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)
katie_bby 0
it's better than drowning in a puddle.
RazorbladeSmiles 0
I don't know how to swim, either.
nomei 0
I was in a similar boat as the oldest you could be to take a swimming class but the kids I were with weren't even 5. The oldest was 4.
medfoe 1
Hey, that could actually be pretty fun, if you're confident about the whole thing and could laugh it off. Maybe you could even make a new friend (your instructor), and years later you'll both laugh about this.
ozymandias_fml 0
Just take a private lesson, at that point. They typically only cost $10/hour or so.
jackc413 0
i dont get why peoplee cant swim and need swiming lesons unless they are disabled. i never swam in my life untill i was five and i went to a public pool and used comon sence to figure out how to swim. i tough myself how to swim in 2 hours aat 5 years old
mariepastyglue 30
You are clearly lying and your whole life until you were five WOW really all four years.!! You surely can't swim, you can't even spell, so go teach yourself how to do that now, it's fast and more valuable than knowing how to swim!!
redbeater 5
Don't be so scared. Humans are born knowing how to swim.
mmonster 0
YDI if you still listen to what you're mom has to say and your some old lady out of HIGH SCHOOL.
klynhunter 0
Gotta love all the mature adults calling you a kid. Ignore them, and have fun knowing you have better things to do in life than to bash people for having problems. Good luck!
ackumm 0
to everybody that said why didn't the mother take him when he was younger...he was terrified of the ******* water!