That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

So adorable! !

[Mermaid Enora]

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.
been there done that!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one hears screams of "MERMAID! MERMAID!"
TAMW one realizes the screams are not for her.
TAMW 20 minutes later, the screams of "MERMAID! MERMAID!" begins again, this time right on the pool side next to one's lane.
TAMW one hears the mother of screamer asking the question, "Which mermaid do you like best?" The screamer replies, "This one cos she's real cos she has fins and everything!":lol:

[Maethor]

TAMW one hears screams of "MERMAID! MERMAID!"
TAMW one realizes the screams are not for her.
TAMW 20 minutes later, the screams of "MERMAID! MERMAID!" begins again, this time right on the pool side next to one's lane.
TAMW one hears the mother of screamer asking the question, "Which mermaid do you like best?" The screamer replies, "This one cos she's real cos she has fins and everything!"[emoji38]
Wait was there another mermaid in the pool???

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Yep! A merfin mermaid in the Wave pool at the bottom. I was in the top one, the competition pool.

[Maethor]

That's hilarious!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That's hilarious!

I thought it was pretty cute. How she thought I was more real because I had a tail on, over the other young lady who only had the fin on.

[telzey.amberdon]

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

Either awkwardly awesome. Or awesomely awkward.

[PhaylennMurúch]

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

well you are hot and have a great ass.
Time to see if he wants to hang out in tails

[mermaidkasey]

That awkward moment when you drag your friend into being a mermaid, because it'll be more fun that way. xD (she's so excited about it too though)

[Rebekah.fish]

That awkward moment when you drag your friend into being a mermaid, because it'll be more fun that way. xD (she's so excited about it too though)
True story trying to do that right now hahaha.

TAMW your friend wants to be your "merfriend" but she's now a mermaid lol so she's sad.
...it'll happen one day ;P

[Mermaid Alea]

I am trying to get my boyfriend to be a merman. :lol: Slowly but surely...He likes using the monofin.

[Fun123joker]

akward moment when you find another mer-friend and you get too excited so its like

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[Mermaid Jaffa]

akward moment when you find another mer-friend and you get too excited so its like

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Awww! Look at her expression!

[SeaMonkey]

hahahahaha

[MermaidMichelle]

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!

You could always scare them away with a villain song with lyrics like:

That 'perfect girl' is gone!
Here I stand in the light of day;
Let the storm rage on!
The cold never bothered me anyway!

Hmmm....Between that and Maleficent​, it appears the lines betwixt light and dark have become a bit blurred.... :mermaid kiss: :cthulhu:

[Mermaid Sirenia]

You could always scare them away with a villain song with lyrics like:

That 'perfect girl' is gone!
Here I stand in the light of day;
Let the storm rage on!
The cold never bothered me anyway!

Hmmm....Between that and Maleficent​, it appears the lines betwixt light and dark have become a bit blurred.... :mermaid kiss: :cthulhu:
HA yes! That song is so overplayed right now I'm sure anyone would run from the sounds of it!

[Mermaid Alea]

I definitely would run from that song! I remember at camp the same year that movie came out this girl on talent show night was wearing a Frozen themed dress and sang that song and danced down the isles singing and gesturing to random people. It was the most awkward, annoying thing ever.

[mermaidkasey]

akward moment when you find another mer-friend and you get too excited so its like

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Perfect picture is too perfect. xD love it!

[Sammyantha171]

That picture is just adorable.

[MermaidMichelle]

Let her GOOO....Let her go; if you hold her back anymore,
The lifeguards - as you know - will be peeling her off the floor!

There she'll drown and there she'll stay,
So let her go now....
You've posted that cute picture anyway!


(Sorry, "Let It Go" parodies are one of my things: http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?9790-The-Hobbit-The-Battle-of-Five-Armies)

[Merman Dan]

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

Porn Crush? We don't have that one in the States. All we have is:

http://www.americansoda.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/448x448/91eb5f3d97a70d4a3762da495c732fb0/c/r/crushgrape_500.jpg

[Mermaid Wesley]

*groan* Dan, you're horrible

[PearlieMae]

Oh Dan...there's an entire subculture you have no idea about.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Let her GOOO....Let her go; if you hold her back anymore,
The lifeguards - as you know - will be peeling her off the floor!

There she'll drown and there she'll stay,
So let her go now....
You've posted that cute picture anyway!


(Sorry, "Let It Go" parodies are one of my things: http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?9790-The-Hobbit-The-Battle-of-Five-Armies)
LOL!!! X'D that was mermazing michelle!

[Skytroque]

Thank y'all for the laughs with the lyrics, that was fantastic...and sorry no TAMW to contribute today. Though after I visit Dallas next weekend I'm sure I'll have one or two to share...especially since it's a friend's bday and I bought her a tail.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one has a chat with her lifeguard (I only talk to him. Its not one of the cutie ones though!) about why she's swimming so often.
TAMW he guesses its a mermaid convention.
TAMW he asks, "What's the criteria?" and one lies and says, "Tail"

I mean he's an old dude... What are the chances I'll see him in one? Hahaha!

[MermaidMichelle]

Thank you and you are very welcome SeaGlass Siren :mermaid kiss: and Skytroque! :mermaid kiss:

[mermaids-and-anchors]

That awkward moment when you buy post cards for your mermaid business and you can't refund them and you thought you proof read but apparently didn't and your post cards say "please me at [email]" PLEASE ME AT and you don't have time to re-do them. "please me at" >_> that's just lovely.

[Mer-Crazy]

Oh dear...

[Merperson Danny]

That awkward moment when you buy post cards for your mermaid business and you can't refund them and you thought you proof read but apparently didn't and your post cards say "please me at [email]" PLEASE ME AT and you don't have time to re-do them. "please me at" >_> that's just lovely.

Oh, good God... Note to self - ALWAYS RE-READ. ._. ^w^

[Silva]

TAMW you go off on a really long rant about mermaiding to your friend and what it means and its probably really weird for them you know wearing a tail ect. and when you're done, then they tell you that they have a tail from Fin-Fun and they swim in it regularly and they love mermaids.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW the kiosk guy keeps calling you Mermaid and there is a queue behind you.
TAMW one has to beg him to stop and he says, "HI mermaid"

TAMW one resolves not to buy anymore things from the kiosk.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when I'm on a video call with a friend while wearing a tail with a runny nose, he asks me why I don't just get up and grab some tissues, and I answer, "Because I have no pants on."
That awkward moment when he says, "Me neither."

[MermaidMichelle]

I always thought it really cool (if a bit AWKWARD) how mermaids so enjoy the feel of being in a tail that they will do so on land even on a casual, private basis! I imagine it would have been equally awkward had you replied, "I can't move because I've a mermaid tail." lol :mermaid kiss:

[SeaGlass Siren]

Tamw you show your husband the video of a mermaid making clicking and whistling sounds underwater ... And then just before bed he confides to you in private "after seeing that video I kind of want to watch underwater porn . Is that wierd?" :|
Yes. Yes my husband. Just slightly. How do you go from mermaid dolphin whistles to pornographic aquaphilia videos? Lol.

[PearlieMae]

Tamw you show your husband the video of a mermaid making clicking and whistling sounds underwater ... And then just before bed he confides to you in private "after seeing that video I kind of want to watch underwater porn . Is that wierd?" :|
Yes. Yes my husband. Just slightly. How do you go from mermaid dolphin whistles to pornographic aquaphilia videos? Lol.

Maybe he's a music lover? :eyebrows:

[SeaGlass Siren]

Oh pearlie. Coincidentally he IS a music lover. Plays guitar, flute, was accepted into university of Toronto for music when he played a jazz piece he wrote....

[Merman Dan]

Oh pearlie. Coincidentally he IS a music lover. Plays guitar, flute, was accepted into university of Toronto for music when he played a jazz piece he wrote....


Introduce him to the hydraulophone. ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EHJKo2SFpw

[OceanWhisper]

HOW DOES THAT WORK I WANT ONE.

[Talia]

That awkward moment when you swim over to see some kids in the water and as you swim past about to surface your fluke brushes one of the kids and they freak out and start screaming. :lol:

For the life of me, I just don't get kids.

[MermanOliver]

HOW DOES THAT WORK I WANT ONE.


Hm. Found this Wikipedia article: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulophone, basically they seem to work by directing the water of the covered holes to some kind of sound generating mechanism, which produces the sounds like a reed instrument or such like.

[OceanWhisper]

awesome :D

[MermaidMichelle]

The hydraulophone is certainly an attention-grabbing piece! I wonder if it really would work underwater....

[Mermaid Wesley]

I NEED ONE :O

[OceanWhisper]

The hydraulophone is certainly an attention-grabbing piece! I wonder if it really would work underwater....
That was my first thought :D

[Fun123joker]

awkward moment when after you brought up monofins so the convo is like

friend: its like swiming like a mermaid
me:omg you have no idea
friend: man mermaids are cool i want to be one
me: you literally have no idea
friend#2: lol what are you a mermaid or somthing
me: OMG YOU GUYS LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA.

i finally broke when my friend brought up mertailor. so then i had to tell them im a mermaid

[Mermaid Alea]

Fun123joker that is pretty cool do you think you all could form your own little pod? I wish my friends would become interested in being mermaids or mermen! :eek:

That awkward moment when you are home alone and you just finished watching all of the episodes of Mako Mermaids that are on Netflix and you want to go swimming in your tail SOO BADLY so you get your monofin and put it on and after a few minutes you get a phone call and you have to quickly scoot all the way over to your phone to answer it! :p

I have been wanting to swim so very badly...My boyfriend and I are planning a party out on the bay this week and I am going to bring my second tail and swim in it there for the first time. None of the people we are inviting know that I am a mermaid but I want to swim so badly that I don't care. That will probably give me another awkward moment story.

