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28. My son was a water baby at the YMCA. I wanted to go swimming and my husband was out of town. So, I

Mon Jul 10, 2023, 02:43 PM

Jul 2023

thought I could take the baby with me and hold him as I walked in the pool, He had to have been 6 to 8 weeks old. She told me to go under the water and watch. She went down and let go of the baby and he swam to the top on his own. She told me that babies lose that ability. I was scared shitless and left. Later he joined another Y and began the swimming program at 2. At three he was diving off of the board. Their program ended at 5 years and he was not into team swimming. But I never had to be afraid of him around water.

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Have you ever gone skinny dipping? I have never gone skinny dipping but know friends that have. [View all] debm55 Jul 2023 OP

Yes about 40 years ago! MLAA Jul 2023 #1

Yes, in Lake Superior. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #2

Thanks, debm55 Jul 2023 #10

Thanks,---- debm55 Jul 2023 #11

SURE have, 'many' years ago in summer camp. elleng Jul 2023 #3

Thanks debm55 Jul 2023 #12

Hell Yeah! jpak Jul 2023 #4

Why did the cops run out? debm55 Jul 2023 #6

Sooo many times lol Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #5

OH my---------- debm55 Jul 2023 #7

More like chunky dunking when I was a kid. we can do it Jul 2023 #8

Thanks --- debm55 Jul 2023 #13

Many times. pandr32 Jul 2023 #9

I think I could do that. debm55 Jul 2023 #14

Go for it! pandr32 Jul 2023 #39

Yes, when young. highplainsdem Jul 2023 #15

Thanks--- debm55 Jul 2023 #17

Yes. A rather large group of us went jaybird in Lake Lanier a long time ago. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #16

For me, it would have to be some place romantic and alone. I vagualy remember at college in the debm55 Jul 2023 #18

I got to thinking about all the bacteria and had to go. Solly Mack Jul 2023 #20

I understand what you mean. The camp my husband took me to had a built in pool. They also had nude debm55 Jul 2023 #23

A favorite memory, swimming in park lake and running naked with cowboy boots on as police spotlights Silent Type Jul 2023 #19

That's funny. debm55 Jul 2023 #21

!959-1960, middle school (junior high) ... sanatanadharma Jul 2023 #22

That is odd. We had coed swim and safety classes in 10th grade -1970-1971, Boys wore speedos which debm55 Jul 2023 #24

I live in NE FL where water, streams, ponds, lakes, rivers, etc. are extreely common. lark Jul 2023 #25

Bless you lark. I hope you are doing better. debm55 Jul 2023 #27

Yes, it took a long time but I got there and am doing well. lark Jul 2023 #57

Once. My daughter's house. I went out very early and swam. She was very upset, not by my CTyankee Jul 2023 #66

Yes. Yes I have. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #26

My son was a water baby at the YMCA. I wanted to go swimming and my husband was out of town. So, I debm55 Jul 2023 #28

Several times each week! RainCaster Jul 2023 #29

Wow, that sounds wounderful. debm55 Jul 2023 #30

Oh, the shark bites .... usonian Jul 2023 #31

yes.yes.yes. But my place where I attemped was up in the mountains of Central PA debm55 Jul 2023 #34

Glad you didn't encounter those vicious rainbow trout! usonian Jul 2023 #37

Oh my------I don't like critters where I am swimming--- debm55 Jul 2023 #38

Just once, as a child, in our backyard pool Mad_Dem_X Jul 2023 #32

Mad. that is cute, debm55 Jul 2023 #35

Nope. Aristus Jul 2023 #33

Funny, me too. The people at the club --you could tell that they worked out.That's why I wore my debm55 Jul 2023 #36

NM has so many beautiful warm springs where most everyone is naked womanofthehills Jul 2023 #40

That sounds wonderful. I was in NM but it was a tour. debm55 Jul 2023 #41

Yep, with a few others when I was in my 20's. LuckyCharms Jul 2023 #42

Lucky, there are a lot of things we did in our 20's. debm55 Jul 2023 #45

Twice. At a lake in Vermont and a beach in San Francisco IcyPeas Jul 2023 #43

Icy, I would feel funny skinny dipping in front of my brother too. In old Japan, the whole family debm55 Jul 2023 #46

30 plus some years ago I was not uncomfortable with my body. Niagara Jul 2023 #44

Niagara, I missed you. I was getting worried. I would probably swim nude in a swimming pool but not debm55 Jul 2023 #47

Thank you, Debbie! Niagara Jul 2023 #50

My two times ended with the police getting involved Kaleva Jul 2023 #48

Kaleva, why would the police get involved? Was it for nudity in public? debm55 Jul 2023 #49

In college. LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #51

I'm glad you had fun even for 45 minutes. debm55 Jul 2023 #52

There's a nude beach in NJ Polybius Jul 2023 #53

Silly you.---- debm55 Jul 2023 #54

Yes. malthaussen Jul 2023 #55

Yes! Every morning one summer a lot of years ago Rorey Jul 2023 #56

Early morning in Canada. Must have been very cold. debm55 Jul 2023 #60

Yes, it was! Rorey Jul 2023 #62

Sure. Harker Jul 2023 #58

Harker, you are a nudist? or naturalist? debm55 Jul 2023 #61

Just casual. Harker Jul 2023 #63

Check out Floyd's skinny dipping thread. debm55 Jul 2023 #59

I've posted some of my skinny dipping adventures here on DU and even a photo or two. hunter Jul 2023 #64

Oh hunter, that is funny but embarrassing for you. debm55 Jul 2023 #65