Re: Swimming lessons was swimming backstroke

August 14, 2001

> I can't swim at all - totally afraid of water on my face; actually,

> to be exact, water going up my nose. Does anyone wear one of those

> nose clips; do they help? Has anyone had experience of those " we

> guarantee to teach you to swim " weeks? I'm thinking seriously of

> doing one now that the kids are old enough to leave for a week but

> I'm afraid of being the 0.1% failure rate! Are you ever too old to

> learn to swim?

>

> Akiko

I dont think you are ever too old. I have seen women far older than

you Akiko taking swimming lessons at LA fitness in Golders Green.

I don't know about nose pegs. But as for appearance, well if I

worried *too* much about that I'd never go swimming or sunbathing at

the pool cos I aint pregnant and I still look fat! I just square my

shoulders and think : " OK people look at me and think " she's fat " . So,

that's the worst case scenario over. " And as I said Israelis have no

manners, and one of their less endearing habits is staring. You can

get really paranoid if you choose to!

Ruthie

August 14, 2001

Ruthie wrote:

>I dont think you are ever too old. I have seen women far older than

>you Akiko taking swimming lessons at LA fitness in Golders Green.

I agree.

When DD started swimming lessons last Sept there were three ladies in

their seventies in the pool. They really inspired me that you are never

too old to do anything (at the time I was going through a my-daughter's-

going-to-start-school-soon-and-I-don't-have-any-skills crisis). It was

lovely to watch their confidence build up to the point of them taking

their first stroke.

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Sue

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