That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[Appellativo]

that awkward moment when your husband huffs (as he gently tosses three monofin/tails off the couch...)..."COUCHES are made for SITTING on.....!" :D

[Fun123joker]

the awkward moment when THE ONE TIME YOU HAVE A BF ON VALIENTINES DAY IS THE ONE TIME THE CON YOU BEEN PLANING ALL YEAR IS ON FEB 14
awkward moment when you think to make it up to him is to bring him to the local indoor pool on the 15th of febuary
awkward moment when you're trying to decide if you should bring your tail or not
awkward moment when you relised you havent told him that you are a mermaid yet.
im waiting til i get done with my newest fabric tail to tell him. my plan is to invite him over and "accidently" forgot to put away your tail
awkward moment when you never even started on said fabric tail
im a mess

[Fun123joker]

TAMW you're putting on your tail poolside and the lifeguard walks past, you smile at him but he refuses to look at you, instead one can hear him muttering "mermaid"!


the same thing happened to me but i was at a resort and instead of the life guard it was one of the security guards

[MermaidIndie]

That awkward moment when you've been mermaiding so much that you accidentally spill water on yourself and then fall thinking you have a tail


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

[MermaidMichelle]

That one is amazing, Indie! :mermaid kiss: It must be quite something (cool!) to be in that particular mindset!

[MermaidIndie]

It is but it turns into another awkward moment of trying to explain to whoevers around you what the hell your doing


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

[PearlieMae]

Never explain!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

the same thing happened to me but i was at a resort and instead of the life guard it was one of the security guards

He is one of the cutie lifeguards too! :lol::$

TAMW the parent(s) is more excited to see you than the kid(s).
TAMW the parent tells you they love mermaids but their kid(s) look terrified at seeing one in person!
TAMW the parent reaches over and touches your fluke, telling their kids, "Come on! She won't bite"
TAMW kid(s) goes to hide behind their parent!

[Mermaid Wesley]

Tamw my actual bra size is 30 FF or a 30DDDDD in us sizing. This is why I can't wear seashells. XD


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[PhaylennMurúch]

Tamw my actual bra size is 30 FF or a 30DDDDD in us sizing. This is why I can't wear seashells. XD


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this, all of this

I've thought about finding someone who could do a face sized shell in silicone (think about how heavy a real shell in our sizes would be!)

I saw a drawing of a curvy mer with jellyfish on her chest and it looked pretty cool, and in response to 'don't they sting you?' you can say 'does the anemone sting the clownfish?' and that'll explain everything to the littles :)


TAWM when a kid asks you why you have a necklace of scales (OMG still loving them, Pearlie!) and your oldest child pops his hip out and says "because my mum is a mermaid"

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one takes her tail off in the pool so she can go outside for a snack.
TAMW does not know what to do with her legs... What I thought, "Do I kick? Why I'm not staying afloat??"
TAMW one has to do a half arsed doggy paddle 30 cm to the pool ladder.

It was really a short distance and yet it was like I completely forgot how to swim without a tail!

[Mary Marine]

That awkward moment when your parents introduce you to people as "our daughter the mermaid." Or even more awkward, when your parents have already told them you are a mermaid and you later meet them and they first thing they say is, "Oh you're the mermaid! Nice to meet you."

Today my dad and I went to a little hole in the wall chinese food place he and my mom like that is owned by a lady with two little daughters. Since it's MLK Jr day they had off from school and were at the restaurant, so my dad introduced me. Coincidentally I was wearing my whale fin necklace, so the eldest asked me if I was wearing that because I'm a mermaid...which I was.

[PearlieMae]

this, all of this

I've thought about finding someone who could do a face sized shell in silicone (think about how heavy a real shell in our sizes would be!)

I saw a drawing of a curvy mer with jellyfish on her chest and it looked pretty cool, and in response to 'don't they sting you?' you can say 'does the anemone sting the clownfish?' and that'll explain everything to the littles :)


TAWM when a kid asks you why you have a necklace of scales (OMG still loving them, Pearlie!) and your oldest child pops his hip out and says "because my mum is a mermaid"

That's awesome! You just made my night! :D

(A face-sized shell, huh? I'll give it a shot. ;) )

[MermaidBrandie]

That's awesome! You just made my night! :D

(A face-sized shell, huh? I'll give it a shot. ;) )

Good luck, Pearlie!


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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tamw- I practically have to use acorns for a top [emoji24]

[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW one takes her tail off in the pool so she can go outside for a snack.
TAMW does not know what to do with her legs... What I thought, "Do I kick? Why I'm not staying afloat??"
TAMW one has to do a half arsed doggy paddle 30 cm to the pool ladder.

It was really a short distance and yet it was like I completely forgot how to swim without a tail!

That actually reminds me of a sad story from an early-90s issue of DRAGON magazine: a mermaid falls in love with a sailor and thus intentionally approaches and is caught in his nets, he enlists the help of a witch to turn the mermaid human, hostile sailors threaten the mermaid, and she jumps into the water to escape and promptly drowns because she can't swim without a tail!

Surgeon General's Warning: Those who live a mermaid's double-life should make ample use of both legs and tail, so as not to forget how to use any of them!

[PhaylennMurúch]

Tamw- I practically have to use acorns for a top [emoji24]

no tears my dear. Small busts can be an asset, I worry on a regular basis that my boobs will float out of my tops. You could literally wear one of my bra cups as a hat

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Lol I think you and your boobs are lovely

[Lily]

TAMW you get so excited just ordering supplies for making your tail that...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/c0/c9/e1c0c9d82d2bfb59bc558137e9ccf522.jpg

[Maethor]

TAMW you get so excited just ordering supplies for making your tail that...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/c0/c9/e1c0c9d82d2bfb59bc558137e9ccf522.jpg
Ahaha I love this!

[QueenZero]

TAMW you explain mertenders and wranglers to your mother, a concept she finds delightful, so she starts calling you a rat-tender and budgie-tender (the pets I currently have). Then she says it in front of your sister and..it just snowballs.
(While mertenders have their fair share of hardships, at least they don't have to put their mermaid in a shoebox to go to the vet once a month to get their incisors trimmed. :sweat drop:)

[QueenZero]

TAMW you get so excited just ordering supplies for making your tail that...

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e1/c0/c9/e1c0c9d82d2bfb59bc558137e9ccf522.jpg

Hahaha, yeah! PUKE WITH JOY! (That happens to me all the time)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW you go up to a lifeguard to squirrel a band aid from him because your monofin gave you blisters!

[Sherielle]

TAMW you tell a party princess business owner that you happen to have a mermaid tail and they get all excited and think you are going to sell it when you have to explain that, no, it's a package deal and you are the mermaid.
Then being basically ignored after that.

[SummerRogue]

TAMW you are swimming in your tail happily in a quiet pool then a load of school children come in and spot you, according to one boy I quote, 'You will die if you swim with jellyfish.' :/ So maybe he was psychic and I should never go near a jellyfish again, that said he also told me I could swim with sharks and be fine. I got a lot of are you a real mermaid? I of course said yes but then I had to wait until they had left before taking my tail off :)

[Talia]

TAMW you are swimming in your tail happily in a quiet pool then a load of school children come in and spot you, according to one boy I quote, 'You will die if you swim with jellyfish.' :/

Maybe he was thinking about that scene from Finding Nemo were the jellyfish hurt Dory (unnintentionally).

[SummerRogue]

Haha yeah


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[Princess Pearl]

That awkward moment when someone contacts you through Gig Salad, then contacts you through kijiji, and you're pretty dang sure is because they want to get various quotes.

[Mermaid Harmony]

Princess Pearl, that may not be why, they might just be trying to contact you, I had a lady once who emailed me, facebooked me, and gigsalad, I was like slow down, I got all of them, lets chat via email. So that might be why, but other times people shop around for different performers as well.

[Mermaid Alea]

I had an awkward moment when I went swimming in my monofin for the first time Friday...