[Echidna]

TAMW you try to explain to a pool manufacturer you want a dancing pole installed in the deep end of your pool, to do gymnastics at and such (you know, like in the Ester Williams movie), and you can tell they get totally the wrong idea :p

[Gem Stone]

TAMW you hold up the line at the bank because the teller (not the one I was actually at mind you) is very interested in how you're silicone tail is coming along ever since that charge popped up on my credit card. Yeah, we talked for ten minutes on the tail alone. Doing nothing that I went in for. Just cause he wanted an update. On my tail. The lady waiting in line behind me was getting very annoyed. As was the teller who was waiting to help me.

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when The Mertailor is following your merman Instagram account...

Considering the fact I was not exactly a fan of him two years ago, it just feels weird. Things changed but still.. Weird.

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment when your Mom wakes you up and sees your monofin lying out on the floor with your fabric tail and instead of telling you what she woke you up for she says, "Oh so you are going to swim in your mermaid tail today at your bay party?" And you stare at her with both eyes half open and say, "Yeahh:$...So uhm what did you come in here to ask me?"

I am sure there will be more awkward moments today seeing how the friends coming today are not some of the ones I have told about mermaiding. :sweat drop:

[Mermaid Olivia!]

That awkward moment when you forget to turn off your cell phone in accounting class and your phone goes off. And your ringtone is a dolphin chattering. And the entire class just stops. I had to laugh and told the professor, "pardon the porpoise in my purse", and he was like, "huh, must be a small porpoise".

(This next TAMW has to be prefaced with the fact that the indoor pool at my university is huge and surrounded by glass walls, so everyone can see in)

That awkward moment when you're enjoying a swim and you look up and one of your professors is at the glass just staring and trying to figure out why there is a mermaid in the pool. That even more awkward moment when the professor actually recognizes that you're one of his students and gets this priceless look of confusion and recognition on his face. :rotfl:

[MermaidMichelle]

^ That awkward moment when the awkwardness of the last awkward moment ceases to be awkward as one just imagines the epicness of mermaiding in a huge glass-walled pool....

[Mermaid Wesley]

Oh god that awkward moment when a mermaid group shot is my desktop background and my Shakespeare professor sees it and says loudly: "OH MY GOSH! is that you!!? WILL YOU SEND ME THAT PICTURE?" Lol ok Dr. Park XD. Just plz give me an A!


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[Mermaid Olivia!]

Yeah, our pool is pretty epic! I'm a lucky mermaid! They included a picture of it in this New York Times article about cool university pools- it is the top photo on the article!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/fashion/college-recreation-now-includes-pool-parties-and-river-rides.html?_r=0

[Mermaid Jaffa]

That awkward moment when you forget to turn off your cell phone in accounting class and your phone goes off. And your ringtone is a dolphin chattering. And the entire class just stops. I had to laugh and told the professor, "pardon the porpoise in my purse", and he was like, "huh, must be a small porpoise".

(This next TAMW has to be prefaced with the fact that the indoor pool at my university is huge and surrounded by glass walls, so everyone can see in)

That awkward moment when you're enjoying a swim and you look up and one of your professors is at the glass just staring and trying to figure out why there is a mermaid in the pool. That even more awkward moment when the professor actually recognizes that you're one of his students and gets this priceless look of confusion and recognition on his face. :rotfl:

Next time, wave and blow a kiss!

Wow! Those US universities must be rich!!! Only a few of our Australia universities have their own swimming pools, and they are usually small ones too. Not like yours... They look like water parks!

[Talia]

That awkward moment when you forget to turn off your cell phone in accounting class and your phone goes off. And your ringtone is a dolphin chattering.

Oooh, I want dolphin chattering in my cell phone now!

[MermaidMichelle]

That is an amazing pool; it's shallow, but must be really fun for a mermaid being able to swim to virtually any part of it without having to leave the water!

[Fun123joker]

akward moment when you just bought fabric for a new tail but it has been announced that your next 2 weekend will be busy

http://40.media.tumblr.com/98867462589c4dd35d67d93da32ccb1a/tumblr_mtvo7uTkTB1sxyrgoo1_400.jpg

[Rocky Mountain Mermaids]

That awk moment when..

You go to a craft store to pick up lion's paws for a bra, and hold them onto your boob to see if it fits, only to be met by strange looks as you're seemingly fondling yourself with a shell haha.

[Luna Dreamtide]

That awk moment when..

You go to a craft store to pick up lion's paws for a bra, and hold them onto your boob to see if it fits, only to be met by strange looks as you're seemingly fondling yourself with a shell haha.

This is hilarious. I have wondered the reactions one might get from trying on shells!

[Mermaid Enora]

I've done that at crate and barrel with lion paw shells but thank goodness no one saw me at least none that I know of

[Mermaid Mystery]

guilty of doing that with abalone shells lol


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[AptaMer]

Oooh, I want dolphin chattering in my cell phone now!

http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/0-5-1-dolphin/

[Talia]

Thanks for the link, Aptamer!

I own several CDs with recordings of wild dolphins and was going to start listening to them again to pick something. This will be easier :)

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you get all emotional because you have to say goodbye to your tail for about 3 weeks (it's going back to finfolk to get new fins and touch ups) like I'm more upset than I probably should be lol

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Also TAMW you walk into a fairly busy UPS with a tail over your shoulder like "yeah I need to ship this mermaid tail to hawaii" and you get awkward stares.

TAMW someone reads your shirt that says "I'm really a mermaid" and basically this convo happens:
Girl: I love your shirt! I like to consider myself a mermaid too
Friend: Yeah but she's a REAL mermaid. She has a tail and everything
Girl: *stares awkwardly at me*
Me: yeah.. *awkwardly walks away*

[Merman Arion]

TAMW someone reads your shirt that says "I'm really a mermaid" and basically this convo happens:
Girl: I love your shirt! I like to consider myself a mermaid too
Friend: Yeah but she's a REAL mermaid. She has a tail and everything
Girl: *stares awkwardly at me*
Me: yeah.. *awkwardly walks away*

I love this one! :lol:

[Merman Jamie]

Awesome

[SeaGlass Siren]

that awkward moment when your mother has a second facebook account.. and her profile pic is of her face perfectly photoshopped onto a SIMS mermaid. o-o

what are these double lives we are living mother???

[SeaGlass Siren]

Tamw you and lily are exchanging emails an she asks you for your hip and butt measurements for your tail.., and you send only the butt because you thought your hip and butt measurements were the same, but you realized they weren't when your husband fondles you before bed and you're like "OH so that's what she meant!"

[Mermaid Olivia!]

TAMW you're visiting a group of preschoolers, and one kid manages to lift up the "V" shaped scaly part that slides over the fluke of your partial silicone tail, and sees the metal clips that connect the ankle strap to the fluke. And calls you out on it in front of 20 other preschoolers. And you have to improv something that sounds good really fast. It went something like this:
KID: THERE'S METAL BARS GOING THROUGH YOUR TAIL!!! What is that? I thought you said you were real!
ME: :sweat drop:
*20 preschoolers stare at you*
ME: Ummm, you know how some humans pierce their ears?
KID: Yeah?
ME: Well, us mermaids sometimes get our tails pierced! It's a fin-ring!
KID: Oh, okay.

Whew! Thank goodness I can think on my feet... er, fins. :phew:

[Keiris]

TAMW you're visiting a group of preschoolers, and one kid manages to lift up the "V" shaped scaly part that slides over the fluke of your partial silicone tail, and sees the metal clips that connect the ankle strap to the fluke. And calls you out on it in front of 20 other preschoolers. And you have to improv something that sounds good really fast. It went something like this:
KID: THERE'S METAL BARS GOING THROUGH YOUR TAIL!!! What is that? I thought you said you were real!
ME: :sweat drop:
*20 preschoolers stare at you*
ME: Ummm, you know how some humans pierce their ears?
KID: Yeah?
ME: Well, us mermaids sometimes get our tails pierced! It's a fin-ring!
KID: Oh, okay.

Whew! Thank goodness I can think on my feet... er, fins. :phew:
hahahaha Omg Olivia that's awesome! You think quick on your fins!

[OceanWhisper]

That awkward moment when you forget to turn off your cell phone in accounting class and your phone goes off. And your ringtone is a dolphin chattering. And the entire class just stops. I had to laugh and told the professor, "pardon the porpoise in my purse", and he was like, "huh, must be a small porpoise".

(This next TAMW has to be prefaced with the fact that the indoor pool at my university is huge and surrounded by glass walls, so everyone can see in)

That awkward moment when you're enjoying a swim and you look up and one of your professors is at the glass just staring and trying to figure out why there is a mermaid in the pool. That even more awkward moment when the professor actually recognizes that you're one of his students and gets this priceless look of confusion and recognition on his face. :rotfl:
I've downloaded the ringtones I want, and they're in my email, but how do I get them on my Iphone? I'm not good with Itunes lol

[Mermaid Olivia!]

Thanks, Keiris! My improv skills got a workout today hahaha! The same kid asked me why mermaids have bones, if I had ever been stung by a jellyfish, and if mermaids burp ROFL! I could write a book with all the funny and strange questions that kids ask me!

OceanWhisper, not really sure either... maybe you can save them on your computer and import them into iTunes somehow? I bought my tone from the iTunes store app on my iPhone so it automatically appeared in my ringtones.

[Rinoa Opaltide]

That awkward moment when you fall asleep in your tail and wake up to your alarm going off. You try to get up to turn it off like usual and end up flopping onto the floor like a fish out of water... Then actually wake up and realize it was only a dream and you don't even have a tail yet...

