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)
thinkpink 0
#4: Ever heard of the deep end????? As in, most pools have one. #69: What the hell does the OP's name have to do with if the story is true or not? This story EASILY sounds like it could be true, and she logically put her name as cantswim. A lot of people make a funny screen name to go with their story.
funnyyy 0
how old are you..?
SuperSpore 0
#17: You fail. IQ is determined by taking the average number of questions anwsered correctly by people of the same age and dividing it by yours and then multiplying it by 100.
walk_in_memphis 0
awww i'm sorry. i had this happen to me, sorta. i was 15 and took a dance class...i was a beginner so i was with 7-year-olds. maybe get private lessons?
Dallas_fml 0
I learned to swim on my own. But don't feel bad about not knowing how to swim, this girl in my biology class can't ride a bike, and shes 17.
sublime93 0
The above commenters are such assholes We get it, its written horriblyy get over it & move on
texxxasissouth 0
How did you not figure out how to swim? Have you never watched someone swim before? It's not that hard to figure out on your own.... YDI
at0micmin3r 23
Omg, he wrote Swimming three times! Call the grammar police! Please, this is FML, not an online class for an english major. Dude, I feel for you. But you really should learn how to swim. But man, the embarrassment! D:
Cantabguy 0
I find it really hard to understand that so many people here haven't learned how to swim as a child. I learned how to swim before I learned how to walk, and although that is clearly non-typical I can't believe people can leave childhood without this basic skill. Obviously many people don't require it in their everyday life, but if you happen to end up in a large body of water in some accident it can save your life. Besides, swimming is natural and instinctual. Almost all mammals can swim, including humans, and the only reason people can't swim is because they panic. People naturally float, and the doggy paddle is slow but easy. Having said that, I can understand the humiliation of not knowing a childhood skill. I'm 20, and I cannot ride a bike. This isn't because I didn't learn when I was a child, it's because I can't balance well unless I'm on my own two feet as part of another condition. This is especially annoying as my university is famous for the widespread use of bicycles by the students, and even though I am physically incapable of riding a bike I have suffered some humiliation for it.
Dorque 0
Time to get over your fear, and over your... I don't know... embarrassment of learning alongside people younger than you are. It's something you're going to have to get used to in life. Sorry, OP, but grow up.