That awkward moment when you are having fun swimming in your monofin, and you pause by the side of the pool to catch your breath before swimming to the other side again. Then all of a sudden a guy standing by the other lane turns and says, "Wow, you are like a fish!" Me: "Haha yep..."
Guy: "Yeah or like...a whale! *smiles happily*"
Me: "Haha uh yeah... :sweat drop: "

He wasn't trying to be a jerk or anything. I think he just didn't pick the right sea creature to compare me to. He should have said dolphin. Haha oh well I thought it was very funny, but awkward because I didn't expect him to say that.

[Fun123joker]

other people's mer-selfies

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my mer-selfies
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NOTE: you dont need to have special and expensive stuff to get good pictures so dont think this comic appies to you just because you dont have expensive equipment and or tail. it mostly applies to me

yeah i know its been awhile scince i posted another loserfish panel comic thing. my tablet broke and its gonna be awhile scince i get a new one. so most of them are going to be from my sketch book

edit: oh sorry if its too big

[MermaidMichelle]

It is funny and spot-on so far as I understand. Furthermore, I love Loser Fish! :mermaid kiss:

[Princess Pearl]

Princess Pearl, that may not be why, they might just be trying to contact you, I had a lady once who emailed me, facebooked me, and gigsalad, I was like slow down, I got all of them, lets chat via email. So that might be why, but other times people shop around for different performers as well.

Except that as soon as I mentioned I'd received messages from her on both platforms, I haven't heard from her since.


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[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is swimming face up just beneath the water surface, when one realizes she goes faster this way than at the bottom of the pool face down...:confused:
TAMW one looks back down her lane to see a trail of bubbles and wonders, "Is that from my swimming or the baby shampoo I put in my goggles?"
TAMW one is home relaxing, and her Mum looks at her feet and asks "Why do you come home each week with a band aid on the the same foot and toe?"

[Atlantisblue]

That awkward moment when you want to change pools and you have no one to carry you so you have to scoot your way over...

[Atlantisblue]

That awkward moment when your tail fills with air and you look like a puffer fish...

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one looks up youtube for "dolphin kick on back", "dolphin kick upside down", "mermaid swim upside down", and one finds no one else that swims her way.

[Mermaid Kelda]

Aiera does swim face-up briefly in her video :)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Aiera does swim face-up briefly in her video :)

Do you have link? I want to see if I'm doing it right.

[Mermaid Kelda]

This one here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdHVyPYb0Y

I haven't watched the other videos on her channel, but I'm sure they're worth a look too!

[Nyx]

Awkward (but awesome) moment when you are explaining to someone you just met that you are a mermaid and they won't believe you, but then everyone around you starts telling them "No she's serious . . . we aren't kidding, she has a tail"

[Mermaid Jaffa]

This one here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjdHVyPYb0Y

I haven't watched the other videos on her channel, but I'm sure they're worth a look too!
Thankyou!

... YES! I'm doing it right!:dance:

[Mermaid Leilani]

I can relate :rollover:

[Mermaid Leilani]

That moment when you drop your school books and your tail designs scatter everywhere for the entire class to see . . . :cry:

What's also awkward is when the people around you start making fun of it (or they where joking . . . I can't tell :sweat drop:)

[MermaidMichelle]

Depending on the nature of the joke (such as their asking if you are a real mermaid, saying your secret is out, speaking of your fishy friends, etc.) one way to reverse it is to receive the jokes with concerned seriousness, as though their suggestions are all true. Their reactions should be worthy of a laugh, and if they think you're crazy, the joke's on them!

(It is sort of like the person who enters a building full of people they don't know and asks, "What year is it?"
When the person receives an answer, s/he shouts (in their best Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future impression), "It worked!" Then s/he runs away, leaving the former audience to wonder what just happened. :jawdrop::crazy::eyepop::eye twitch::thinks::lol ^:

(Bonus points to the person if s/he is dressed outlandishly or in period attire (perhaps a la H.G. Wells' Time Traveler from the Victorian era))

(Quadruple bonus points if two people do it, with one dressed as Dr. Who, and only his companion acts amazed)

[Talia]

Depending on the nature of the joke (such as their asking if you are a real mermaid, saying your secret is out, speaking of your fishy friends, etc.) one way to reverse it is to receive the jokes with concerned seriousness, as though their suggestions are all true. Their reactions should be worthy of a laugh, and if they think you're crazy, the joke's on them!

(It is sort of like the person who enters a building full of people they don't know and asks, "What year is it?"
When the person receives an answer, s/he shouts (in their best Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future impression), "It worked!" Then s/he runs away, leaving the former audience to wonder what just happened. :jawdrop::crazy::eyepop::eye twitch::thinks::lol ^:

(Bonus points to the person if s/he is dressed outlandishly or in period attire (perhaps a la H.G. Wells' Time Traveler from the Victorian era))

(Quadruple bonus points if two people do it, with one dressed as Dr. Who, and only his companion acts amazed)

OMG, I want to do that at least once in my life!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW after one has banged her fluke, and is holding it close and checking for bruises and bleeding.
TAMW one realizes what one is doing and is so embarrassed, and ducks underwater, hoping no one saw...

[Naufra]

TAMW after one has banged her fluke, and is holding it close and checking for bruises and bleeding.
TAMW one realizes what one is doing and is so embarrassed, and ducks underwater, hoping no one saw...

That is seriously adorable, Jaffa! :hug:

[MermaidMichelle]

If you do, do let me know how it goes, Talia! :mermaid kiss:

Jaffa, that is adorable, and you now remind me of Syrena in that scene from PotC: On Stranger Tides in which her tail is stabbed by Finnick Odair.... :mermaid kiss: :pirate::gah::surrender:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Blergh! I'm not adorable!!
TAMW one has watched the video of herself several times and realised orange is not her color!

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when youre out to dinner with your friends (they all know you as a mermaid, which was totally fine, thus they always call you a mermaid) when the waitress serving you suddenly directs her attention at you (and only you) and nonchalantly says, "Mermaid, right?"

o-o she heard our whole mermaid conversation.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

There is always that middle barrier thing in the pool. And they had it set up for water polo...
I had water droplets on my goggles so I couldn't see what expression the lifeguard had, only that his face was directed at me!

TAMW one can't be bothered taking off her fin to walk the three steps to the deep end of the pool.
TAMW one is butt scooting to the deep end and the on duty lifeguard is staring...
TAMW one is openly giggling as she butt scoots!:lol:

[MermaidBrandie]

TAMW I'm with my friends and this lady that I kinda know shows up late. I've got my new seashell bra on under my button up. My friend D says "show Tasha your boobs" so I do. I say "look! They're squishy!" Tasha, not seeming to notice that there's GIANT PURPLE SHELLS ON MY TITS proceeds to reach in my bra, squeeze my actual tit and say "did you get new ones?"


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[Naufra]

CoyoteWalker, that's hilarious and mainly so because it didn't happen to me. XD

[MermaidLuna]

TAMW you realize you went from seriously hydrophobic (I would have nothing to do with the water until I was nearly 10.) To "I wanna be a mermaid!" in only four years. Funny how things work out sometimes isn't it?

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one surfaces to a little girl shout, "THERE SHE IS!!!"
TAMW her Dad says equally loud, "LOOK! SHE'S WEARING BLINKERS!"

YAMW one wants to scream, "They... are.. not... BLINKERS!!!"

For mers that don't know, blinkers are what you put on a horse when they are on the road, so they don't get distracted by the traffic.

[Princess Pearl]

TAMW you think it would be cute to go down the baby slide... and your full size mermaid butt gets stuck 'cause these hips don't lie.

[PhaylennMurúch]

TAMW you think it would be cute to go down the baby slide... and your full size mermaid butt gets stuck 'cause these hips don't lie.

Oh been there so many times, "follow me down mum!"

this is why I only go down the wide baby slides.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you're walking to class, and a guy asks to see your back tattoo (which the top part was peeking out a bit above my shirt) and when you say you can't see it well because of your shirt HE PULLS DOWN THE BACK OF YOUR SHIRT WITHOUT PERMISSION TO SEE IT BETTER. Oh god I about slapped him across the face!!