[Ashe]

That awkward (insanely annoying) moment when in middle school everyone made fun of you for being a mermaid but now in highschool all those girls are posting "I'm really a mermaid" or "wishing I was a mermaid" things :eye twitch: :headwall:

[Mermaid Mystery]

That awkward (insanely annoying) moment when in middle school everyone made fun of you for being a mermaid but now in highschool all those girls are posting "I'm really a mermaid" or "wishing I was a mermaid" things :eye twitch: :headwall:

this is THE WORST!! also a lot of kids in my theatre group are making fun of me for being a mermaid but then turn to the kid that makes balloon animals like "wow so cool" smh


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[Ashe]

Ugh so frustrating >_< These girls have absolutely no idea! My fear is that they'll buy tails and make it some big popular girl thing -_-

[polyhymnia113]

^pretty sure this is already happening, sadly. :(

[Mermaid Sirenia]

I know that feeling, it's like having a love for mermaids is a trend or something now. But oh well! If they're just doing it because of the trend then they will slowly show less interest as it goes "out of style"

[Fun123joker]

i feel like the trend just rises a bit in the year. thing is now the trend is looking towards moms cuz im seeing more "how to make mermaid tails for your kids" tutorials around.

i feel like the mermaid love usally increases in the winter for some reason

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one finds out who the head lifeguard is, and its not who she thinks it was!
TAMW he eyeballing her as she swims across all lanes turning tricks underwater.

[OceanWhisper]

Ugh so frustrating >_< These girls have absolutely no idea! My fear is that they'll buy tails and make it some big popular girl thing -_-
Honestly, I haven't told anyone about my mermaiding dreams because I'm terrified of this happening. I feel so selfish, but I know I can't control it if it does become a trend at my school. I just don't want so seem like someone that follows trends, you know? * so glad someone else feels like this*

[SeaGlass Siren]

I never told anybody about my interests until after highschool because they honestly weren't worth my time or trouble.

[OceanWhisper]

Yup^^^ I'm not even going to tell my parents about wanting to do it professionally until I'm out of school, because my mum works in a primary school (would start trend on purpose) and kinda *mocks* my interests, (by making them seem less serious and making fun of them) and also, I can't get a silicone tail that I'd like to use professionally until I've finished growing. Soooo... I'm just hanging out for the time I turn 20ish :/

[OceanWhisper]

Anyway, (rant over lol) let's get back to T.A.M.W :)

[Seatan]

I never told anybody about my interests until after highschool because they honestly weren't worth my time or trouble.

Be careful telling people in general. I lost a teaching job because they found out I was mermaiding professionally. Felt it didn't reflect well on the school. Legally they couldn't make me stop but I was told I would not be invited to retire the next year and, since I wasn't tenured yet, they had every right to do that, for whatever reason they wanted.

[Talia]

I know that feeling, it's like having a love for mermaids is a trend or something now. But oh well! If they're just doing it because of the trend then they will slowly show less interest as it goes "out of style"

Same thing happened with vampires. Fad is over now, and it's starting with zombies as well. It will fade out too.
That leaves the stuff for the rest of us that really enjoy it.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Be careful telling people in general. I lost a teaching job because they found out I was mermaiding professionally. Felt it didn't reflect well on the school. Legally they couldn't make me stop but I was told I would not be invited to retire the next year and, since I wasn't tenured yet, they had every right to do that, for whatever reason they wanted.

I think I've been quite blessed with the situation I was given though. Now that I work for the Disney store everyone thinks my mermaiding is pretty awesome and they've all dubbed me the resident mermaid. Granted they all love Disney and cosplay as well so...
My friends outside of work all support me as well :)

For next years Dreams Take flight event where we all send special needs and orphaned children to Disneyland at no cost (including flight and hotel and entertain fees) they all want me to bring my mermaid tail and if I need to be reimbursed for my tail they'd let me

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW you're at graduation practice and as you walk across the stage and grab the "diploma and shake hands with one of the guidance counselors (whom you have never spoken to before) he asks "so how's your mermaid business going?"

I've never spoken to this man yet he knows about my mermaiding... ok..

[MermaidMichelle]

/\ Just imagine how cool that would look in your yearbook! :mermaid kiss:

I agree that the vampire fad is over, and logically speaking the zombie 'fad' should follow suit, though it has already endured longer and is popular for considerably darker reasons....

[Ashe]

That awkward moment when you find a girl with a tail so you instantly gush about everyone on Mernetwork, all the tailmakers, Hannah and Linden, your plans for a silicone tail... and she has absolutely no idea what the heck you're talking about.

I got so excited! Turns out she just bought a tail because some of her friends did. Yippee.

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment you have to research memory for an art class, and when reading about memory you see the word hippocampus for an organ in the brain that helps sort memories, and you just know that word sounds familiar so you google it and find out that the hippocampus was named after its resemblance to a seahorse. So then you picture a seahorse in your brain. Then you still know there is something else called a hippocampus and remember that there is a mythical half horse half fish creature called a hippocampus and so just about the only thing you remember from your 3 or so hours of research is that the hippocampus in your brain looks like a seahorse and that you did a drawing of the mythical creature hippocampus on your research page. :lol:

But seriously we all have a hippocampus in our brain and it is shaped like a seahorse! Here is a link to a comparison I found of the brain's hippocampus next to a photo of a seahorse: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippocampus_and_seahorse.JPG

[MermaidMichelle]

Don't worry; my mind went there too when I first read about the hippocampus. :mermaid kiss: Did you know that it is actually larger in female brains than male ones?

[Mermaid Alea]

Ooh really? Do you have any more interesting memory/brain facts? My next art project has to be a piece that shows what I think my memory looks like and how I think it functions. I am still trying to figure out how I think I think :lol:

[Mermaid Wesley]

TAMW I forget to take off my new mermaid prop fangs before heading to the movies. TAMW the concessions stand guy laughs and says "I like your teeth!" And then everyone at the stand started staring. I flashed a toothy smile and skittered away.


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[polyhymnia113]

TAMW I forget to take off my new mermaid prop fangs before heading to the movies. TAMW the consul sessions stand guy laughs and says "I like your teeth!" And then everyone at the stand started staring. I flashed a toothy smile and skittered away.


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Priceless.

[MermaidMichelle]

Mermaid Wesley, if you have fangs then you should really marry a Dread Pirate and have him take your name; then he would be the Dread Pirate Wesley! :mermaid kiss: to anyone who gets that reference!


Ooh really? Do you have any more interesting memory/brain facts? My next art project has to be a piece that shows what I think my memory looks like and how I think it functions. I am still trying to figure out how I think I think :lol:

Darnit Alea, I'm a rocket scientist (long story), not a brain surgeon! Still, I can offer another intriguing tidbit off the top of my head (no pun intended) and some advice....

At the very core of the brain (at the top of the brainstem) dwells the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. This is a primordial component that controls such things as fear and (apparently) sense of identity. In 100% of studied cases, transgender people have the same neurons in this region as the gender with which they identify (as opposed to that which they outwardly appear to be).

You're on the right track with the hippocampus, as it controls spacial memory. For an artistic interpretation, I'm imagining something like a dolphin's sonar; a sort of topographical map extending outward from recent memories immediately around you to distant memories deep in undersea trenches (buried in your subconscious). Those memories which come most easily to your mind and/or were most important in your life are those which your "sonar" bounces back to you in shimmering silver.

I hope that helps! Good luck on your project; you are in my prayer! :cheerleader: :mermaid kiss: :pearl:

[Mermaid Alea]

Thank you Michelle! Well unfortunately I was busy doing lots of work today and then I went to do some of my online class work only to find a 'hidden assignment' that the teacher gave us. I thought I was done for the weekly assignment. :( I will probably be ranting about that in another topic on here, but anyways I wanted to do some concept sketches and I really love your idea and I will probably incorporate that into something. I definitely love the sonar idea. I had been thinking of a layering effect of clear images stacked, but darned if my teacher didn't say that idea last class so then I felt like I shouldn't do my idea because it ended up being an idea he had already done! I don't know maybe I can personalize it in my own way. Anyways thanks so much!

[TritonsGuard]

That awkward moment (as also a male soldier), when the package you have been waiting for finally comes in, you go to your brigade building to pick it up, and as you're walking through the halls with a large box, a Sargent Major comes up to you and asks "what's in there?"

[PhaylennMurúch]

That awkward moment (as also a male soldier), when the package you have been waiting for finally comes in, you go to your brigade building to pick it up, and as you're walking through the halls with a large box, a Sargent Major comes up to you and asks "what's in there?"

"Don't ask, Don't tell. Sir"

[TritonsGuard]

"Don't ask, Don't tell. Sir"

No longer in affect. He asked, I was vague. Ma'am.

[merman475]

Kinda rare to meet a fellow soldier. :-)

[polyhymnia113]

Mermaid Wesley, if you have fangs then you should really marry a Dread Pirate and have him take your name; then he would be the Dread Pirate Wesley! :mermaid kiss: to anyone who gets that reference!



Darnit Alea, I'm a rocket scientist (long story), not a brain surgeon! Still, I can offer another intriguing tidbit off the top of my head (no pun intended) and some advice....

At the very core of the brain (at the top of the brainstem) dwells the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. This is a primordial component that controls such things as fear and (apparently) sense of identity. In 100% of studied cases, transgender people have the same neurons in this region as the gender with which they identify (as opposed to that which they outwardly appear to be).

You're on the right track with the hippocampus, as it controls spacial memory. For an artistic interpretation, I'm imagining something like a dolphin's sonar; a sort of topographical map extending outward from recent memories immediately around you to distant memories deep in undersea trenches (buried in your subconscious). Those memories which come most easily to your mind and/or were most important in your life are those which your "sonar" bounces back to you in shimmering silver.

