When your spouse isn't a diver

[donacheson]

Uncle Pug,

Pretty much the same as you. My wife did dive at one time (never avidly), but arthritis precludes that activity now. Not a problem - we've always done some vacationing separately and now she has no problem staying behind instead of being bored at the remote locations I tend to visit for diving. We usually take a few trips together each year to visit friends or family and often use those occasions as an opportunity to be tourists.

 

[miked]

My SO tried one dive in 1983 (a very well run "resort course" dive). She was glad she did it, but that was enough for her-for a variety of reasons.
Since that time, I am very fortunate in that she knows how much I love to dive, and when we travel (2-3 times a year), the "drill" is the same: I get up, go do 3-4 dives , and we meet for dinner, etc. She will tour, shop, sit by the pool, just relax.
As we live and work together, we can be apart-on the same vacation- and still have a great time.
Thank God she's an angel about it!!(Yes, I do tell her!!)

MikeD

 

[100days-a-year]

Mrs. 100days would be called 50days-a-year.The other times she spends with friends,shops and in general spends about what I do on diving .Nice set-up for us.May not work for others..

 

[Arduous]

My wife is a non diver, heck she can’t even swim. But when I dive she comes with me. She is my surface support team. Weather seated by the shore or on the deck of a boat, when I come up she’s there, ready with a towel an ice cold water bottle and kiss on the cheek.

Dive Safe ………… Arduous

 

[lakesdiver]

My wife gets pouty if, for some reason (cold/work/cold work), she CAN'T go with me. My friends with non-diving SO's tell me how lucky I am. Boy, do I know it.

 

[seaangel]

Well, I feel like I am jumping into the men's locker room here, I dive but my husband does not. We both grew up in Key West where he did dive (pre era when certification was required) and I never did. He introduced me to snorkeling when we dated, which I have always loved. I vowed many years ago that I wanted to learn to dive. Years, have pased and he never wanted to go with me to get certified. Anyway I had the opportunity to go to Maui last year with family, they told me in no uncertain words we will be diving. So, I went alone and got my OW certification. I am totally addicted to diving. My husband is satisfied and is glad for me to enjoy diving. Now he is just 3 months out of a heart attack with angioplasty and a stent, he can't dive but will still snorkel. We are going to Playa del Carmen in Feb. and I will dive while he snorkels, but we will also do some snorkel trips together. There are alot of other fun things to do together. Guess, I am just a little strange, some of the women at my LDS say I am brave to be alone or buddy with others. I find it interesting. I like meeting people and this is one good way.

 

[yachtopus]

To all Divers: Keep taking your spouses with you.

To all non-diving spouses: Keep going with them. You never know what other adventure you may stumble upon.

Although we are a dive dedicated charter yacht we provide plenty of top side activity for both divers and non-divers; kayaks, water skiing etc. We have a metel detector and have sent non-divers to the beach and have been amazed at the cool stuff they find. I would be so lucky, all I find is quarters and bottle caps.

 

[TexasMike]

Does taking applications for a dive buddy girlfriend count?

 

[Starfish]

In August when my diving husband and I were in Cozumel, he had an ear problem and had to sit topside for 3 days. Every moring he'd get up and help me pack my gear and have a light breakfast with me before taking me to the boat pick-up and kissing me good-bye. He stayed on the beach, shopped downtown, and took naps.

He said he wouldn't have missed the excited look on my face each afternoon I came back or the 2nd hand reports of the dives.

Meanwhile I reafirmed that while I choose to dive with him, I am capable of diving with others. --Starfish

 

[Scuba1]

Well I have the A quatic I nduced D ivource S yndrome
and to tell the truth I don´t even suffer.
Guess it is one way to deal with it too. and it stops any...