TAMW after you're done working at a renaissance Faire you get dressed into mermaid - themed costume (flowy skirt, fish netting tied around waist, and seaweed top) and a guy checks you out from behind, walks ahead of you then turns around and eyes up up and down, nods and winks at you WHILE YOU'RE NEXT TO YOUR DAD

[Sherielle]

TAMW you are doing a video shoot for a friend who has no idea about mermaid tails and whatnot and before you can explain, she tries to pick you up to put you in your spot. Then you have to explain that you are now 25lbs heavier than you just were because of the tail.
TAMW you ask them to help move your fluke and you realize that not everyone knows what a fluke is. 'What is that?' 'the end of my tail' 'Oh, is THAT what it's called?'

[PearlieMae]

TAMW after you're done working at a renaissance Faire you get dressed into mermaid - themed costume (flowy skirt, fish netting tied around waist, and seaweed top) and a guy checks you out from behind, walks ahead of you then turns around and eyes up up and down, nods and winks at you WHILE YOU'RE NEXT TO YOUR DAD

Maybe he wasn't winking at you.

Is your dad hot? ;)

[Maethor]

Maybe he wasn't winking at you.

Is your dad hot? ;)
I just died reading this!!!

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Maybe he wasn't winking at you.

Is your dad hot? ;)
Wouldn't surprise me considering my dad gets hit on by guys a lot! every gay man that has met him has thought he was in the closet LOL

[Naufra]

Maybe he wasn't winking at you.

Is your dad hot? ;)

Pearlie, you rock! I laughed my ass off at this. :lol:

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment when you are on the side of the pool putting on your tail, when a flood of little kids walk in and are seated on the bleachers and then you feel upset that your tail wasn't already on before they got there. I don't exactly like kids, but I do like the idea of appearing to be a real mermaid to them. I know when I was a little girl and got to sit on a mermaid's lap at Wiki Watchi, I was ecstatic!!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW underwater one realizes she can go much much faster in a one piece swimsuit than any two piece bikini or tankini!

[Echidna]

^^
what exactly is awkward about this?

Races are always swum in onepieces too, not bikinis :P

[Mermaid Jaffa]

^^
what exactly is awkward about this?

Races are always swum in onepieces too, not bikinis :P

Oh. I've been swim testing different bras and sports tops with my Fin Fun tankinis.

Today, I wore a purple tankini from Kmart and over it, I wore my purple Fin Fun tankini. I wanted sturdier boob cups than the regular ones in the Fin Fun tankinis.

I must be an odd bod as the next size down, the tankini fits perfectly except there is less material around the boobs. The next size up fits but is not tight and just a little baggy... I figured I would just sew in a suitable bra or sports top so it feels more snug.

[OceanWhisper]

that awkward moment when you want to swim with your fin, but the waves are REALLY big, so you're stuck trying to find a calm spot... while walking around with a monofin like a twat >.<

[OceanWhisper]

Also, that awkward moment when you get home from swimming, and in the shower you realise that your bathers were filled with sand o.o

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is splashing and frolicking in the water polo end of the pool and remembers the Mermaid Name Generator...
TAMW one tries to remember her description but only comes up with "trouble in the shipping lanes..."
TAMW one thinks of the deep end as the shipping lane and all the other swimmers as cargo boats and sailing cruisers. With a few paddle boats (kids in floaties)!!

[PhaylennMurúch]

TAMW you're buying band-aids to restock the medical kit (yay having rough and tumble boys. I should buy stock in bandages) and the cashier sees the Bubble Guppies box "oh are those for your daughter?" "nope, for me" "but they're little mermaids" "and merboys. When grownup band-aids get cool mer pictures, I'll buy those"

[Shimmer Mermaid]

TAMW I'm talking to a friend in the local wally world, and she said "I never figured out how to move with a monofin on."
And my inner mermaid took FULL CONTROL
and I started to "DRY SWIM" (doing the motions of swimming without the water)
And I finally realized why everyone stopped what they were doing to watch...
I WAS ESSENTIALLY DRY HUMPING POTATOES.
I proceeded to buy said potatoes, because I essentially tainted them...

[PhaylennMurúch]

at least you made honest potatoes out of them.

and now you can make a wicked potato dish

[MermaidMichelle]

You two are both amazing; I quite like Bubble Guppies​, monofin dry demonstrations (we used those teaching water safety too), and potatoes! :mermaid kiss:

[OceanWhisper]

TAMW I'm talking to a friend in the local wally world, and she said "I never figured out how to move with a monofin on."
And my inner mermaid took FULL CONTROL
and I started to "DRY SWIM" (doing the motions of swimming without the water)
And I finally realized why everyone stopped what they were doing to watch...
I WAS ESSENTIALLY DRY HUMPING POTATOES.
I proceeded to buy said potatoes, because I essentially tainted them...
Ahahaha! >.<

[Ilyena]

TAMW you're so used to a monofin you forget how to use separate fins and keep hitting them together and looking that unco-ordinated your dad asks 'are you ok?'

[Cerulean]

TAMW youre lap swimming in a monofin and the person next to you asks if youre into "that mermaiding thing" then proceeds to give you a lesson about what it is, say its gaining popularity, and says something along the lines of 'What a shame you wont be special anymore.' :doh:

[Kishiko]

TAMW youre lap swimming in a monofin and the person next to you asks if youre into "that mermaiding thing" then proceeds to give you a lesson about what it is, say its gaining popularity, and says something along the lines of 'What a shame you wont be special anymore.' :doh:

I would have schooled her so much :mad:

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you're trying on your first tail and your mum just stands there smiling;
"What?"
"Nothing..."
*sees she is still looking*
"What?!"
*mum simply shrugs*
*notices she is still looking*
"WHAT, MUM?!"

^^ This is why I don't involve my parents with my mermaid stuff anymore ._.

[Cerulean]

I would have schooled her so much :mad:
It was an older gentleman. I was a little dumbfounded so I think I stammered out something about people typically doing it because of a deep love for the sea and swimming so its still special even there were more people doing it. Later I had the thought that Im wearing a little finfun that says mermaid on it and youre wearing goggles, what was your first clue. Honestly after saying something awkwardly I waited for him to stop talking so I could finish my practice and leave. Besides even if it did magically get 'more popular' who cares? Id love to see the local pool overtaken by mers.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

It was an older gentleman. I was a little dumbfounded so I think I stammered out something about people typically doing it because of a deep love for the sea and swimming so its still special even there were more people doing it. Later I had the thought that Im wearing a little finfun that says mermaid on it and youre wearing goggles, what was your first clue. Honestly after saying something awkwardly I waited for him to stop talking so I could finish my practice and leave. Besides even if it did magically get 'more popular' who cares? Id love to see the local pool overtaken by mers.

I would've replied, "Stuff you! I'm having so much fun!" And swim away.

@Mermaid Cadhla
The same thing happened to me when I first bought a tail. Except that I'm in my 40s! I just close the door if I'm doing mermaid things in my room.:lol:

[JayJ79]

TAMW I'm talking to a friend in the local wally world, and she said "I never figured out how to move with a monofin on."
And my inner mermaid took FULL CONTROL
and I started to "DRY SWIM" (doing the motions of swimming without the water)
And I finally realized why everyone stopped what they were doing to watch...
I WAS ESSENTIALLY DRY HUMPING POTATOES.
I proceeded to buy said potatoes, because I essentially tainted them...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkrsPzEmrI (sorry, couldn't help myself. hehe)

[OceanWhisper]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkrsPzEmrI (sorry, couldn't help myself. hehe)
LOL WHAT >.<

[Merperson Danny]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkrsPzEmrI (sorry, couldn't help myself. hehe)
Da fuq?! o_o XD

[Mermaid Ruthie]

That awkward moment when you are doing your own little secret photo shoot in you basement by yourself and someone walks in on you and now you have to explain why you are using the good camera and there are like 50 photos of terrible poses you did.
:(

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I seriously love you Jay! XP IM DYING

[Kaila Mermaid]

THIS VIDEO IS MY LIFE *whispers with teary eyes* thank you...

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you're walking from one room to the next while doing the mermaid swimming thing (one hand on the other) and your mum walks into the hall and sees you doing this. ._.
^Many, many times...

