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Yeah, I learned my uncle was an asshole and my dad had to save me (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] MomoGajo@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I got lessons as soon as feasible due to this. My grandpa did this to my mom and now even in her 60s she can't go past her waist without visibly panicking.

[–] doctordevice@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

There is a home video of me when I was like 6 happily swimming around in a lake with my family, equipped with flotation devices. I was having a great time, laughing and clearly enjoying myself.

Then my grandfather comes and forcibly removes all of my flotation devices and drags me out deep to force me to swim back to "teach" me how to swim. The whole time I was being dragged out I was shouting "No! No! Not like this!"

It's a wonder I don't have a fear of water.