I hope that helps! Good luck on your project; you are in my prayer! :cheerleader: :mermaid kiss: [emoji14]earl:
She could get a pet shrieking eel...love it!

[TritonsGuard]

Yeah. The chances of finding another here is quite slim. Uncle Sam released you yet or are you still in?

[Mermaid Wesley]

As you wish Michelle ;)


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[Drake]

Kinda rare to meet a fellow soldier. :-)

a breed apart, neh?

[Mermaid Sirenia]

TAMW at graduation as the class president is giving her speech she says "we all had crazy dreams as kids, some wanted to be princesses, some wanted to be wizards, I wanted to be a mermaid! But we all grew up and made more realistic goals" and at the moment she says that everyone turns and looks at you, several saying "well not all of us"

[OceanWhisper]

Oh well.. At least you made your dream into reality! Screw what everyone else thinks

[Skytroque]

TAMW at graduation as the class president is giving her speech she says "we all had crazy dreams as kids, some wanted to be princesses, some wanted to be wizards, I wanted to be a mermaid! But we all grew up and made more realistic goals" and at the moment she says that everyone turns and looks at you, several saying "well not all of us"

Never grow up, Never surrender!
...wait that doesn't sound right.

[SeaGlass Siren]

TAMW at graduation as the class president is giving her speech she says "we all had crazy dreams as kids, some wanted to be princesses, some wanted to be wizards, I wanted to be a mermaid! But we all grew up and made more realistic goals" and at the moment she says that everyone turns and looks at you, several saying "well not all of us"
Haters gonna hate. mermaids gonna... hm.... :|

[Mermaid Mystery]

fight them, that's the only logical solution.


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[Mermaid Sirenia]

Oh no they weren't saying it in a negative way! Most people at my school envy it haha:) everyone is very supportive of my mermaiding!

[Mermaid Machhalee]

TAMW you're swimming in your backyard pool and the little kids next door to all start shrieking. "THAT'S OUR NEIGHBOR! WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?!" Felt bad that they got scared. [emoji23]

[MermaidMichelle]

She could get a pet shrieking eel...love it!

You, polyhymnia113, richly deserve the :mermaid kiss: I now bestow upon you!

I'm also very happy that there are some merman soldiers in our network, and ones with the manners to address us as "ma'am" (and this is from someone who has on multiple occasions been addressed respectfully as "your highness"!)

Speaking of which, Wesley, I would reply with one of Princess Buttercup's memorable quotes, but as the only one which immediately comes to mind is "I'm going to go upstairs and kill myself" I suppose I'll just have to suck it up....

[Mermaid Aika]

You, polyhymnia113, richly deserve the :mermaid kiss: I now bestow upon you!

I'm also very happy that there are some merman soldiers in our network, and ones with the manners to address us as "ma'am" (and this is from someone who has on multiple occasions been addressed respectfully as "your highness"!)

Speaking of which, Wesley, I would reply with one of Princess Buttercup's memorable quotes, but as the only one which immediately comes to mind is "I'm going to go upstairs and kill myself" I suppose I'll just have to suck it up....

Yay! Princess Bride!
Oh- she could move into the fire swamp!

[SeaGlass Siren]

Tamw you bring a crochet mermaid tail in to work and your coworkers ask you to teach them crochet ... Because they bought the stick but didn't know how.
tamw you bring the finished tail for your newborn bebe niece and you find out her grandpa and the new mama loves mermaids.. But he and she thought it was a hat.

[Ashe]

That awkward moment when you are swimming in your tail and come up for a breath, to see a bunch of your older brother's friends staring at you with the most dumbfounded expression. I retaliated by saying 'you wish you were this cool' and diving back under again without another word. Pretty proud of myself for that one...

[SweeteSiren]

[QUOTE=Speaking of which, Wesley, I would reply with one of Princess Buttercup's memorable quotes, but as the only one which immediately comes to mind is "I'm going to go upstairs and kill myself" I suppose I'll just have to suck it up....[/QUOTE]

Don't feel bad. We all blank now & then. You know, ever since Prince Humperdinck fired me, my confidence is shattered...

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one considers giving groups of adult starers the finger during her swims...

[Mermaid Sirenia]

OK so this isn't mermaid related BUT I wanted to show you guys because I've been laughing all day at this. I've been at my aunts house all day and was looking at the pictures on her wall and saw a photo of my cousin hanging up.. I thought he looked familiar then it hit me, MY COUSIN LOOKS LIKE SID FROM TOY STORY. The shirt, hair, and braces! THIS WASNT EVEN INTENTIONAL GUYS I'VE NEED CRYING OF LAUGHTER http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/30/09a6ba3ce6bc279e9c472f3daaa40e49.jpg

[SeaGlass Siren]

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9LAZcBPAVQg/0.jpg

HOLY CRAP

[MerEmma]

Oh my god. You could post that on Reddit or Imgur, omfg. Wow.

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Oh my god. You could post that on Reddit or Imgur, omfg. Wow.
Haha I probably will but I want to get his permission first, I don't want to completely embarrass him😂

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one realises there are other humans out there who look like cartoon characters.

Everyone in my family thinks that Pixar based the bespectacled character on me. Same hair, same glass, same boring voice and even down to the bad posture!
http://the-incredibles.wikia.com/wiki/The_Incredibles_Wiki

TAMW one finally knows that the weirdo that was staring at her underwater last week, was Tim the lifeguard!

[Mermaid Kelda]

Edna Mode! I loved her!

[SeaGlass Siren]

my friend david used to look like russel from up. so much that when we baked him a ruzzel cake, his mom and his aunt thought it was actually him.

[MermaidMichelle]

I quite like Russel! I can't think of any cartoon characters to whom I have been compared, but I have been described as looking like Alexandra Daddario (Annabeth Chase from the Percy Jackson series (The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters​))....

[Rebekah.fish]

Haters gonna hate. mermaids gonna... hm.... :|
Floatate; )

[Talia]

TAMW you are having a swim in you local pool and two teenagers come by and ask if they can record an interview with you for a high school project.

It was supposed to be related to my job, but we ended up talking about what drove me into mermaiding, H2O and tails. They wouldn't stop telling me how cool it was.

[SeaGlass Siren]

that awkward moment afterwork when you, your store manager, and another coworker sit in a little circle folding t-shirts start talking about mermaiding as a hobby and if it can be classified as cosplay (regardless, they still think it's pretty amazing, also pretty lax.) when suddenly said store manager goes "did you know dugongs were mistaken for mermaids because they have the exact same genitals as humans? so a dugongs vagina literally looked like a woman's vagina."

that awkward moment when you move onto the next subject of wild neighbours, and said manager talks about his neighbour back in hicktown who literally humped his dog.
Shocked me so much that i went "wait people fuck DOGS?" and he goes "i love how you didnt react to the dugong fucking but then react massively to dog fucking" and the other coworker feeling left out says "dont they fuck sheep and cows on farms?"

lol... oh god...

[Ashe]

That awkward moment when your mother walks into the garage and wonders why you are sitting silently in a chair staring at a sheet of cardboard with a monofin drawn on it and you have to explain that you are deciding how big you want your fluke to be.

[PearlieMae]

that awkward moment afterwork when you, your store manager, and another coworker sit in a little circle folding t-shirts start talking about mermaiding as a hobby and if it can be classified as cosplay (regardless, they still think it's pretty amazing, also pretty lax.) when suddenly said store manager goes "did you know dugongs were mistaken for mermaids because they have the exact same genitals as humans? so a dugongs vagina literally looked like a woman's vagina."

that awkward moment when you move onto the next subject of wild neighbours, and said manager talks about his neighbour back in hicktown who literally humped his dog.
Shocked me so much that i went "wait people fuck DOGS?" and he goes "i love how you didnt react to the dugong fucking but then react massively to dog fucking" and the other coworker feeling left out says "dont they fuck sheep and cows on farms?"

lol... oh god...

A: re: dugongs - no, they don't.

B: DO NOT GOOGLE "DUGONG GENITALIA"

C: Comedian Billy Connolly says that when you shag a sheep, face her towards a cliff so she'll push back.

[SeaGlass Siren]

oh my goodness LOL!!

also.. oddly enough i did look up dugong genitalia... but nothing ever came up ._.

[polyhymnia113]

Pearlie for the hillarious WIN, always!

[telzey.amberdon]

A: re: dugongs - no, they don't.

B: DO NOT GOOGLE "DUGONG GENITALIA"

C: Comedian Billy Connolly says that when you shag a sheep, face her towards a cliff so she'll push back.

In response to "C"; hip waders.

[Naufra]

Here's an old anatomical illustration I found regarding the reproductive organs of dugongs. Not that shocking, if you ask me. I just wonder what those glassy-looking things that came up in Google image search are.
https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8705

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is tracing out her fish pants paper pattern and realises, "Is my butt really that big?!?!"

[Talia]

TAMW one of your bosses (a woman) asks you about the picture you have in your Whats App profile (it's the same pic I have in my profile here) and you tell her about your mermaiding habits and your tail. She then tells you how fun it must be, and how her daughter would love to do that. You suggest her she shows her daughter the picture and she tells you "Definitely not, because then she would want one of those tails for herself!".

And she starts calling you Ariel every time she sees you.

[Naufra]

TAMW you wear stupid shoes to work for a themed event, after two days in them on a concrete floor you feel like knives are shooting up your legs with every step, you ask your boss if you can sit down for a bit because you feel like knives are shooting up your legs with every step, and your literature geek boss says, "I guess it's time to turn back into a mermaid, Ariel, that prince just isn't working out."
TAMW you reply, "That's a great idea, I'll put my pajama tail on when I get home," and your boss, who doesn't know about your mermaid or costume habits, thinks you're joking until your other boss, a theater geek who knows you cosplay, asks for the URL of the store you got it from because it sounds ridiculously comfortable to him.