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when you're watching season 2 of Mako Mermaids and you stare everytime at Zac's muscles and Erik's big fat ass :doh:

[Princess Pearl]

That awkward moment you go swimming at the public pool, and an ex-coworker who was fired for sexual harassment is there with his kids. Gyah.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when you're trying on your first tail and your mum just stands there smiling;
"What?"
"Nothing..."
*sees she is still looking*
"What?!"
*mum simply shrugs*
*notices she is still looking*
"WHAT, MUM?!"

^^ This is why I don't involve my parents with my mermaid stuff anymore ._.

That awkward moment when you're scrolling through MerNetwork and see a picture of Jeff the Killer and then get a horrible compulsion to draw Jeff as a merman. I may wind up with a series of creepy-mer-stas at this rate! :lol:

[Naufra]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COkrsPzEmrI (sorry, couldn't help myself. hehe)

I love you, man! XD

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you're scrolling through MerNetwork and see a picture of Jeff the Killer and then get a horrible compulsion to draw Jeff as a merman. I may wind up with a series of creepy-mer-stas at this rate! :lol:
My God, if you do that, message me!XD I would love to see that! But I'd be too embarrassed to draw it myself - I would get so much shit from my friend lol XD

[Naufra]

My God, if you do that, message me!XD I would love to see that! But I'd be too embarrassed to draw it myself - I would get so much shit from my friend lol XD

Sure, I'll message you. ^_^
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[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is at the fish market, spreading open fish flukes to get a better look like a perv...

[Lily]

Convo with my hubby this morning. Not sure if awkward or awesome.

http://i.imgur.com/PzAoNjt.png

[Merperson Danny]

Convo with my hubby this morning. Not sure if awkward or awesome.

http://i.imgur.com/PzAoNjt.png

Haha XD!

[Aziara]

I would call that awesome. Yay for glorious mer-boobs! :yay:

[Anahita]

TAMW your co-workers start ooo-ing and ahh-ing over your hair because it fell out of your headscarf and so begin to ask you "That was like a magic trick. You have so much! What do you do with it?!?!"
And then I blurt out (in front of a customer as well) "Oh, you know, brush it and cover my boobs with it and pretend I'm a mermaid."

And they all simultaneously nod in agreement "Yeah, we can see you doing that."

Yeah, even at work they've come to know in a short time that I'm weird.

[OceanWhisper]

Hahaha >.< yay for mermaid hair!

[OceanWhisper]

That awkward moment when; your mum comes into your room while you're sewing seaweed onto your shell top. She was like: "well then.... moving on," then continued to talk about what she came to do in the first place.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tamw:
Your 71 year old father, who was in the Vietnam war, but never learnt how to swim, starts introducing himself to bank tellers, cashiers, new people he meets
"Hello!
IM MER-DAD!" *retired superhero voice*

"Dad....you can't swim...."

"HUSH! I. AM. MER-DAD!!!!"

Meanwhile the new person he was greeting is standing there completely dumbfounded.

[Mermaid Enora]

My dad is always telling everyone I'm a mermaid and fairy. It gets a little weird sometimes. Lol

[PearlieMae]

I don't get it. I see nothing awkward at all. :D

[Shimmer Mermaid]

It's only awkward because the person he greeted is just kinda there. He puts his everything into the superhero voice too. [emoji23]

[JayJ79]

Tamw:
Your 71 year old father, who was in the Vietnam war, but never learnt how to swim, starts introducing himself to bank tellers, cashiers, new people he meets
"Hello!
IM MER-DAD!" *retired superhero voice*

"Dad....you can't swim...."

"HUSH! I. AM. MER-DAD!!!!"

Meanwhile the new person he was greeting is standing there completely dumbfounded.

your dad is awesome!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I agree. He honestly sounds like an older version of you!! [emoji23]

[MermaidMichelle]

I agree; some things that happen to us seem to be less awkward and more awesome​!

[Little_Orca]

... When you are performing at Faerieworlds in the mermaid lagoon and one of your shells from your top decides it would rather hang out at the bottom of the pool instead of staying where you put it.

[Little_Orca]

... or when you can't believe you actually posted this in a Merbella thread...


Merley, I will rub myself all over that tail to claim it as mine via scent marking so much so that I'm sure if that part was included in the in unboxing video I could sell it and pay off my school loans.

Oh wait... I can. *Giggle*

[OceanWhisper]

haha ^.^

[Gem Stone]

That AWESOME moment when you're father answers your phone call by calling you (me) his mermaid.
That AWESOME moment when your grandmother makes you a robe for after your swims with your mersona name embroidered on the back and chest.

that awkward moment you try show off at the pool and swim right into the wall ��

[MermaidMichelle]

Still, two out of three isn't bad, and I'm picturing you looking really cool and adorable with your robe on while you're still in your tail! :mermaid kiss:

[MermaidIndie]

That awkward moment when the ymca boys swim team walks in when your swimming as a mermaid and you have to swim Quickly away while they stare on in confusion.

That awkward moment when later that same day you are swimming without a tail or Monofin but can do the dolphin kick faster then the swim team


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tamw:
I see someone comment on a fellow mermaids post asking if she is located in my state, she isnt, and she says "I'm looking for a mermaid in Arkansas!" And I'm just sitting here like
Duuuuhhhhh.....
I has tail, but it's getting scales put on, and I am nervous to get my first gig! [emoji16]

[Merperson Danny]

that awkward moment you try show off at the pool and swim right into the wall ��

Yeah, 'cuz... that never happened to me ._. ... XD

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment you decide to tell one of your friends about your new interest in being a mermaid and you show her a photo of you wearing a mermaid tail and she keeps laughing about everything mermaid related you tell her and you are not sure if she is laughing at you because your idea is weird and she thinks it is strange or if she thinks it is cool. :thinks:

[Fun123joker]

That awkward moment when the ymca boys swim team walks in when your swimming as a mermaid and you have to swim Quickly away while they stare on in confusion.


awkward moment when you met a dude on the school swim team
awkward moment when you figure out the the school dosnt have a pool and the swim team swims at the local rec-center

im not swiming yet because im sorta inbetween tails right now but im so afraid that he will see me. not as close to him then other friends

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I've swum into the boom in the middle! That's on a crowded day it felt like everyone was watching my "event"!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tamw:
You find an aquarium, 7 foot long, 1.3 ft deep, and 2.16 ft wide, for 65 BUCKS,
but you have to ask the guy the awkward question (just to make sure) "could a human body fit inside of it?"

I got a "*nervous chuckle* you bet!" In response....

Good news is that I am supposed to pick her up tomorrow morning!

[Princess Pearl]

Oh that's exciting! I hope you fit!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'm bursting with joy! Thank you!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

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[Elle]

She needs a good cleaning, but I'm so excited! 27928


Holy cow that thing is huge. Congrats on such a great find and such a fintastic price

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tamw:
He asks what kinds of fish I'm using it for. .....

"The mermaid kind......"

"I'm sorry....but what??"

"SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!"

"Wait...what do you mean?"

"I'm a mermaid. I need a tank."

"....I'm so confused..."

"I entertain kids by swimming in a mermaid tail."

"So I'll be meeting a mermaid tomorrow morning?"

"Yes."

"That's one more thing to cross off my bucket list."

[Mermaid Alea]

[QUOTE=Shimmer Mermaid;177733]Tamw:
You find an aquarium, 7 foot long, 1.3 ft deep, and 2.16 ft wide, for 65 BUCKS,
but you have to ask the guy the awkward question (just to make sure) "could a human body fit inside of it?"[QUOTE]

Haha what an awkward and funny story! That is a very great find though congrats on the deal!

[MermaidMichelle]

It appears he took it in stride. A tank of those dimensions would be a tight fit for an amazonian (not the river) Sea Dragon such as myself, but hopefully you are a petite mermaid for whom it shall work swimmingly! #AllPurposeMermaidPun

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Lol I'm 5 foot 1. I have to climb to even put things on top of the refrigerator. I will have about 2 extra feet for wiggle room. I have a small fluke, so it will fit. :)

[JayJ79]

kind of curious how you're planning to use that tank.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

You'll see Jay. Lol soon enough.

[OceanWhisper]

Tamw:
He asks what kinds of fish I'm using it for. .....

