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"At the surface, I scream my lungs out at spouse. "What the h$&@ was that about??? Don't you EVER take any weight off my rig. I don't want to ever dive with you again. You compromised my safety. There is no excuse for that.""
That is an overreaction - not saying that what was done here was OK - it wasn't for a whole bunch of reasons, but if you need to scream your lungs out at your spouse to get their attention there are far more serious problems than their diving behaviour. IMHO
"At the surface, I scream my lungs out at spouse. "What the h$&@ was that about??? Don't you EVER take any weight off my rig. I don't want to ever dive with you again. You compromised my safety. There is no excuse for that.""
That is an overreaction - not saying that what was done here was OK - it wasn't for a whole bunch of reasons, but if you need to scream your lungs out at your spouse to get their attention there are far more serious problems than their diving behaviour. IMHO
Dafuq? Overreaction? No effing way.
Anyone stealing my gear underwater without my expressed consent would definitely be chewed out, in public and in excruciating detail, as soon as I had my reg out of my mouth and could get enough surface air to vocal my sentiment properly. Be it my child, my spouse, or a person of authority. I'm with the OP.
In other words, **** happens. In this case it was resolved with calm discussion. We went home and drank beer and ate crabs together.