Since my name is Ariel, I get a lot of Little Mermaid jokes at work. I also have the world's comfiest tail, it was made by OhMyShells on Etsy, but sadly they seem to have abandoned their store. It hasn't been closed or taken down, but it hasn't had any active listings in months.

[MermaidMichelle]

Ah yes; I have often mentally drawn a Little Mermaid reference to my own stilettes (they are called "stiletto heels" after all (and I assume that on these boards I needn't point out that in Hans Christian Anderson (Hans Kristoff AnnaSven, thank you Frozen)'s original work part of the deal with the devil was that walking on her legs would cause the titular mermaid to feel as though she were walking on knives...and of course the prince enjoyed watching her dance....)).

Also, congratulations on such a Providentially-appropriate mermaid name (I should talk; my first name is Tiamat....) :mermaid kiss:

[CheshireKat]

lol good to know im not alone here :)
Size 40G. I FEEL YOUR PAIN. T.T

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[Princess Pearl]

TAMW you plan on going swimming like a normal person, and you discover that your bathing suit is so old it's see through. I never noticed because it's ALWAYS UNDER A TAIL.

[Mermaid Alea]

Ahh man that happened to some bathing suit shorts I had. Another thing I had happen is my favorite top's straps got all brittle and it isn't even an old top.

I haven't really had any awkward moments to share. Surprisingly nothing really seems to happen that is awkward but I figure it is just a matter of time.

[Kaila Mermaid]

TAMW.. More like scary moment. When you're at the beach and kids show an interest and this one little girl keeps hanging around. You ask where her parents are and she runs off to find them. (We kept her in eyesight) She runs back and tells you she can't find them and their car is gone.

This little girl is FOUR YEARS OLD. After about 15 minutes of searching and me about to call the police, they come walking back up from the parking lot and are all "oh haha we went to get sodas!"

I fought with all I had not to lay into some people.

[Talia]

Oh my stars, Kaila, what the hell were those people thinking? :mad:

[Kaila Mermaid]

Obviously nothing! I shouldn't have let her go with them until I spoke to them or for law enforcement involved. They appeared to be intoxicated

[PearlieMae]

TAMW.. More like scary moment. When you're at the beach and kids show an interest and this one little girl keeps hanging around. You ask where her parents are and she runs off to find them. (We kept her in eyesight) She runs back and tells you she can't find them and their car is gone.

This little girl is FOUR YEARS OLD. After about 15 minutes of searching and me about to call the police, they come walking back up from the parking lot and are all "oh haha we went to get sodas!"

I fought with all I had not to lay into some people.

Words cannot convey how this enrages me. :gah:

[Kaila Mermaid]

It wouldn't have been as bad if they had informed me they were going to be leaving their child in my care, but even then I was not there to babysit

[polyhymnia113]

Ah yes; I have often mentally drawn a Little Mermaid reference to my own stilettes (they are called "stiletto heels" after all (and I assume that on these boards I needn't point out that in Hans Christian Anderson (Hans Kristoff AnnaSven, thank you Frozen)'s original work part of the deal with the devil was that walking on her legs would cause the titular mermaid to feel as though she were walking on knives...and of course the prince enjoyed watching her dance....)).

Also, congratulations on such a Providentially-appropriate mermaid name (I should talk; my first name is Tiamat....) :mermaid kiss:
Tiamat? Really? How fantastic! The first published campaign for the new D&D system uses your name for the Queen of Dragons being summoned by cultists! Seems appropriate for a fire-angel sea dragon. ;)

[polyhymnia113]

TAMW.. More like scary moment. When you're at the beach and kids show an interest and this one little girl keeps hanging around. You ask where her parents are and she runs off to find them. (We kept her in eyesight) She runs back and tells you she can't find them and their car is gone.

This little girl is FOUR YEARS OLD. After about 15 minutes of searching and me about to call the police, they come walking back up from the parking lot and are all "oh haha we went to get sodas!"

I fought with all I had not to lay into some people.
This is infuriating. As terrible as it sounds I am really starting to believe people should have to pass some kind of certification and have to pass a test and get a license to have a child. :( I'd have instantly taken her to the nearest lifeguard tower and phoned the police, especially once her drunken idiot parents showed back up laughing about it. How terrifying for that little girl. Arrrrgh.

[Mermaid Joie]

That Awkard moment when you are trying to practice your breath holding but you don't know how to practice Breath holding. So instead you just swim to the bottom of a crowded 10foot pool. You realize you need oxygen to live. Begin to swim up to surface, when panic strikes because you realize that there are 2 VERY large women treading water directly above you! :eyepop::eyepop::eyepop: AND YOU PRAY TO GOD THAT YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY SWIM INTO THEIR ASSES! But they kick you in the face and you are relieved and not mad.
yep that awkward moment.......

That akward moment after surfacing that you reevaluate your decision to swim in the very crowded pool and practice breath holding without doing research first. :headwall:
That akward moment when you realize you were a complete idiot to do that and resolve never to swim in that pool again!

That akward moment when you are writing about your akward moment and you choose to use the word "asses" instead of "butts" because you don't want the other mermaids to think you are a teen mer instead of a college age mer.:thinks:

[Shimmer Mermaid]

TAMW
You have really long hair, like past your arse, and you get tired of it, so you get a beanie big enough to hold it all, and put your hair up in it. Only to go grocery shopping and people either say 1 of 2 things;
"Do you have cancer? "
(because it looks like i dont have any hair)
OR
"You look like Harry Styles!!!"

[Seatan]

That Awkard moment when you are trying to practice your breath holding but you don't know how to practice Breath holding. So instead you just swim to the bottom of a crowded 10foot pool. You realize you need oxygen to live. Begin to swim up to surface, when panic strikes because you realize that there are 2 VERY large women treading water directly above you! :eyepop::eyepop::eyepop: AND YOU PRAY TO GOD THAT YOU DON'T ACCIDENTALLY SWIM INTO THEIR ASSES!

The good news is that even when it seems like you have no air and you start gagging in your throat, the truth is that you still have air. That gagging reflex is something you have to get used to when breath holding. Just be glad it was a 10 foot pool and not deep enough that you forgot to equalize your ears when shooting up and ended up with a killer headache!!!! (Been there, done that...)

[Seatan]

That awkward moment when... You go SCUBA diving for the first time in a year and you are so used to holding your breath and freediving that you cannot force yourself to release enough air from your lungs to sink and have to wear 20 pounds of weight for the first ten dives before you get used to exhaling completely again.

[SeaGlass Siren]

TAMW
"Do you have cancer? "
(because it looks like i dont have any hair)

well thats a really inappropriate question :\

[mermaid_ashes]

That awkward moment when your swimming in your apt pool alone when nebiorhos come out with their dog..not a big deal but you turn too fast in the middle of a swim to see them and get water in your ear. Spend the next 10 minutes trying not too look like a weirdo while your try to get the water out..not a big deal except for you know the mermaid tail..

[telzey.amberdon]

When you are talking to a hypnotist about a program to make you more comfortable in the water. Then you have to explain being a mermaid.

[Seatan]

When you are talking to a hypnotist about a program to make you more comfortable in the water. Then you have to explain being a mermaid.

What about water makes you uncomfortable?

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one surfaces in amidst of bubbles and snort, giggling like a crazy woman!

[telzey.amberdon]

What about water makes you uncomfortable?

After 3 years still not liking any kind of audience. And my dolphin kick is still stiff. Did
I mention dark water?

[MermaidMichelle]

I think the first two problems are interrelated; your dolphin kick will improve once you are more relaxed and your muscles have loosened up as a result. I haven't had much experience mermaiding in front of people, but I imagine that focusing on your own thoughts will help.

Also, am I the only one who read "dark water" and immediately thought The Pirates of Dark Water? Or am I just Ancient? And on that subject....


Tiamat? Really? How fantastic! The first published campaign for the new D&D system uses your name for the Queen of Dragons being summoned by cultists! Seems appropriate for a fire-angel sea dragon. ;)

More than you may realize. *Freediving deep breath*

Tiamat has been the five-headed Queen/Mother of Dragons since the beginning of Dungeons & Dragons. If you look up the 1980s cartoon show of the same name, you shall find her as one of the major supporting/world-shaking characters, and it was this same character (show or not) which inspired every video game dragon to share her name. Ironic, as D&D creator Gary Gygax inserted her as a negative commentary on 2nd-wave Feminism (as found in his book World of Greyhawk, circa 1976).

I now pause to comment upon how cool it is to have another woman who plays/played D&D, and to give the warning that as much as I didn't want to believe it for the vast majority of my life, there are spiritual issues (even Satanic elements!) to the game.

Tiamat is actually the name of the Sumerian/Babylonian goddess who created mythological dragons and mermaids millennia ago, but I prefer the Hebrew version of my name, which refers to the Deep that was the universe before the Breath of God came upon it in Genesis 1:2. To combine it with my second name (Michelle), it means essentially "Without God I am nothing; for who is like God?"

[SeaGlass Siren]

^ that was deep. No pun intended.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I know. My dad has lung cancer. And lost all hair. He too thought i shaved my head for him. Then i showed him that i didn't, and he said "thank god, please dont shave your head for me. I love your hair."

[Talia]

Oh Shimmer, I am so sorry about that! I'll be thinking of you and your father :hug:

[MermaidMichelle]

I know. My dad has lung cancer. And lost all hair. He too thought i shaved my head for him. Then i showed him that i didn't, and he said "thank god, please dont shave your head for me. I love your hair."