"The mermaid kind......"

"I'm sorry....but what??"

"SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!"

"Wait...what do you mean?"

"I'm a mermaid. I need a tank."

"....I'm so confused..."

"I entertain kids by swimming in a mermaid tail."

"So I'll be meeting a mermaid tomorrow morning?"

"Yes."

"That's one more thing to cross off my bucket list." lmao >.<

[Mermaid Enora]

That's so cool!!!
And only $65!
i would never fit in there way too tall. I'm almost 6 foot and then add another almost 3 feet with my tail. I'd be like a squished sardine. :)

[Kishiko]

That awkward moment when the ymca boys swim team walks in when your swimming as a mermaid and you have to swim Quickly away while they stare on in confusion.

That awkward moment when later that same day you are swimming without a tail or Monofin but can do the dolphin kick faster then the swim team


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

YMCA BOYS SWIM TEAM OMG

Gem stone and I went to the Y for my first swim as a mer and the swim team showed up. We didn't leave, just used our half. Then we began racing them whilst they trained. We won. They were ashamed. Nuff said [emoji57]


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[MermaidIndie]

Haha yes!! Maybe they should let the mermaids teach them a thing or two lol


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

[JayJ79]

Haha yes!! Maybe they should let the mermaids teach them a thing or two lol

flukes and fins are not allowed in sanctioned swim competitions. (neither are clamshell bras, or so they told me when I tried wearing one to a meet)

[Fun123joker]

reminds me when i went during the winter and they closed of a part for life guard training. i was in the lane right net to it. i feel bad because i hung around underwater from a distance and was watching them and i think i might of distracted them abit

[MermaidIndie]

JayJ79

We'll just show off when they practice then lol. My older brother was captain of the swim team and I enjoy his look of disbelief when I beat him


The crash of waves and salty air are the signs of freedom

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you're smoothing out wrinkles in your tail and you wonder why people are looking at you weirdly. Then you realise that it looks ike you're rubbing your butt :P :D

[Maclanahan]

That awkward moment when asking asking my wife what type of top would she like when I draw her as a mermaid and she replies with, "I want scales to spread up from my tail and cover my boobs. I would also like a top that provides a decent amount of coverage."

Thus resulting in the following conversation:
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[Kishiko]

THAT. IS. EPIC.


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[NerineArcticMermaid]

Tamw:
You find an aquarium, 7 foot long, 1.3 ft deep, and 2.16 ft wide, for 65 BUCKS,
but you have to ask the guy the awkward question (just to make sure) "could a human body fit inside of it?"

I got a "*nervous chuckle* you bet!" In response....

Good news is that I am supposed to pick her up tomorrow morning!
how many gallons is that thing?

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when asking asking my wife what type of top would she like when I draw her as a mermaid and she replies with, "I want scales to spread up from my tail and cover my boobs. I would also like a top that provides a decent amount of coverage."

Thus resulting in the following conversation:
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I don't get it. ;)
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[Shimmer Mermaid]

I don't quite remember. I wasn't able to get the dang thing because of the guy being a dingus

[Maclanahan]

@PearlieMae (http://mernetwork.com/index/member.php?2579-PearlieMae)

Hahaha! I nearly spit out my drink!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one wants to go swimming but can't because she's had to fast for a blood test (Tuesday) and two xrays (today!).
TAMW one can hear Mum purposely stirring her bowl, making loud clinking noises and slurping her cereal.

I'M SOOOO HUNGRY!!!:mad:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you're smoothing out wrinkles in your tail and you wonder why people are looking at you weirdly. Then you realise that it looks ike you're rubbing your butt :P :D

Hahaha! I've done that too! Except my tail has a dorsal fin that I want it to be in the middle of my legs, it looks like I'm digging into my butt crack!

[Anahita]

TAMW you're trying to undress from a photoshoot, and your nipples are way obviously visible because your underdress for your mermaid outfit is silk (and thus see-through when wet, hence why I have an overdress), and still a little old lady keeps talking to you for 10 minutes about mermaids and photography and a thousand other things.... Apparently completely oblivious to the fact my dress is see-through and my twins are staring her down. :doh:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW you're trying to undress from a photoshoot, and your nipples are way obviously visible because your underdress for your mermaid outfit is silk (and thus see-through when wet, hence why I have an overdress), and still a little old lady keeps talking to you for 10 minutes about mermaids and photography and a thousand other things.... Apparently completely oblivious to the fact my dress is see-through and my twins are staring her down. :doh:

Maybe she was blind? Or maybe she didn't care? You know, its quite surprising how accepting some old folks are.

[Anahita]

Maybe she was blind? Or maybe she didn't care? You know, its quite surprising how accepting some old folks are.

Maybe. It was San Diego, after all.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Maybe it's because they're old and they don't care. There are a lot of old women at the community centre that don't even bat an eyelash at you if you're in the nude in the change room. But that's because they're also in the nude.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Old women have seen it all. Lol I was in the change room at our community center after a swim in my tail, and the most innocent looking old woman came up and said "If I had breasts that perky anymore, I'd be a mermaid too! But I don't think they make clam shell bras that are about the size of a 5 year old child! I'd need em to keep these things covered!"

[MermaidMichelle]

That awkward moment when one's first thought upon reading the above post is, originally Ariel's grandmother was going to be a character in Disney's The Little Mermaid....​

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you're at your grandma's house to see your little cousins (girls aged 4 and 7) and they find out your a mermaid and see pictures, and are FULLY convinced you're a real mermaid and are in awe of you, then your grandma loudly says "Tell the girls how you get out of your mermaid costume!" And you see their eyes change from pure joy to disappointment... thanks grandma

[Amphitrite]

awww Mermaid Sirenia that's so sad. :( Did you do any 'winks' or anything to save it? :(

[Mermaid Sirenia]

awww Mermaid Sirenia that's so sad. :( Did you do any 'winks' or anything to save it? :(
Yep luckily I'm pretty quick with witty replies, when she asked that the girls looked at me getting all sad and I said "well magic of course! How else could I grow a tail like that? If it was a costume why isn't there a zipper?!" That seemed to satisfy them enough, but for some reason my grandma kept asking questions like "well how do you wash the costume?", it was almost like she wanted them to know I was "fake"... which I don't think was the case, my grandma is just not very bright and doesn't realize I'm posing as a REAL mermaid for kids parties, after all who would hire someone to pretend to be a fake mermaid? She's a confusing individual lol

[Amphitrite]

Ah, I see what you mean. Can be difficult to know how to handle situations like that. I find redirection can sometimes work. :p And I'm glad you could come up with something quick. :D

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is floating near the pool boom (the middle floating barrier), and the lady from the swim school, says, "Oh! What a lovely fish tail!"
TAMW she calls her colleague over, "WE HAVE A MERMAID IN THE POOL!!"
TAMW one replies, "NO! NO! SSH! SSH!"
TAMW she is frantically waving at her colleague to come.
TAMW one yells back but its not a convincing yell as it sounds more like a hushed whisper, "NO! STOP! THEY'LL COME AND THERE'LL BE POINTING AND SCREAMING! I JUST WANT A NICE QUIET SWIM!"
TAMW she says again, "Look! We have mermaid in the pool!"
TAMW the pair of them gawp at me and my fish tail (was wearing my modified purple Magictail)
TAMW one spies a red and yellow blob making its way past me, and the lady then yells out to the cutie lifeguard (sigh), "Did you know we have a mermaid?"
TAMW one sinks and doesn't hear his reply, but looking up at the surface, he has a huge grin on his face and an equally loud voice...

So much for going for a mid week swim! I had thought those swim school ladies only set up shop on the weekends, wasn't expecting to see them there on a week day.

[Lily]

Went to the doctor today because I was sick and my cough won't go away... turns out I'm recovering from "walking pneumonia" :thumbdown:

Anyway, I saw a new doc at the office today and she asked what I do for a living and I was like, "Well, I'm an artist with a small yarn business and I've just started making a silicone mermaid tail" AND SHE STARTED MERMAID FANGIRLING ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! It was adorable, and a little weird, but I definitely have a new favorite doctor lol.

