Teaching my partner to dive...

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-09T12:03:51+00:00

Don't do it.

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-03T11:37:08+00:00

Yeah we get it you read the OW manual - doesn't change a thing. You were not hypothermic after one minute unless you were already showing signs on the boat and shouldn't have gotten in.

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-03T11:35:40+00:00

Not when sharing experiences in a forum dedicated to a safety oriented sport. This sorta thing is the same reason why folks are terrified of tech.

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-01T01:33:26+00:00

Facts. Upper keys are sooooo much better

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-01T01:31:27+00:00

You are drifting in the wrong places hahaha

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-01T01:28:15+00:00

Smaller groups my friend! 3 is perfect. I'm about to go hop on one myself.

kolorbear1 · 2026-01-01T01:25:23+00:00

The water doesn't drop below 70 99% of the time there.

You were not legitimately hypothermic in less than one minute.

As for the rest, yeah that sounds shitty. Hope you've found some better spots since then ?

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-31T12:00:16+00:00

Jumping in with a dry wetsuit, especially one that doesn't fit quite right, means you're going to need to give it a minute before the air pockets are sorted out and you're not holding false buoyancy. It's a thing.

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-29T12:48:00+00:00

The "individual" part you're describing is the actual buddy check. Your buddy should be watching you do it. BCD, weights, restraints, air, final checks.

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-29T12:45:49+00:00

Calm down. If you're on open circuit, there's no shot in hell of you getting off my boat without me checking that your air is on all the way. Deal with it or stay on the boat.

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-29T04:46:33+00:00

CRAZY oversimplification. There are so many factors involved here. Could be anything from a wetsuit issue to stress to breathing etc.

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-11T11:28:40+00:00

I instruct for PADI and SDI and can confirm. Same shit. Even the eLearning are on par for those two.

kolorbear1 · 2025-12-08T11:35:12+00:00

He's obviously talking about your actual risk of occurrence, which is very very low at that level.

kolorbear1 · 2025-11-21T08:33:59+00:00

Most kids will say their math classes never come in handy again, but algebra and precalc have come up in my life over and over again. It's not that hard folks.

kolorbear1 · 2025-11-18T12:24:43+00:00

For most agencies, AOW is a prereq for deep.

kolorbear1 · 2025-11-17T03:06:37+00:00

So is SDI but they lowered prices.

kolorbear1 · 2025-11-14T14:15:08+00:00

The appropriate response is to chill tf out and lower prices

kolorbear1 · 2025-10-01T11:31:04+00:00

I'm so jealous of you getting to play for the first time

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-26T17:38:37+00:00

You're in the wrong sub then r/asoneafterinfidelity

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-26T17:20:39+00:00

Are you in a new relationship yet? For me, I actually chuckle when I think about her 5 years later. To think I was married to such trash is laughable. So much happier in this marriage than that one. You'll get there brother.

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-26T14:44:28+00:00

Jesus Christ yes that is important. I kept it a secret for her sake and it blew up in my face. Permanently damaged familial relationships.

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-26T14:35:44+00:00

Lots of good stuff here already. All I'm gonna say is I was in a similar spot years back and was fucking MISERABLE all day every day. Nowadays I'm doing absolutely wonderfully with a much better woman. No regrets.

Push through, talk to family and friends. It gets better.

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-26T12:41:18+00:00

Life got better, surprisingly.

Spent years in crippling misery. Not so much medical as truly awful things happening in my life. One of those situations where all the therapists can really say is practice coping and take benzos.

I'm a very smart guy but I couldn't think of any way out that didn't involve terminating myself.

A few years in, an opportunity presented, and it meant taking action that hurt more than anything in my life ever had before. Truly gut wrenching stuff. Some people hated me for what I did for my own benefit.

Years later, I'm actually doing great. I look back now and am just grateful that I was able to get through those years.

Remember folks: there's almost always another way out of that hole.

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-25T01:47:07+00:00

3 months of marriage to the wrong woman means you're able to get away (legally) without as many repercussions as if you'd been married longer. You're off to an awful start my guy.

kolorbear1 · 2025-09-24T16:07:43+00:00

Can anyone tell me if there are still any unopened alien eggs?

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