That Awkward Moment When one is not quite certain why this appeared out of the blue, but one's heart goes out regardless. :mermaid kiss: :hug:You are both in my prayer!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Thank you, and i dont know why its not bringing in what im replying to in my reply, but if you go back a couple of pages, im sure youd find it. :)

[MermaidSaph]

that awkward moment when you dream about swimming in your tail….but you don't even have a mono fin yet :cry:

Yes, exactly. :sad eyes:

[MermaidSaph]

2. That awkward moment when your grandma doesn't approve of mermaiding


Same thing for me, but it applies to, hmm, let's see...ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS!! :sad eyes::help:

[Fun123joker]

omg not mermaid related but I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS

ok so i usally go to the playground an swing for an hour or two but i always forget my key. so when i knock on the door how i wait is that i scrach on the door

so today i came back in a black dress and i knocked at the door. my sisters decided to leave me out there. so imagin some pale girl looking straight down in a long black dress scratching on the door and how freaked out this passing couple with a stroller looked. the husban kept on looking over his should it was halrious because i didnt mean to freak people out.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

omg not mermaid related but I HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS

ok so i usally go to the playground an swing for an hour or two but i always forget my key. so when i knock on the door how i wait is that i scrach on the door

so today i came back in a black dress and i knocked at the door. my sisters decided to leave me out there. so imagin some pale girl looking straight down in a long black dress scratching on the door and how freaked out this passing couple with a stroller looked. the husban kept on looking over his should it was halrious because i didnt mean to freak people out.
Hahahaha! Shoulda made claw hands and hissed at them!

[Talia]

TAMW you are swimming happily in your tail and a lovely little girl wants to be friends and chat up for a bit. She starts with the usual stuff (are you real, do you know Ariel...), and then all of a sudden she asks if there are witches in the sea. "I have never seen one", you answer, and then she proceeds to tell you to be very careful, just in case, so they may not catch you. Also, do you know that under the floor there is a giant firepit and a demon? Yes, the floor is there so we cannot see them, and you know who put the floor there? It was god, because god has made everything. And do you know what a church is? It's where god is, and his mother too. They are there in pictures and songs. And I know a song, but it is in another language.

And you, the atheist mermaid, don't know what to do. I just kept looking at her with a surprised face saying "Really?" and "Oh, wow!".

[Keiris]

TAMW you are swimming happily in your tail and a lovely little girl wants to be friends and chat up for a bit. She starts with the usual stuff (are you real, do you know Ariel...), and then all of a sudden she asks if there are witches in the sea. "I have never seen one", you answer, and then she proceeds to tell you to be very careful, just in case, so they may not catch you. Also, do you know that under the floor there is a giant firepit and a demon? Yes, the floor is there so we cannot see them, and you know who put the floor there? It was god, because god has made everything. And do you know what a church is? It's where god is, and his mother too. They are there in pictures and songs. And I know a song, but it is in another language.

And you, the atheist mermaid, don't know what to do. I just kept looking at her with a surprised face saying "Really?" and "Oh, wow!".

Hahaaha Talia! I can just picture your eyes just getting bigger and bigger with each revelation that little friend of yours said!!! I LOVE kids' imaginations! At least you weren't bored! lol I'll bet Raina must get an earful too! I'll have to ask her about that sometime. :lol:

[PearlieMae]

I LOVE that story!

On the other fin, I had a little girl ask me so earnestly "If I pray to Jesus REALLY HARD, will he make me into a mermaid like you?"

[Talia]

It was hilarious, really! :lol:

Pearlie, she also said that she had made a wish in her birthday to have wings and be a mermaid :confused: But then the wish never came true. And her mom says sometimes wishes do not come true, but she really really wanted to be a mermaid.

She was one of the sweetest girls I have seen while mermaiding.

[Naufra]

That awkward moment when a supervisor from your old job shows up at your new job, sneaks up on you, and starts singing his own variations of songs from The Little Mermaid very loudly, and then your current supervisor joins in just because he loves showtunes, and then they ask you to sing with them while you're trying to ring out this very annoyed customer's purchase.

After taking care of that customer, I finally agreed to sing with them, but I started singing Never Gonna Give You Up instead, which earned groans and facepalms from them both, after which I had to make some introductions because they didn't actually know each other.

[Merperson Danny]

but I started singing Never Gonna Give You Up instead, which earned groans and facepalms from them both,
Yes. Just yes. Rickrolling solves all problems :lol:

[PearlieMae]

Yes. Just yes. Rickrolling solves all problems :lol:

The grownups' version of 'Mischief managed'.

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when M3 airs the rick astley song just as you read "never gonna give you up"

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140829105602/quake/images/8/81/You-what-have-you-done.jpg

[Fun123joker]

TAMW you are swimming happily in your tail and a lovely little girl wants to be friends and chat up for a bit. She starts with the usual stuff (are you real, do you know Ariel...), and then all of a sudden she asks if there are witches in the sea. "I have never seen one", you answer, and then she proceeds to tell you to be very careful, just in case, so they may not catch you. Also, do you know that under the floor there is a giant firepit and a demon? Yes, the floor is there so we cannot see them, and you know who put the floor there? It was god, because god has made everything. And do you know what a church is? It's where god is, and his mother too. They are there in pictures and songs. And I know a song, but it is in another language.

And you, the atheist mermaid, don't know what to do. I just kept looking at her with a surprised face saying "Really?" and "Oh, wow!".

so basically awkward moment when a child comes up to you and ask "have you herd of our lord and savoir Jesus Christ?"

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment when you somehow turn a conversation into it being about mermaids and then you get down on the floor to act out what you are talking about and flop around pretending to be a mermaid that just took over a boat and realized she can't stand to steer the boat. Too much coffee... yes that is it.

[PearlieMae]

I want to hear more about God's mother!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one is hand sewing velcro to her fluke and thinks, "Do I really need this tail that much?"
Yesssss....

[Princess Pearl]

I want to hear more about God's mother!
Probably The Virgin Mary, if she goes to a church that believes in the Holy Trinity.

[PearlieMae]

Probably The Virgin Mary, if she goes to a church that believes in the Holy Trinity.

That's what I thought, too, but the way this kid spins a tale, I'd love to hear her version!

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one wakes up on a Thursday and starts preparing for her weekly swim, only to find out after Dad has left with her brother to visit Mum in the hospital, that its actually Wednesday!

[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW you are swimming happily in your tail and a lovely little girl wants to be friends and chat up for a bit. She starts with the usual stuff (are you real, do you know Ariel...), and then all of a sudden she asks if there are witches in the sea. "I have never seen one", you answer, and then she proceeds to tell you to be very careful, just in case, so they may not catch you. Also, do you know that under the floor there is a giant firepit and a demon? Yes, the floor is there so we cannot see them, and you know who put the floor there? It was god, because god has made everything. And do you know what a church is? It's where god is, and his mother too. They are there in pictures and songs. And I know a song, but it is in another language.

And you, the atheist mermaid, don't know what to do. I just kept looking at her with a surprised face saying "Really?" and "Oh, wow!".

THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR THE FIRE ANGEL SEA DRAGON! Oh, the conversations we could have.... :mermaid kiss::rainbow::cthulhu:

(Pearlie, your story reminds me of something on the wall of the United Church in which I had my Why GOD Doesn't Hate You launch party: someone had asked Jesus for a Pegacorn (also called a Unisus; a pegasus with a unicorn's horn or a unicorn with pegasus wings, depending upon one's perspective....Think Princess Celestia) and provided a hand-drawn illustration so that He would know what to bestow!)

God's mother certainly sounds like the Blessed Virgin Mother Mary to me, and the emphasis placed upon her strongly suggests this girl was a lovely little Roman Catholic! :mermaid kiss:

[PearlieMae]

I thought Roman Catholic as well, especially because distinguishing between God the father and Jesus can get confusing to little ones. Like trying to figure out what a second cousin is.

I remember reading somewhere, maybe Gnostic texts (?), that the Holy Spirit was female, but was phased out as Christianity moved more towards patriarchy...use the BVM and female Holy Ghost to convert the goddess worshipping Pagans, but shut that down once you got them baptised.

I want a pegacorn!

[Echidna]

^^
The "Virgin" was only included because folks wouldn't stop worshipping female deities, aka the Earth Mother/Gaia.
(as it's pretty hard for a sole male entity to bring forth new life, ya know. :p )

Thus, they scoured the texts for a suitable christian female, Mary was the obvious choice and from then on, if people worshipped the "Mother", they could put a christian overlay on it.
(Like with Yule and Midsummer etc rites- if you can't beat them, just say it's our custom all along).

That said; something much more important:
31109
:cthulhu::cthulhu::cthulhu:

[Mermaid Jaffa]

TAMW one swishes by the cute lifeguard and her butt decides to let forth a stream of bubbles!

... Now that's what you call, Silent but deadly! AHAHAHAA!

[OceanWhisper]

Lol *facepalm* oh Jaffa >.<

[MermaidMichelle]

That Awkward Moment When the thread turns to religion, and as much as one would be otherwise willing to keep silent on a non-religious forum such as this, one feels the need to clear up misconceptions....

Pearlie and Echidna, I believed much the same thing for a long time, and you are quite right about the necessity of a female component in a religion with a Creation God (though arguably Islam manages to get around that). The oldest recorded creation story actually has the partriarch deity violently resting this power through the slaying of my namesake, and I go into this sort of thing more in Why GOD Doesn't Hate You.

While doing the research for said book (and it required quite a lot) I at last learned the truth regarding the Female God; it isn't the Holy Spirit (that was always referred to in the masculine) but rather...Jesus. Yes, that's right....