Also Jaffa: That's hilarious! I've gone in my monofin while they were having senior swimaerobics in one end and had similar reactions.

[Mermaid Alea]

Oh man that is lame! I had walking pneumonia in middle school. At least now you know what is wrong. I am guessing they gave you pills to take to make it go away? The first two days or so of taking the pills for me, I didn't think I was getting better but eventually it kicks in and you are better!

[Lily]

Yeah, I got some antibiotics. They make me nauseous (all antibiotics do) but I'll put up with it if it'll make me feel better. I got an inhaler too since it's hard to take a deep breath.

[Mermaid Alea]

Do you take the antibiotics after you have just eaten? Sometimes if I take certain medicine (such as ibuprofen) and I haven't eaten yet or it was a while since I last ate, I get really queasy feeling. You don't have to have a full meal normally I can just eat a cookie or some string cheese and then that is enough to not make me feel sick.

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That awkward moment when you are in the middle of the kitchen working on a tail and everyone has to step around you and the dog keeps running around dropping ice on your tail. I don't know why I always work on the kitchen floor. :p

[Lily]

It doesn't seem to matter whether I take the ABs with food or not, I always get nauseous. Of course, I've been nauseous every morning for weeks anyway (no idea why, definitely not preggers) so I just take it with breakfast and get all the nausea out of the way in one fell swoop.

Your dog... is interesting. Why ice cubes? Does he know your tail needs water, and this is the best he can do without thumbs?

[Mermaid Alea]

Our dog just really likes to play with ice. When someone gets ice water and she hears you using the ice maker she comes running to get an ice cube. I think when I was working on my tail she wanted attention and she wanted me to throw the ice for her which is what I usually do. That or make it skid across the floor for her to chase. She taps the ice with her paws like a cat it is really cute!

[Maethor]

Our dog does the same thing!!! Just be careful in the summer or if she's really hot because ice is really dangerous for dogs when they're hot.

[Mermaid Alea]

I have never heard that before. :confused: We give the dog ice when she is panting and hot she loves it and has never had any issue. I googled just to see and I found this: http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/truth-ice-water-dogs/story?id=24231633

[Maethor]

Oh! I just looked at another website and they say that ice won't make much difference but cooling your dog too quickly can be dangerous! http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-health/are-ice-cubes-and-ice-water-dangerous-to-dogs.aspx

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one just keeps farting all the way up and down the lane...
TAMW one tries to hide farts by blowing bubbles through the nose!
TAMW another swimmer sees bubbles coming from both ends!:lol:

[MermaidMichelle]

^ To think, one mer on here complained that mermaiding "isn't all bubble kisses and moonlight farts". You, my dear, have proven them wrong! :mermaid kiss:
(There is not as of yet an emoticon for the moonlight fart; I can only presume this to be an oversight on the part of the administration.)

[Mermaid Jaffa]

^ To think, one mer on here complained that mermaiding "isn't all bubble kisses and moonlight farts". You, my dear, have proven them wrong! :mermaid kiss:
(There is not as of yet an emoticon for the moonlight fart; I can only presume this to be an oversight on the part of the administration.)

Its the movement! It makes the gas go...

TAMW one packs the wrong goggles and has to put up with leaky goggle eyes and water up the nose.
TAMW one's nose starts to leak snot and water hours after her swim.
TAMW one wonders how the other mermaids do without goggles or bubbles.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you go to the features on ifunny and you find this photo going viral, I think it's Marla!http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/29/a9c38f2a028c873d6a23342bf8af3175.jpg

[PearlieMae]

We. Are. EVERYWHERE.

[Nyx]

I went to the YMCA yesterday aaaannddd...

TAMW you have this exact conversation on the phone:
"Hello, this is a bit of a weird question, but would it be allowed for me to swim in your pools with a mermaid tail?"
"Uhh . . . when you mean mermaid, what do you mean exactly?"
"Uhm well, y'know, a tail, on my legs, like a swimmable mermaid costume, that I can swim with"
"So like the fin used for diving?"
"Yeeaaaahh suuuureee"
TAMW The freshman fifteen has hit you head on harder than you expected, and you can't seem to stop getting taller, thus you don't fit in your tail quite right and it takes you twenty minutes to get the darn thing on and pull up the zipper. I have a neoprene tail, not silicone. :sweat drop:
TAMW the lifeguard keeps side eyeing you and your friends (including another mermaid) and keeps making calls while looking DIRECTLY at you.
TAMW after your swim the chlorine has hurt your eyes so much the you start tearing up like crazy in an attempt to flush out your eyes and everyone in the locker room looks a little bit concerned.

It was an eventful saturday.

[MermaidMichelle]

Admittedly, during the nine years I was lifeguarding I probably would have found it difficult to keep my eyes from anyone dressed as a mermaid on my shift! I had enough fun when the girls would bring their Mermaidia Barbies!

[Mermaid Riia]

TAMW you're on a gig about to get into your tail just to notice you have no swimming bottoms with you... Thug life.

Ok ok have to add this :D
TAMW after two hours in pool you go to the nearest market to get a quick snack (you know how hungry mermaids can get after hours of swimming). Wet hair, red eyes and just looking plain terrible stacking tons of ice cream to the table while cashier looking at you like O_O once I said "no, I'm not high. I'm just a mermaid" ... Well that helped a lot.. Lol

[Skytroque]

TAMW: You call the nearby rec center, asking if they allow modified swimming gear in their pool, they ask "How do you mean modified?" and while tempted to reply "Do you mean african or european" you say "A merman tail." Get a puzzling silence in reply, then asked "There's mermen?":headwall:

Oh, turns out the answer is "No."

[Mermaid Abalene]

That awkward moment when you run out of your classroom when you spilled water on yourself in the middle of an exam, and in the middle of the doorway your legs flop into a tail. :lol:

[Rebekah.fish]

That awkward moment when you run out of your classroom when you spilled water on yourself in the middle of an exam, and in the middle of the doorway your legs flop into a tail. [emoji38]
Hahahaha yes. anytime I get wet in front of my youth kids, I always frantically dry myself on someone's shirt and then run into the bathroom >_< lol. I def got them thinkin

[MermaidMichelle]

Oh, I so can relate to your problems! 603-year-old dragon and I still struggle to resist the aquatic auto-morph into mermaid/hybrid mode; perhaps it's because I naturally feel far more vulnerable in human form....

TAMW one must explain to children that it takes far longer to transform in real life than it does in those cartoons they watch....

[Starfrit]

Oh, I so can relate to your problems! 603-year-old dragon and I still struggle to resist the aquatic auto-morph into mermaid/hybrid mode; perhaps it's because I naturally feel far more vulnerable in human form....

Tell me about it! I can't take showers because the second I get wet it's just... splat. Every time I think I've gotten it under control, there's a new bruise and cracked ceramic to prove me wrong.

#SeaDragonProblems

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Oh oh! New one... I thought I was hearing things but in reality...

TAMW one has finished her sandwich and walrus shuffles to the side of the pool to hear from the Water Polo audience on the other side, "MERMAID! RA RA RA! MERMAID!"

:lol::lol::lol:

[Mer-Crazy]

That incredibly awkward moment when your mother tells the aquarium employees that they need a mermaid... and then points to you and says "She's a mermaid" with absolutely no context...

[Merman Jamie]

hahaha

[OceanWhisper]

That incredibly awkward moment when your mother tells the aquarium employees that they need a mermaid... and then points to you and says "She's a mermaid" with absolutely no context... I would've been standing there like
Uhhhhhhhhh..... mother no.

[Fun123joker]

TAMW you go to the features on ifunny and you find this photo going viral, I think it's Marla!http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/29/a9c38f2a028c873d6a23342bf8af3175.jpg

You were also on tumblr! Iwould of posted it but I'm kinda stuck with only a phone right now

[Kishiko]

TAMW when your dad is filming you in the pool and thinks it would be cool to "make sounds pretending like he saw a real mermaid" and proceeds to yell Look a mermaid! Hi mermaid!

Like no please stop


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[MermaidMichelle]

Oh oh! New one... I thought I was hearing things but in reality...

