Yay for finding a pool Mermaid Ava! It can certainly be a challenge in recent times.
Yay for finding a pool Mermaid Ava! It can certainly be a challenge in recent times.
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Nice! You might have just created another Mermaid! What brand tails are those?Originally Posted by Mermaid Ava
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So I think the following photo fits in with the theme of 'non professional mermaids goofing off' - Here is myself and TheMermanDan at the pool on Saturday having a bit of fun!
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Indeed it can. I clapped when the lady in the office said we could swim in our tails lol. Also, not sure why my friend's picture went sideways. I was the one that bought her the tail for Christmas xD
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So I think the following photo fits in with the theme of 'non professional mermaids goofing off' - Here is myself and TheMermanDan at the pool on Saturday having a bit of fun!
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Oh my Gosh!! Best picture ever lol! I really like your tails. What brand are they?
And to answer your question, I bought mine and hers from The2Tails.
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Both FinFun! And thanks!
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Neat pics mers!
I've found mermaiding also gives you skills you can use in the workplace and get over some hinderances, like if you have trouble talking to customers, or are scared to approach people, stuff like that. You've already practiced it with swimming in your tail, and talking to people of all ages. So that you're not as fearful of random strangers as you once was. Well for me anyways, I now enjoy talking to people and have even done a customer service course to help me get a job in that industry.
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I love how Merman Dan pulls off to look that butch in a pink/purple tail lol.
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Thank youBoth FinFun! And thanks!
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I am moving to a house on the bay with my family. We have been going back and forth from both houses moving stuff in so I took my tail with me over to the new house so that I could go for a swim. The water was nice and calm and from the dock it looked clear. I walked down to the shore and it was clear when I was looking out from the beach. Unfortunately when I was in my tail and level with the water, it was a lot harder to see the random obstacles in the water (I forgot my goggles). After a lot of eyeing the water I determined where I could swim without hitting something, so I went for it but eventually I ran into a stump which really startled me so I stayed in the shallow water after that. When winter comes and the bay gets really clear and shallow we will most likely move a bunch of the logs out of the way so that I can swim without fear of bumping into something. On the plus side I had fun watching little fish trying to figure out if I was dangerous or not when I was being very still in the shallows. Most of them were too afraid to swim over my tail and they instead opted to swim all the way around very quickly haha.
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Yesterday I went with my pod to a dive-in movie. It was super awesome but the chlorinated the bjeezus out of the water. Probably in preparation of how many small children might be there, and knowing they have a tendency to not run to the bathroom. Ewww. Anyway, this meant i couldnt bear to have my eyes open in the water. (Id neglected to bring any goggles) and so when trying to dart to the side of the pool i ended up swimming full speed into a wall! It made a pretty cool smack sound, i must say. Luckily i got checked out immediately and was given a clean bill of health, but this morning i woke up to find a very cartoonish lump on my head. Note to self: ALWAYS HAVE GOGGLES. or put my arms in front of me....
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Ouch! Glad you're all right. And I'm totally a goggle-wearing mer too- both because of chlorine and because I'm blind as a bat without my contacts. There's five pairs in my pool bag for me and the kid, because her friends always forget theirs.
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Oh do you have perscription goggles? Ive heard those to be pretty expensive! I cant imagine them not being worth it though. It would suck to go swimming and have to blindly dive for your glasses if they'd fallen off.
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I'm still trying to find out where to go to go swimming somewhere in public. Working from 1 pm to 9 pm makes it difficult to go anywhere to swim. Some time soon, I hope! Especially now that I'm getting a second tail (It should be here by Monday! Eee! I'm excited!)
I have a four foot pool in the backyard and that's where I'm practicing atm. I'm living with my parents, so it's like every night for 30 minutes I'm in the pool practicing. I've only been doing this for roughly two weeks. Any tips or tricks on how to stay under the water without floating up? I swear my bum is a bubble! lol.
Exhaling all of the air out of my lungs generally does it for me. Another is just knowing how to angle yourself so you sink. But i think accidentally floating is way better than accidentally sinking. :X especially when strapped into a tail!!
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Thank you for the tip! I've been doing that more and more. I've got moderate to severe asthma so it's something that I'd have to really focus on and build up to to stay underwater for any length of time. Yes, I'm doing this safely - my mom's a respiratory therapist. If I ever have an issue, I bring it to her. If I can't ever go underwater for longer amounts of time, it's not like it'll be a life crushing experience. I can be a top dwelling mermaid.
Best of luck!<3
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I got mine from a local brand. Its a general style with two eye cups. Pretty dorky looking but at least I can see.
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Yay! What brand tail is it? Bummer about the work situation, could you find time to swim before work, since most pools open early?
Whenever I go for a swim in the pool I'll do a duck dive first (head down, bum up and dive down!) so I can swim along the bottom of the pool or as close to the bottom as I can get. I find that once I get swimming with my tail I end up finding a natural stroke that keeps me swimming at the same depth. I feel like the deeper you go the easier it is stay deep, I think due to the increased pressure, so that's probably why I naturally prefer to swim along the bottom throughout my swim. You may also just be naturally buoyant or it could even be your tail that is making you more buoyant if it is made from Neoprene.
Most free divers use weight belts to stay neutrally buoyant, and some even use neck weights which is kind of like a giant necklace made out of lead balls encased in waterproof tape. Whilst it does feel awesome swimming along at the same depth without having to make any effort to stop from rising up, I think I'm going to try to master being able to swim without a weight belt, so I look more natural. Though when I get to making my neoprene/lycra hybrid tail I might have to invest in some weights.
The shallower the water, the harder to stay down.
If you are not a sinker, you might want to experiment with weights.
Be careful with exhale dives tho.
While nothing should happen in such a shallow pool, if you go deeper while on exhale, you can squeeze your lungs.
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