Have you heard about Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who referred to Himself as Female in multiple Canonical Gospels?

You see, Creation was spoken into existence by the Word of God, the Logos, also referred to as Sophia (Wisdom) and ALWAYS referred to in the feminine. Protestants will find Her in Proverbs, and Catholics will also find Her in Sirach (which is otherwise the most sexist book in the Bible and whose sexism Jesus openly defied) and in Her own book, Wisdom (which predicts the Passion ~90 years before Christ).

The Word of God took the human form of Jesus Christ, but (as Jesus noted) in Her natural state, She is most assuredly female. After all, God is referred to as having a womb and having birth pains (in the Book of Job and in Jesus' prediction of the end), so it only stands to reason that God is really as much female as "He" is male!

Also, that picture of the octopus is hilarious! :mermaid kiss: :cthulhu:

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

Really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm sharing to you one of my best pictures yet and that's the first thing you see?! I swear, I'm FED UP with your fear of me being effeminate.

Side note : I need to say that I NEVER got such a comment since I started taking pictures of me as a merman.

end rant/

:headwall:

[SeaGlass Siren]

That Awkward Moment When the thread turns to religion, and as much as one would be otherwise willing to keep silent on a non-religious forum such as this, one feels the need to clear up misconceptions....

Pearlie and Echidna, I believed much the same thing for a long time, and you are quite right about the necessity of a female component in a religion with a Creation God (though arguably Islam manages to get around that). The oldest recorded creation story actually has the partriarch deity violently resting this power through the slaying of my namesake, and I go into this sort of thing more in Why GOD Doesn't Hate You.

While doing the research for said book (and it required quite a lot) I at last learned the truth regarding the Female God; it isn't the Holy Spirit (that was always referred to in the masculine) but rather...Jesus. Yes, that's right....

Have you heard about Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who referred to Himself as Female in multiple Canonical Gospels?

You see, Creation was spoken into existence by the Word of God, the Logos, also referred to as Sophia (Wisdom) and ALWAYS referred to in the feminine. Protestants will find Her in Proverbs, and Catholics will also find Her in Sirach (which is otherwise the most sexist book in the Bible and whose sexism Jesus openly defied) and in Her own book, Wisdom (which predicts the Passion ~90 years before Christ).

The Word of God took the human form of Jesus Christ, but (as Jesus noted) in Her natural state, She is most assuredly female. After all, God is referred to as having a womb and having birth pains (in the Book of Job and in Jesus' prediction of the end), so it only stands to reason that God is really as much female as "He" is male!

Also, that picture of the octopus is hilarious! :mermaid kiss: :cthulhu:

that awkward moment when you suddenly hear the pop/edm song "God is a Girl" as you read this.

[Cordelia]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

It completed the look and made you look like a damn Prince!! That's why! :D

TAMW your mom buys you your billionth shell necklace. If you were to wear them all, you'd sink to the bottom of the lake!! ;D

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Arion I'm not sure about where you live, but where I live the majority of the guys I know where necklaces and earrings of some sort. Plus you rock it so who cares?!;)

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when you share a picture of your last photoshoot to your mom and all she says is "why are you wearing jewellry?"

Really? I mean, REALLY?! I'm sharing to you one of my best pictures yet and that's the first thing you see?! I swear, I'm FED UP with your fear of me being effeminate.

Side note : I need to say that I NEVER got such a comment since I started taking pictures of me as a merman.

end rant/

:headwall:


Pick out one of mom's most feminine blouses and ask if you can borrow it. ;)

[Keiris]

Pick out one if mom's most feminine blouses and ask if you can borrow it. ;)

Pearlie, you are deliciously wicked! ;)

[Elodea the Mermaid]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me :(

[SeaDragon Mermaid]

The awkward moment when you realize your friend you want to make a tail for hates the other friend you already made a tail for, so you need to come up with an excuse to why you want to know if she wants a tail. It's not like I can just say, "Hey, I just made your enemy a mermaid tail! You want one, too?" Especially not if she wants the EXACT SAME colors!

[SeaDragon Mermaid]

The awkward moment when you realize your friend you want to make a tail for hates your other friend you already made a tail for, so you need to come up with an excuse for why you want to know if she wants a tail. It's not like I can just say, "Hey, I just made your enemy a mermaid tail! You want one, too?" Especially not if she wants the EXACT SAME colors!

[Keiris]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me :(

Elodea that is so adorable! I would have been that little boy a very long time ago!!! You think very fast on your fins and I am sure ,made an impression that kid will never forget! :D

[Elodea the Mermaid]

Elodea that is so adorable! I would have been that little boy a very long time ago!!! You think very fast on your fins and I am sure ,made an impression that kid will never forget! :D

Aw, thank you, Keiris. I hope I was able to make him feel better. He was just precious, and I was desperate to make him feel better without telling him I was make believe and spoiling the illusion for the other kids.

[MermaidMichelle]

Elodea, I am impressed; you really know how to be a mermaid for the children! :mermaid kiss:


that awkward moment when you suddenly hear the pop/edm song "God is a Girl" as you read this.

I rather enjoyed that song too! You are always so sweet and cute and adorable; we can't mermaid together soon enough! :mermaid kiss:

[SeaGlass Siren]

I rather enjoyed that song too! You are always so sweet and cute and adorable; we can't mermaid together soon enough! :mermaid kiss:
Aw thank you Michelle <3 I am coming up in sept though for a friends wedding :) I have 3 days there ish if you want to meet up

[PhaylennMurúch]

That awkward moment when, after reading stories to and interacting with two preschool classes, an adorable little 4-year-old boy approaches you with a look of total devastation on his downcast face and says "I wish I could transform like you". I told him that his human legs could do so many things, including swimming just like me! Turns out he couldn't swim and was 100% convinced that he couldn't learn. I told him that I knew for sure he would one day, and then we could swim together! In the meantime, I asked him if he could show me some things that humans can do, like jump up and down or stand on one leg. Soon he and his class were all hopping on one leg trying to teach me how to do it, any thoughts of fantastical dissatisfaction forgotten, but oh my gosh his sad little face when he first came up to me :(

They all still talk about your visit. Parents have mentioned that the requests for learning to swim have skyrocketed.
Best pre-school event of the year

[MermaidMichelle]

Aw thank you Michelle <3 I am coming up in sept though for a friends wedding :) I have 3 days there ish if you want to meet up

I would be happy to, though I doubt I will have my tail by then. :mermaid kiss:

[SeaGlass Siren]

Well you know what Ariel says :p flipping our fins we can't get too far :) We can meet with our human legs

[MermaidMichelle]

/\ <3 :mermaid kiss:

(That awkward moment when a public thread turns into a semi-private message exchange...lol)

[SeaGlass Siren]

*Hair flip* honey we fabulous !:thumbs-up:

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when a guest comes into the disneystore going gaga ariel and mermaids and goes "did you know mermaiding was a thing?" and before i could answer, my lead and buddy of mine goes "actually yes we have a mermaid over here" and points over to me. and then she goes over swimmable mermaid tails and says "did you know those exist?" and again my lead goes "yes in fact she has one!" and i'm all like "i knew about it before you did. hashtag mermaid hipster. it's too current" they both started dying. then i went on explaining how they work and the girl goes "i literally just saw them on the news today i didnt know it was a thing but i'm sure you knew about it longer since youre one :P" and so i goes "it's been around for a while :P"

[Merman Arion]

That awkward moment when on the way to work, you meet in the subway one of your favorite gay pornstars you used to fantasize a lot and you sit right next to him...
That awkward moment when you're dying to ask him on a date to get to know him but you can't because you already have a boyfriend...
That awkward moment when you're finally saying something to him and it's only to give him the newspaper you finished to read...
That awkward moment when it's about time to get off the subway, you stand up and step on his foot...

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

:headwall:

[SeaGlass Siren]

Oh my lord Arion!!!!
xD that's pretty awkward. I don't know how that could even happen

[Elle]

That awkward moment when you realise Australian Mers take things rather seriously and you find yourself forming a mer-gang.

[Mermaid Alea]

That awkward moment you go swimming at a spring and you decide to surprise divers by swimming down to them and the divers never turn to look at you they just keep facing & swimming forward and never turn their heads. I guess they were too serious for mermaid fun. :p

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when youre helping a guest at the disneystore with their towel purchases and they tell you they're going to halifax and you immediately think theyre gonna go swimming with Mermaid Raina so you ask them and theyre like "THERE ARE MERMAIDS IN HALIFAX?" and you shamelessly insert info about the Halifax mermaids and where to find them.
then as they leave you hear the dad going "GUYS THERE'S MERMAIDS IN HALIFAX!!!"

[PearlieMae]

THAT IS AWESOME!

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when on the way to work, you meet in the subway one of your favorite gay pornstars you used to fantasize a lot and you sit right next to him...
That awkward moment when you're dying to ask him on a date to get to know him but you can't because you already have a boyfriend...
That awkward moment when you're finally saying something to him and it's only to give him the newspaper you finished to read...
That awkward moment when it's about time to get off the subway, you stand up and step on his foot...

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

:headwall:

http://paris.craigslist.fr/i/personals?category=mis Tell your story, maybe he'll answer!

