Today, I had to go take swimming lessons because my mom has a fear I'll drown and I'm totally afraid of swimming anyway and never get anywhere near water. My instructor? A high school classmate of mine. My fellow swimming classmates? 5 and 6 year old kids. FML
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Today, my mom signed me up for a swimming class to show my sister there's nothing to be afraid of. Considering I'm 17, I assumed I'd be in an advanced class. Instead, I get to spend summer blowing bubbles in the shallow end with four-year-olds as my little sister cheers me on from the steps. FML
Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML
Today, my dad taught me how to swim. I had to keep doing a lot of strange movements to keep my body floating. While doing that, two 8-year-old girls came and asked me if i needed help getting out of the water. I'm a 20 year old guy. FML
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
Today, I learned a valuable lesson: Make sure you learn to swim at a very young age, or else you might end up a in a swimming class with a bunch 3 and 4 year-olds, taught by your crush. FML
Today, I told my mom I was going swimming with friends. She told me, in front of them, not to go into the deep end unless there was an adult around because I'm not old enough to swim on my own. I'm 19. FML
Today, I got a concussion while teaching a kid how to be a safe and cautious swimmer. FML
Today, I was working as a swim instructor for kids. Teaching them not to be afraid of the water, I put my face in the water and blew bubbles. I asked them to try it. All of them did, except for one. I went right to him and blew bubbles again. He then said to me, "But I just peed in that water." FML
Today, a kid I taught to swim became my new boss, at the pool that I have worked at for nine years. FML
Today, I decided to go swimming. I knew my technique would be off because I haven't swam since high school. It was when I made it only halfway across the pool that the lifeguard decided to jump in and save me. I wasn't drowning or struggling. FML
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VegasMade702 0
You're in high school and you write like a 4th grader. I think your mom should spend that swimming money on a tutor instead.
papertigers_fml 0
you could have said "swimming" a few more times you know
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Comments (136)
00754chan 0
That first sentence could have been 3 sentences. You should ask your mum to worry more about your english skills, rather than your swimming skills.
Hazza_69 1
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AlexNeenan 0
YDI for being in high school and NOT KNOWING HOW TO SWIM?!?!?!? Honestly, I just don't get how someone could never have learned that. I think it falls somewhere between walking and riding a bike on the list of things every person should learn to do.
that_guy_you_are 0
Stop clogging up the internet and just drown already.
itsgen 16
dam 93 get a life its not our fault you dnt have one and im sure NO ONE HERE wants to hear ur stupid lives story like for reals SHUT THE F**K UP!!!
coopcas 0
I took 4 years of swimming lessons but still can't do it. I can flounder and splash, but I barely stay afloat. So I can relate. (:
applecake 0
Don't feel bad, I don't know how to swim either, and I'm 21
pianogoddess 0
YDI, you could have signed up for an adult class. Actually most places, where swim lessons are offered, won't place a high school student in a class with pre-school children (sounds suspicious to me)
xFaust_fml 12
Well that's a good thing you decided to learn, it can be really useful (like, saving your life, for instance...). Don't worry, it's not a big deal learning in highschool. I'm scared of water too. No need to be ashamed.
outoftheblue16 0
Don't worry. If you don't know how to swim, you need to learn. You should have taken the lessons earlier. Your classmate is a loser if he makes fun of you for it.