I used to hate the sea

I used to hate wading in and not having the guts to get wet because it was too cold. I hated being dumped by the waves. I hated the taste of the water and how sick it made me. I also had a phobia of sharks.

Then one day it was really hot, and I was sick and tired of being a massive vagina, so I drove down to the beach and I just dived straight into the water and I realized how nice it was to swim around in this enormous bathtub we call the ocean. I go to the beach all the time now. You can drive along the coastline for hours from my town and see almost pure, pristine sandy beaches the whole distance.

I'm just saying that I have made peace with the sea and I feel like she has much value to add to my life.

 

I love the sea.

 

I'm scared of the ocean. around here it's crazy.

 

i love the sea. it's my favorite.

 

Is that the part where you commit suicide the next day or something?

 

huh?

 

I was at a really stunning beach yesterday. The water was incredibly blue and clear, and the temperature was perfect...I really didn't want to leave. There is a nice rocky outcrop nearby that is dotted with rockpools and limestone formations. You can walk along it and pick mussels, cockles etc, catch crabs and probably fish too. I am thinking of camping there when I have some time off and just living off of seafood for a while.

 

where are you from, face?

 

The ocean scares me. In the northwest itt is gray and scary, and I can't swim, so it doesn't matter what it looks like. Because drowning looks the same in any ocean I would imagine.

 

Just because the weather where you live is a catalyst for suicide and you all have SAD it doesn't mean that you have to spread your nego energy to me brah.

 

I've spent half my adult life on the ocean so I guess I love it but I know at times I almost hate it. But today we were on a beach by Ventura and it was a beautiful sunny day, hoping it continues tomorrow up in Big Sur

 

Adelaide, South Australia. We're pretty much on the southern version of the latitude that California is on, so we have the same weather. I don't know what the beaches are like there, but ours are world class. Everything else sucks here, its arid and way too sparse, but the coast is beautiful.

 

How can you not truly appreciate where land meets sea


Maine Coast


Hotwater

 

..and you get all sticky and covered in sand when you go, and if you live near the ocean rust gets on everything-and the wind blows in your ears and hurts, the critters always made me nervous, and the jelly fish stings sucked-
but, I miss living there.I miss being able to walk to the beach and jump in on a hot day., the sound of the waves, the therapy of just playing in the sand.

I know the feeling well.

 

Those are my exact reason not to like swimming in the ocean. I snorkeled off at a coral reef in Mexico once, and swallowed some water...I felt so sick for the rest of the day.

I am also terrified of what might be lurking nearby, since I was in the same body of water as many predators. I felt like I was in someone else's house without permission.

Maybe someday I will try it again, but I live rather far from the ocean.

 

I am happiest near the sea, or in the sea. As long as it's warm clear water

 

Sowwy. You are right.

 

nice, dude. yeah it would be more that way but we have a really cold ocean current coming down out of arctic which keeps this whole region much colder and the water never really gets warm. inland it's dry and hot.

beaches are mostly pebble beaches and if you swim you're pretty much taking your life in your hands because the currents and rip tides are so strong. there are usually a couple drownings a year. apparently it's great for world class big wave surfing though.

 

Pirates love the sea and sailing. You have potential.

 

the sea and i are BFF