[MermaidMichelle]

SeaGlass Siren, Raina has taught me that we Canadian mermaids are all in this together, so your promo was especially wonderful! :mermaid kiss:

Arion, I am very proud of your monogamous fidelity. As a transwoman Roman Catholic training to become a nun, I am constantly looking for ways to validate the LGBT community, and I have all-too-often encountered the attitude (usually outside the Church, intriguingly enough) that gays are incapable of such permanent devotion...but you have displayed it in the face of a porn star! :cheerleader:

[Mermaid Freyja]

That awkward moment when you first experience The Little Mermaid ride at Disney California Adventure as an adult, thinking "Aww,this will be cute", and suddenly find yourself failing at fighting back sudden tears of nostalgia and joy. At the end of the ride you're like "Crying? What?! I wasn't...I had some dust in my eye. That's all".
:sweat drop:

[Fun123joker]

^ i here ya. i went to the finding nemo one in epcot and i almost cried when apparently its part of a aquarium they had

[SeaGlass Siren]

That awkward moment when you first experience The Little Mermaid ride at Disney California Adventure as an adult, thinking "Aww,this will be cute", and suddenly find yourself failing at fighting back sudden tears of nostalgia and joy. At the end of the ride you're like "Crying? What?! I wasn't...I had some dust in my eye. That's all".
:sweat drop:
this happened. To me. Too.

[MermaidSandie]

That awkward moment when you're trying on your tail and the phone rings and all of a sudden you're struggling to get out of your tail but miserably failing and you make a mad dash for the phone and...

it's one of those solicitors trying to sell you a vacuum.

[Mer-Crazy]

That awkward moment when you realise Australian Mers take things rather seriously and you find yourself forming a mer-gang.

Now Elle you know I need to hear the whole story haha. If we don't want to get off topic you can PM me :)

[Mermaid Strega]

I finally have something to contribute!

So I'm sitting on the side of the pool waiting for my friend to join me. I don't have my glasses on so I wasn't paying much attention. This guy kept walking toward me and then scurrying away. Finally he says, "nice tail!" And I, being a dork, say," huh? Me? Oh thanks!" Because, Derp, I was the only mer in the pool. >.<

He then asked how I swam in it. Awkward mer is awkward.

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I finally have something to contribute!

So I'm sitting on the side of the pool waiting for my friend to join me. I don't have my glasses on so I wasn't paying much attention. This guy kept walking toward me and then scurrying away. Finally he says, "nice tail!" And I, being a dork, say," huh? Me? Oh thanks!" Because, Derp, I was the only mer in the pool. >.<

He then asked how I swam in it. Awkward mer is awkward.

Nawww! I was going to ask if he was cute but I see you didn't wear your glasses...

[Mermaid Strega]

Haha his face was pretty much a tan blob haha, butbf I have to guess he was probably waaaaay too young for me to be thinking of him as cute beyond the little brother type cute. XD (I think he's one of the public swim life guards and they're all in their early 20s)

[Celaeno]

Haha his face was pretty much a tan blob haha, butbf I have to guess he was probably waaaaay too young for me to be thinking of him as cute beyond the little brother type cute. XD (I think he's one of the public swim life guards and they're all in their early 20s)

Hey, early 20s is legal. ;)

[Rebekah.fish]

TAMW your brother is helping you into your tail but is super careful cuz he doesn't wanna grab your butt >_< bahaha

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[Ashe]

Oh my :lol:

That awkward moment when you friend asks why you have a giant 'dead fish' hanging in your garage

[Celaeno]

Oh my :lol:

That awkward moment when you friend asks why you have a giant 'dead fish' hanging in your garage

That "dead fish" is your real skin, the human skin you're wearing came from a girl who asked too many questions.

[polyhymnia113]

^^^yes!

[Ciriun]

TAWM you are trying to practice breath holding in the water, and just as you're taking a breath to go under a single, tiny errant droplet of water flies straight into your throat and leaves you coughing right in front of the lifeguard. :shame:

[Ashe]

Celaeno I love you

[Celaeno]

Celaeno I love you

:highfive:

[Azurin Luna]

That awkward moment when you have a wardrobe malfunction and you only just notice it when you try to get on to a lifesaving buoy to get a picture taken... The other underwater pictures :$

[SeaGlass Siren]

TAMW At the disneystore...
CM: if you splash water on her she turns into an actual mermaid!
Me: not now though I need my legs!
Assistant Manager: don't do it I need her 0-0


:P

[IllynReaver]

When you're trying to help your friend into their tail, while you're in yours, trying to get purchase in the water and you end up knocking your friend into a full mermaid faint and you go down with them.

[CheshireKat]

^TAMW you're swimming with your new mermaid friends you just met that JUST got done telling you about said mermaid faint they went through earlier and just as they get towards the end you lose balance on the rock you were on and go sliding into the water in a full mermaid faint.

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[Mermaid Cherish]

That awkward moment during a show when a stingray decides to give you a hug in the face lol

I'm working towards mermaiding, so I haven't had any awkward moments. I've just been watching a lot of YouTube videos to imagine and keep myself going in the right direction to getting healthy. On one such video, I saw just this happen. The mermaid kissed the bottom of the silly sting ray. I thought it was really adorable! The sting ray is helping you put on a great show. You're audience will eat it up. No worries! ;)


That awkward moment when you realize mermaids aren't aloud in resteraunts. O.o
No shirt. No shoes. No service.

What?! No mermaids? That's discrimination! :D

[Fun123joker]

akward moments when your sister makes a merpun

Me: hey wanna see the new fluke i just painted?
sis: i dont give a fluke about your fluke

[Calizaire]

These are hilarious!
That awkward moment when your husband hands you sushi poolside and says, "Here. Cannibal!"

[Mermaid Olivia!]

Or that awkward moment when you are putting your tail on poolside and turn around to see a lady watching you and eating sushi ROFL

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Ok so this happened back in January when I was working at a renaissance Faire but it was funny

TAMW you're on your lunch break (still in tail) and all of a sudden EVERYBODY is amused because you're a mermaid eating pizza... can't a mer have some lunch? 😂

[Mermaid Cherish]

Still going through these, so not sure if this has already been mentioned...

TAMW you find yourself mesmerized by the full moon.


that awkward moment when... 23474

Haha! *nervous laugh; slinks stealthily away when no one's watching*


That awkward moment when you take off your tail after swimming for 2 hours, and realise you have almost forgotten how to walk. Gah, shaky legs.

Haha! I had wondered a few days ago, when I started reading through this, if this ever happened to mers. You're used to flipping through the water as though you have one leg, not two. Get out of the water and you grow two pair and can't figure out how to use them. Seems pretty sensical to me. :)

It's also got me thinking what coming to land for a "real" mermaid must be like. They've never walked, always had legs. The density of gravity is much different in the water then on land, so standing would be difficult. You know, when humans get out of the water and they feel weighed down by the water? How much worse would it be for someone who's never been on dry land?Also, their core temp must be far different then humans because of the coldness of the water. They'd feel fried in 70 degree weather! The more I think about it, the more I wonder at how a mermaid would survive on land. :P This sort of thinking helps me imagine how I want to represent the mer world in my stories.


TAMW you realise how much of a mer addict you've become when you ignore household chores in favor of watching the Aquamarine DVD you found in the bargain bin, even after you read all the bad reviews about it!

Yeah. I don't get that one either. Why were people SO against Aquamarine? When I saw the advertisement, I was determined to watch it, despite disgruntled reviews. I've never been able to get enough of the mer-world, always fascinated by it, never able to be a part of it. (Until recently, when I discovered how real mermaids are.) I wasn't disappointed that I recall. (Life has happened since. It's been a while since I've been able to watch it.) I'd have jumped for the steal of a deal too!


- Thirty-something is where I'm at right now, and to be as succinct as possible I would say that we would be a lot happier if we weren't constantly bombarded with a media that assured us that we are well past our prime.

Yes, Michelle! My husband and I are 32 and 33 respectively. (I'm the younger of the two of us.) Yesterday, I was talking about how we are "past our prime" when it occurred to me that we are actually still very young. I don't know if it has any thing to do with how judgmental of age this society seems to be or because of some serious trauma we've been through over the past half-decade. But we really are NOT that old! When you think about it, people are living longer and longer these days. There are many who have made it to a whole century. And even they are young compared to the age of the earth itself.


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?

That's a very good thing! One way of facing your fears is associating it with something positive. I'm not hydrophobic that I know of. I nearly drowned once and don't like water up my nose any more (that didn't even bother me before that incident), but I have always longed for the water and to swim more. I was 12 before I FINALLY learned how to swim. So if you're concerned how old you were when you finally did, you don't need to be. You're not alone. And I was older. ;)


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:

My Dr was doing that yesterday. I went in because I was ill, but also to ask for whatever advice she could give about my general health and what concerns I may have as a free diver. She was pretty determined to find out why I wanted to free dive. Finally, I told her I want to be a mermaid. She laughed and I pointed it out. She said only partly, but she thinks it's cool. Maybe because it involves great incentive to lose a great deal of weight that I seriously need to lose. Anyway, I told her mers are doing awesome things, like Make A Wish. (Impressed by Mermaid Linden's work.)

About the hydraulophone: Wow! If I were a professional mermaid, I'd want to take this with me to shows. I would tell the kids it was an instrument from my world and give them a chance to play on it themselves if possible.

[Fun123joker]

(this is more pool related then mer related)

so im at the pool with my older sister carmen. she uses contacts and i wear glasses
as she was tanning (next to this family that sat next to us) im in the deep end and swim over

Me: Hey carmen what time is it?

Carmen: you do know there is a clock over there (pointing to the clock on the entrance ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL)

Me: >:/
Carmen: *realizes that i dont have my glasses on and how stupid that sounded* :doh: D-DONT LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!! >///< its 1:47

i swam away as she had to explain to the couple that my glasses is on the chair inbetween her and them

[Merman Dan]

Yesterday, I was talking about how we are "past our prime" when it occurred to me that we are actually still very young.

I'll turn 50 this year. I told my wife I want a party at Chuck E Cheese. ;)

[Mermaid Mystery]

hey critter I don't mean to be a bother but you are kinda spamming this thread