TAMW one has finished her sandwich and walrus shuffles to the side of the pool to hear from the Water Polo audience on the other side, "MERMAID! RA RA RA! MERMAID!"

:lol::lol::lol:

TAMW one initially reads the above not as "walrus-shuffles" but rather as "a walrus shuffles" and then wonders if Mermaid Jaffa works with curious aquatic megafaunae....

[Sherielle]

That incredibly awkward moment when your mother tells the aquarium employees that they need a mermaid... and then points to you and says "She's a mermaid" with absolutely no context...:::raises hand:::; My mom AND my sister would totally do that too.

[MermaidMichelle]

Tell me about it! I can't take showers because the second I get wet it's just... splat. Every time I think I've gotten it under control, there's a new bruise and cracked ceramic to prove me wrong.

#SeaDragonProblems

Do you morph all the way to your fully-dragon form or just to the smaller and more-delicate dragon-human "mermaid" hybrid like I do? ;) :mermaid kiss:

[Mermaid Mystery]

:::raises hand:::; My mom AND my sister would totally do that too.

I think my mom already has lol


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[Merenneito Nerissa]

Tamw a child asks your last name, and you start to explain that some mermaids don't even have them(while I have now idea what mine would be!) but then telling that actually where I come from(coasts of Iceland) children get their names from their father's names, boys are "dad's name" sons and girls are "dad's name" dottirs, and then the child asks what was your father's name and you have to figure out something very quickly and spill out " Jurenius!".

So now I'm Nerissa Jureniusdottir, at least in that girl's mind..... :D Very mermaidly beautiful

[Mermaid Olivia!]

TAMW you're checking out at Wal-Mart and the cashier compliments your mermaid shirt, so you thank her and say "yeah, I'm a mermaid". The cashier looks confused then chuckles a little and moves on, and you realize it is April Fool's Day so she thinks it is a joke, and you pull out a phone and show her a picture of you with your tail. Somewhere out there, there's a lady who is debating whether or not she saw a real mermaid, or just fell for the ultimate April Fool's Day prank LOL! :rotfl:

[Rebekah.fish]

TAMW you go to the features on ifunny and you find this photo going viral, I think it's Marla!http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/03/29/a9c38f2a028c873d6a23342bf8af3175.jpg
That is marla! Lol she said something about it on Facebook. She said the comments were pretty funny. Wish I could see them. She said someone thought she was Raina haha

[Rebekah.fish]

I went to the YMCA yesterday aaaannddd...

TAMW you have this exact conversation on the phone:
"Hello, this is a bit of a weird question, but would it be allowed for me to swim in your pools with a mermaid tail?"
"Uhh . . . when you mean mermaid, what do you mean exactly?"
"Uhm well, y'know, a tail, on my legs, like a swimmable mermaid costume, that I can swim with"
"So like the fin used for diving?"
"Yeeaaaahh suuuureee"
TAMW The freshman fifteen has hit you head on harder than you expected, and you can't seem to stop getting taller, thus you don't fit in your tail quite right and it takes you twenty minutes to get the darn thing on and pull up the zipper. I have a neoprene tail, not silicone. :sweat drop:
TAMW the lifeguard keeps side eyeing you and your friends (including another mermaid) and keeps making calls while looking DIRECTLY at you.
TAMW after your swim the chlorine has hurt your eyes so much the you start tearing up like crazy in an attempt to flush out your eyes and everyone in the locker room looks a little bit concerned.

It was an eventful saturday.
Bahahaha that sounds funny. So the Y let you swim? That's good! I also scared a YMCA lifeguard. Haha except he wasn't shy about staring cuz I was the only one there.

[Rebekah.fish]

TAMW you're on a gig about to get into your tail just to notice you have no swimming bottoms with you... Thug life.

Ok ok have to add this :D
TAMW after two hours in pool you go to the nearest market to get a quick snack (you know how hungry mermaids can get after hours of swimming). Wet hair, red eyes and just looking plain terrible stacking tons of ice cream to the table while cashier looking at you like O_O once I said "no, I'm not high. I'm just a mermaid" ... Well that helped a lot.. Lol
No lie, favorite so far. You a thug, mer. Haha

[Lily]

TAMW it takes not one, not too, but THREE Home Depot employees to hunt down some supplies for your tailmaking adventure, and when they ask what it's for you mumble something about mermaids and scurry away as quickly as possible.

On the plus side, Home Depot scavenger hunts are kind of fun.

[telzey.amberdon]

If you shop there regularly, bring in photos of your successes.
People love seeing what was made out of the stuff they sell everyday.

[Sammyantha171]

That awkward moment when you get completely lost in your own thoughts and daydreams of being a mermaid and say to yourself "I'm a mermaid" and smile happily, and then you snap back to reality and figure out that not only did you just talk to yourself without realizing, but the random people around you must have heard too.

[Rett]

The awkward moment when you are swimming underwater with your eyes closed. Totally peaceful and living in the moment. So you go to surface (eyes still closed) and prepare to snap your neck back once you breach (because for some inexplicable reason you think it looks cool) but instead you end up running face-first into the butt of someone in an inter-tube.... I swear, I have never been more mortified in public :$

[MermaidMichelle]

Do you have long hair? Because if you do, snapping your neck back when you breach does look really cool!

[Rett]

Haha, no. Im a merman ;) I love it when it does that though! I guess I'll just flip back my imaginary hair xD

[Mermaid Mhara]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/04/04/4bd79ca6fbc416b1021ae4b7b8fb09d7.jpg

Haha sorry just had to ;)


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[Mermaid Alea]

Haha that is too funny! I have been wanting to do one of those photos but the photo on the right is probably what I would look like! :lol:

[Mermaid Pickles]

TAMW when you're scooting along the pebble-sand at your beach to get into the water and someone asks why you don't just roll.

Uh...would you like pebbles up your nose? Didn't think so. Also, it's not butt-scooting, it's caterpillar-scooting. Butt-scooting is what pooches do. XD Caterpillar sounds much more fun and slightly more dignified.

[Lily]

Rolling sounds like a great way to damage stiffer fins! Silly bipeds just don't understand.

[Mermaid Pickles]

EXactly! And my tail has a competitor in it, sooooo...really stiff fin! I'm actually maknig adjustments to my tail right now.

[Gem Stone]

http://youtu.be/sn6pXaZcLqU
Just gonna leave this here
(I also have a stiff fluke, but I have a water way)

[MermaidMichelle]

Caption for the last moment of that video: "That's it; I'm just going to wait for the tide to come in!"

Oh, and Happy Easter to everyone! (Festival of Ishtar/Esther to all you non-Christians!...lol)

[Lily]

Oh wow, I'm getting dizzy just looking at that! :eyepop:

[Mermaid Pickles]

SOmeone else in houston who can combat the currents with meeeeee~ We really do need to get together. XD

[Kishiko]

Seriously, how have you NOT swam together yet???


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[Mermaid Pickles]

Well......we been busy and we live what, like an hour from each other? or so. XD I am exceedingly proud of my seams this weekend, they're very uniform. XD yeah, fixing the tail by hand.

[Kishiko]

The closest ones to me are like 2+ hours away [emoji24] Alright you've mentioned it enough let's see the tail xD


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[Mermaid Pickles]

do you have my phone number?
Easiest way to show would be text message

[Kishiko]

I think I mentioned it up there somewhere ^^^ I have it but I don't get service at my house unless you have an iPod/iPhone/iPad


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[Mermaid Pickles]

((oh..well, I can use my sister's phone to send an imessage maybe.
you'll have to pm me your number. :I

[MermanOliver]

TAMW your little (1 3/4 years) daughter sits with the rest of the family at the dinner table, grabs her tiny fork and, in best Arielle style, uses it absent-minded as dinglehopper...

The even more awkward moment when the nerdy daddy grabs his smartphone and messes up the buttons so that this moment passes by unrecorded... :doh: :headdesk:
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[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW your little (1 3/4 years) daughter sits with the rest of the family at the dinner table, grabs her tiny fork and, in best Arielle style, uses it absent-minded as dinglehopper...

