Hello everyone. This is going to be a bit sad. I'm sorry about that but I can't see any way around it.
I love diving. I haven't been able to have a sense of freedom in diving in years. In fact, I've only managed to properly by paying an instructor. It's very expensive and it... well, I just feel I'm missing out on a big part of diving here and it just kills me. I can't seem to find a dive buddy. There's this sensitive social interaction that goes on in first meeting people this way and I just muck something up every time. I just don't know what to do.
The first problem is finding someone who's going to be where you're going. However, most probably there's a local club at your destination. Everyone there is very cliquey. They meet at the pool a lot but how often do they actually dive? Personally, I'm rubbish in group social situations and I usually just connect to one person. That's very difficult for me.
The other thing can be that people are judging you and that's very difficult. Some will look down on your qualification. This of course though, is unspoken. So it takes many years to realise that you need to get the other 4 qualifications that cover much the same thing.
They say never dive alone but how exactly is this possible? How exactly do you achieve that? If anyone can relate please share. I'm off to Taiwan over Christmas. What can I say, I don't think I'm a d!ck.
I love diving. I haven't been able to have a sense of freedom in diving in years. In fact, I've only managed to properly by paying an instructor. It's very expensive and it... well, I just feel I'm missing out on a big part of diving here and it just kills me. I can't seem to find a dive buddy. There's this sensitive social interaction that goes on in first meeting people this way and I just muck something up every time. I just don't know what to do.
The first problem is finding someone who's going to be where you're going. However, most probably there's a local club at your destination. Everyone there is very cliquey. They meet at the pool a lot but how often do they actually dive? Personally, I'm rubbish in group social situations and I usually just connect to one person. That's very difficult for me.
The other thing can be that people are judging you and that's very difficult. Some will look down on your qualification. This of course though, is unspoken. So it takes many years to realise that you need to get the other 4 qualifications that cover much the same thing.
They say never dive alone but how exactly is this possible? How exactly do you achieve that? If anyone can relate please share. I'm off to Taiwan over Christmas. What can I say, I don't think I'm a d!ck.