Mer-Love

[MermaidBonnie]

I just wanted to say that I love our community. Sure, not everyone is besties, but every mer I've met in person has been a good experience for me. I've been traveling alot and I can say that I feel awful lonely for other mers. Here I am in Perth Australia, and no one has even seen a mer before, let alone, for there to be one to swim with. I've even offered my tails to complete strangers to have someone to swim with, but I learned quickly that just lending someone a tail doesn't make them a mer. It makes an awkward person in an ill-fitting tail...lol. Being a mer truly does start with the spirit! I have traveled to Barcelona, Spain, to Cozumel, Mexico, and to the Bahamas in search of mer adventures, and have found myself to not only be the only mer, but to also hear from locals that I've been the only one they've ever seen. I've gained such appreciation for swimming with other mers. Online it may feel like there are alot of us, but really there aren't. I've heard of squabbles, but really, I'd take swimming with someone who has different views than swimming alone. It's a big ocean out there, and trust me, there's plenty of room for all of us to share. Much love to all of you, and I hope you all value what you have in each other.

[AniaR]

There are lots of mers in Australia, I'm not sure about Perth, but maybe check out the Pod http://mernetwork.com/index/forumdisplay.php?61-Pod-of-Oceania and you might find some!

[babsannee]

I just used mernetwork in a college application!

[Fifi Tigg]

Our family is moving back to our home town of Busselton, Western Australia around April 2013 and we have a little mermaid Emily Drew that you can swim with anytime and I'm feeling the pull of the ocean more and more each day so I might even delve into the mer-world soon ;)

[-Annwyn-]

There are a good amount of mers in Australia, but we mostly are located in South Australia and Victoria. Note also, in the 2+ years I have been actively mermaiding, the interest has been significant. If it's only small now, think of what it will be like in ten years time....

[Mermaid Evolet]

Online it may feel like there are alot of us, but really there aren't.

I totally understand how you feel.
Wherer I live, in Austria, there are only few mers. And I never met one in person.
In my town people give me strange looks only because I talk about mermaids... :(
Perhaps it's because there is no access to an ocean, so they don't feel connected to it. And of cause people in Austria are closed-minded! :mad:

It's one of my biggest wish to finally meet someone who has the same passion I have.

My best wishes that you find someone too. :)

[Mermaid Citrine]

Agreed ! The sea is huge :)

[MerAnthony]

I completely understand. I live in upstate New York. An we are very far and few between. But I did meet a child during the summer and she was swimming in a tail. But it is not the same. Soon I will be moving to Tennessee an I hope I can find more mers near me.

[SeaGlass Siren]

all of my friends know that i love being "odd" and embracing things that are considered "odd"(drama/art student, it's kind of a requirement to "be odd") so they don't question it, but support it even though they'll never actually swim in public with me :')

i posted an image of me in my tail, and i havent lost any friends. i know they probably talk behind my back, but who doesn't right?

[OceanicStory]

I haven't been here for very long, but from what I've seen so far, Bonnie, I agree with you. Every Mer I've met so far has been a very pleasant, encouraging person, and I feel the more I talk with them, the more it rubs off on me. Maybe it's just something about the freedom, the expression, and the downright loveliness of the sea that puts us in good spirits, eh? ;)

I hope you're right, Aela. Wouldn't it be nice if mermaiding was the sort of thing anyone could expect and accept in stride? If we feel as good as we do embracing it now, imagine how it would feel if there weren't any stigma attached to it at all!