The even more awkward moment when the nerdy daddy grabs his smartphone and messes up the buttons so that this moment passes by unrecorded... :doh: :headdesk:
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So this would be a bad time to say, "Pics or it didn't happen", then? If it is any consolation, it looked very cute in my imagination! :rollover: <--- Has no idea what hamster means, yet chose it because of its cuteness.

[OceanWhisper]

TAMW your little (1 3/4 years) daughter sits with the rest of the family at the dinner table, grabs her tiny fork and, in best Arielle style, uses it absent-minded as dinglehopper...

The even more awkward moment when the nerdy daddy grabs his smartphone and messes up the buttons so that this moment passes by unrecorded... :doh: :headdesk:
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That's not awkward, that's ADORABLE! I'm sure she'll do it again one day, then you'll catch it. :D *awwww*

[Mermaid Mutiny]

I haven't read this entire thread yet but... that awkward moment when a kid asks you about your octopus top at a birthday party, when you say he's real, his name is Salty Bob, they all decide to grab your boobs to see what he feels like.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

That's amazing. [emoji23]

[Fun123joker]

salty bob omg. :lol:
im babysitting this second grader who knows about boobs
like wtf i didnt know about boobs in the second grade. i had to ask what a nipple was called.

[Princess Pearl]

I haven't read this entire thread yet but... that awkward moment when a kid asks you about your octopus top at a birthday party, when you say he's real, his name is Salty Bob, they all decide to grab your boobs to see what he feels like.

Is that an Arrogant Worms reference? If so, you are awesome


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[JayJ79]

I've always wondered what an octopus feels like.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Also, how do you deal with boob touches from kids? Do you just let them do it? Or do you say something? Or just laugh it off?

[Elle]

Also, how do you deal with boob touches from kids? Do you just let them do it? Or do you say something? Or just laugh it off?

Are they touching because they want to see what Salty Bob feels like or are they just touching boobs for the sake of touching boobs. Some kids there are no boundaries. I used to work in childcare and there were always a couple of kids (aged around 3-5) would be pulling the front of your shirt open to have a look or just out right grabbing them.

You just kinda remove the hands and say it's not polite. I used to ask them would they like it if I stuck my fingers up there nose, and they usually got the idea. If you freak out about it or panic, they're going to think it's funny and try and do it again.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is enjoying the freedom of a monofin and nearly swims out of her fish pants!:lol::$

[Echidna]

^^
old synchro swimming basic:

forget bikinis, NEVER swim in anything but a one-piece. ;)

[Mermaid Mutiny]

Is that an Arrogant Worms reference? If so, you are awesome


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It is totally an Arrogant Worms reference. Good call!


https://youtu.be/DuGGNsE3_8Y

[Mermaid Mutiny]

Also, how do you deal with boob touches from kids? Do you just let them do it? Or do you say something? Or just laugh it off?

A little bit of both. I can't feel it anyway because the silicone is so thick on my top but I usually laugh, make sure the parents are laughing, and tell them that he really likes being stroked on a particular tentacle that comes around my neck.

[OceanWhisper]

A little bit of both. I can't feel it anyway because the silicone is so thick on my top but I usually laugh, make sure the parents are laughing, and tell them that he really likes being stroked on a particular tentacle that comes around my neck.
>.< I'd just be like: stop. STOPPPPPPPPP!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

^^
old synchro swimming basic:

forget bikinis, NEVER swim in anything but a one-piece. ;)

Yea I know... The mermaid shops I buy at, (Fin Fun and soon to be Sun Tails) don't make the one piece swimsuits for adults yet.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

TAMW Your sister is talking about girls at her school saying stuff like "Mermaid life!" When talking about how much they "love" Ariel, and she's just like

"MERMAID LYYYYYFFFFEEEEE!!!!!"
*FLOP* *FLOP* *FLOP*
We need silicone tails so bad lol

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you're watching awkwamarine... for the third time.. in 4 days.. lol it'd my all time favorite movie 😂 right next to LOTR

[RavenBro]

TAMW you are at a swimming birthday party as ariel and all the dads are standing around listening and a little girl decides to start feeling your shells. Then asks if they are covering your boobies. She then proceeds to explain that all princesses have boobies and that she even has really tiny boobies. [emoji15]


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[Rett]

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/04/04/4bd79ca6fbc416b1021ae4b7b8fb09d7.jpg

Haha sorry just had to ;)


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YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Lily]

Well, I think I had my most awkward mermaid moment ever yesterday. I'm in the process of making my own tail, and I made a mold of the fluke (tail fin) this week and spent the last 2 days scraping clay out. The last little bits of this clay break up really well in hot water with a bit of dish soap and scrubbing. Unfortunately, this fin is so big (the total footprint is about 36"x48" [91.5x122cm]) that I can't really get more than a piece of it into the kitchen sink.

So I have to put it in the shower. It barely fits. And I have to get in there with it.


Cut to me in my bikini, wearing yellow rubber gloves and water shoes (because to dissolve the clay, the water has to be hot enough to burn my skin), on my hands and knees in the shower, alternating between a toothbrush and a scrubby brush, scrubbing away at a mermaid fin that's basically my size.


I'm really glad my husband wasn't home to see that, because he would have taken pictures, and then I would have had to murder him.

[MermaidMichelle]

Lol! So essentially you were looking and playing the part of the flencer; the whaler who removes the blubber from such animals as whalers hunt. You could have launched into a Moby Dick-style speech! I'm impressed; you are a mermaid who has truly worked for her tail! :mermaid kiss:

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when your biggest porn crush is following your merman account on Instagram!!! :swoon:

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when your biggest porn crush is following your merman account on Instagram!!! :swoon:

Can't tell if awkward or awesome xD!



Twmw all your coworkers (knowing full well you are a mermaid) tell you they need you to bless them with water. You head over to the Starbucks to get free water and you tell your cast members ovr the radio (the mermaid has aquired water and is swimming back) accidentally loud enough for patrons to hear.

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you spend ten minutes stroking your newly-conditioned hair pretending to be Ariel. ._.

[Mermaid Wesley]

Aaaaahhhh frenchie. Yes. You're a bright shining light in the sea of the internet. You lovely, bioluminescent, handsome, starfish. :rollover:

[Rebekah.fish]

TAMW you're watching awkwamarine... for the third time.. in 4 days.. lol it'd my all time favorite movie 😂 right next to LOTR
What's LOTR?

[Rebekah.fish]

TAMW you are at a swimming birthday party as ariel and all the dads are standing around listening and a little girl decides to start feeling your shells. Then asks if they are covering your boobies. She then proceeds to explain that all princesses have boobies and that she even has really tiny boobies. [emoji15]


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Omg that's too funny. And with me standing around >_< bahahaha

[Maethor]

What's LOTR?
Lord of the Rings!

[Rebekah.fish]

Oh!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I feel like Jay is going to comment a funny Po-ta-toes thing sometime soon!

[Lily]

Lol! So essentially you were looking and playing the part of the flencer; the whaler who removes the blubber from such animals as whalers hunt. You could have launched into a Moby Dick-style speech! I'm impressed; you are a mermaid who has truly worked for her tail! :mermaid kiss:


Welp, guess if this mermaid thing doesn't work out I could always get a job on a whaling vessel! (Just kidding, I would never ever do that. Even legal whale hunting makes me extremely sad.)

I have literally poured blood, sweat, and tears into this tail and I haven't even started casting the silicone yet. But each step I take towards completion makes it feel more mine. More "me." It's really weird how connected I feel to this tail already. The first time I swam in a monofin, it felt so natural it was like I was born for it. I can only imagine how amazing it will feel to take my first swim as a mermaid.

[MermaidCelesteFL]

That awkward moment when I went into Home Depot to get a utility wagon for myself to be transported through the con hall and I'm describing what I'm trying to use the wagon for...

Me: "Yeah, I need it to be sturdy enough to ... hold a human. Namely me. Don't ask questions.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW while doing a photoshoot on a beach as an evil/dark mermaid a little girl comes running up to you shouting "you're the prettiest mermaid princess I've ever seen" and you smile but you're thinking "wait no you should be scared of me I mean look at me and my claws!" I was pretty intimidating looking but apparently she didn't think so haha!