Soooo, I really really REALLY want to get a mermaid tail. I've been recommended to get one from magictail.de.
My mom thinks they are too expensive and that I'd have nowhere to swim with them. We live in an old apartment building which doesn't have a pool. There are a few public pools in town, but in the summer they are very busy and don't allow floaties or noodles, so I doubt they'd allow mermaid tails, but I will call and ask anyways to be sure. She also claims that the tails are too dangerous to swim in, especially in lakes and oceans where there is sometimes an undertow and I need to be able to stand in the water. She also says if I swam in public with them, I would be the laughing stock of the pool.
I really need help convincing her to get one for me. My birthday is this sunday, I will be turning 14, and this is something I've only just recently become interested in. I really want one and I'm not quite sure how to convince her. She thinks the ones at magictail are expensive, but she hasn't seen the prices at other places like mertailor etc. I wonder whether the other prices will upset her or push her more towards the "buying line."
What I need help with:
I need people who can tell me mermaid-friendly places to swim in the chicago area that are safe and not super far. Also, if people could link me to or come up with some sort of argument to convince my mom they aren't dangerous. I've talked to plenty of people who say they are fun, awesome, and easy to swim in. I probably wouldn't go to the ocean with it, but I was thinking of swimming at pools and the shallower areas of Lake Michigan. Please help!
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