Hey all!
So my wife, friend and I were OW certified last year and i have gone on 4 dives since my checkouts. For some reason she has it in her head that something will happen to me so she refuses to let me dive in the local quarrys without a dive master. Even though I will be diving with a buddy. Have any of you dealt with this? Any tips?
She is worried, which is not an altogether "bad" thing (she loves you), but this is something the two of you will need to work through.
A dive master
may actually provide some good mentoring to help develop your basic skills further, but the presence of a dive master will not automatically make the dive "safer" or protect you from yourself. And not all dive masters are created equal. A "zero-to-hero" DM would not necessarily be my 1st choice as a mentor....
And really, you should already be perfectly "safe" diving in conditions similar to those in which you were certified.
The "training wheels" (with regard to your wife's concern and restrictions placed on you) will need to come off fairly soon, or you will not be able to advance with your diving.
Again, this is something for the two of you to work out, and not something a bunch of strangers on the internet can help with.
My wife has on occasion expressed concern with me solo diving. I've solo'ed for well over 30 years, but do try to do most dives with buddies, and she is my main dive buddy.... I don't take her concern as a "negative".
But she also did not say "I will not let you go solo diving".
I hope all this works out so that both if you are happy with the outcome.
Best wishes.