How often do you talk about diving to non-divers? Forums excluded.

Shipwreckscanada · May 1, 2012

My wife, not a diver, says I have a water logged scuba head because I talk about diving all the time. I have a scuba screensaver and wallpaper; I have scuba stickers all over the place, my car, computer cover, tool kit and much more. This leads to people asking questions and then I’m talking scuba again. So do I have a water logged scuba head?

To find out I posed this poll.

Qnape · May 1, 2012

Too often, perhaps. My wife is a non-diver also, but has been considering trying. My daughter has been my dive buddy - but not for long as she is off to college in the fall. I've only been diving a short time but have been very active, and I read a LOT so i do wind up talking about it to (thus far, patient) friends and co-workers.

Scuba_Noob · May 1, 2012

The answer for me is 'too many times'. When I first started, it would occur in numerous conversations with non-divers. I was just so excited, and people positively reinforced this behavior by expressing how cool/hardcore it must be to dive. Then I realized I may have been talking about diving too much that it might seem obsessive. Thus, I cut down on it significantly.

Now, I only discuss it with non-divers if they bring it up. I will probably not even mention that I do scuba dive. But still, people think it's extremely cool and bring it up a few times a week (1-5 times was my choice). I also post photos every so often, and people compliment them.

Most of my dive talk is done with divers now.

j yaeger · May 1, 2012

i talk the talk all day long!
promote the sport by inspiring the adventurer in folks!!
when ever possible when traveling,i always wear something with a dive flag,or concerning diving
always get asked about it,how cool is it? or where to go?
just don't be a pest!!!!
lobstermen in mass. don't really care for divers!!!!!
have fun
yaeg

koozemani · May 1, 2012

Whenever the subject comes up. Coworkers will see my flipping through a magazine or reading some book and ask about it. That's all the opening I need to start. I've also found several who are divers that I wouldn't have known about otherwise. My soon to be wife is a diver and she gets tired of me talking about it.

asha · May 1, 2012

I don't talk to that many non-divers

But when it does come up, it's usually within contexts like "why didn't you come to pilates yesterday?"

Tigerman · May 1, 2012

Whenever it comes up. If people ask me what Im gonna do with my vacation, they can blame themselves!

Captain12Pk · May 1, 2012

Only when they ask. But that wasn't a poll choice.

TMHeimer · May 1, 2012

I voted 1 to 5 times a week. Mostly to my wife, a non-diver. Being out in the stix I'm not usually around many people. Talk a lot at the dive shop in the city but those are divers/student divers. Quite a few people on the NS Eastern Shore are divers, some of them even certified! In the band I play in each summer in NY the guy next to me dives a bit in the tropics--the rest of those crazy musicians would have no interest....

Dr Dog · May 1, 2012

I try to convert them to become divers

How often do you talk about diving to non-divers? Forums excluded.

How often do you talk about diving to non-divers? Forums excluded.

I talk about diving all day long.

I talk about diving once a day.

I talk about diving one to five times a week.

I talk about diving one to ten times a month.

I talk about diving ten to thirty times a year.

I never talk about diving with non-divers

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