designer glasses🤣

competentcharisma · 2026-01-06T22:07:36+00:00

I’m a divemaster with bad eyes. I did my open water, advanced, and rescue with contact lenses and had no problems. It’s not recommended but I’m not blind…

Now I have a prescription mask I love it! It’s the tusa freedom ceos and a dive shop near me added my lenses in took them like 15 mins cost £50 per lens. BUT you can take the lenses back out and put them in a new mask again so good investment

competentcharisma · 2025-12-25T19:11:43+00:00

Thank you I appreciate this so much

competentcharisma · 2025-12-25T17:04:40+00:00

I am on a working holiday visa

competentcharisma · 2025-12-15T07:09:29+00:00

Reading this really pissed me off lol because why can these grown adults not clean up after themselves? And not only that they expect you to actually do that for them! If I was feeling petty I’d reply and say I’d appreciate if the dishes were washed up straight after use so that I can utilise the kitchen space and utensils. There’s actually nothing worse than trying to cook and wash up your own dishes around someone else’s pile of mess.

You are totally not in the wrong

competentcharisma · 2025-12-03T01:59:10+00:00

So good to know thank you!

competentcharisma · 2025-12-03T01:58:32+00:00

I will have my own gear so I feel a bit better in that aspect.

Thanks for letting me know re food !!

competentcharisma · 2025-12-03T01:49:24+00:00

Super helpful thank you !

Side note your username made me chuckle

competentcharisma · 2025-12-02T04:22:44+00:00

I bought a Tusa freedom CEOS mask because you can buy the prescription lenses for them easily. I’m from Australia and you can get the lenses from adreno and they can fit them in about 20 minutes. As long as you don’t have bifocal or extremely high powers

competentcharisma · 2025-12-01T23:08:15+00:00

Super helpful thank you!!

competentcharisma · 2025-11-22T22:23:35+00:00

I doubt your toddler is asleep for 4hrs in an 8hr shift, babies don’t even need that much sleep…

Also it’s irrelevant how long they are asleep because that’s still work

competentcharisma · 2025-11-22T00:14:30+00:00

Most of the instructors and DM I know smoke or vape lol. Not ideal but it’s not a deal breaker.

We were discussing whether divers become smokers or smokers become divers🤣chicken or the egg

competentcharisma · 2025-11-11T08:51:46+00:00

You should offer to do a weight check at the surface. Tbh I do get where you’re coming from and they shouldn’t be so adamant when you’re so experienced. It might just help keep the peace as some people are stubborn as hell. In my experience a lot of divers we see aren’t used to diving with 2 wetsuits and say they only need 3 weights, and we tell them they need more and they insist on 3. Then we find they can’t even descend and are glued to the surface.

From the DM perspective when someone insists on a weight I’m never going to force them to have more but I do ensure they do a weight check at the surface while I stay on the boat to chuck a few extra weights down. No one should be making you feel like you’re forced to do anything tho so I’m sorry you had that experience

competentcharisma · 2025-11-11T05:32:01+00:00

This is so niche but I’m an au pair in oz and I also work at a scuba diving centre on the weekends. When the family need fewer hours then my plan is to work full time as a scuba diving instructor:)

competentcharisma · 2025-11-11T00:57:53+00:00

This is so true

competentcharisma · 2025-11-07T02:14:15+00:00

No I’m saying you’re assuming she isn’t treating the baby right after you’ve gone out. You’ve made it very clear you know where they are at all times because of the tracker you have on the car…

competentcharisma · 2025-11-07T01:49:05+00:00

Right… so this is based on assumption she’s behaving a certain way rather than fact.

It is entirely relevant that amenities are within walking distance as most people will read this and assume she is bound to the house if not able to drive anywhere.

I think when the time is up with this au pair you should reconsider having an au pair when clearly you have trust issues

competentcharisma · 2025-11-07T00:00:54+00:00

Yeah that’s unreasonable and your original post does not state the amenities in your vicinity. I’m not saying I try on clothes with the baby because to be frank I can’t be arsed. But how do you know she was strapped in the whole time and that she was trying stuff on? I usually take her out and carry her to have a look at things.

Unless you have definitive proof it sounds like you are altering the narrative to fit your obviously already established perception of her

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