We went to a very clean private beach on the Island...it was a Very clean beach and there was no debris piled around..
The girls had fun riding horses....
My friend told me one scary gist of WHAT happened to her years back so i refused to allow them enter the water...
My friend said before she got married she went to the beach, and was rejoicing that she was in Lagos with her boyfriend,but she didn't know that the current of the water was strong, and it swept her off her feet and carried her away and she didn't know how to swim and the water carried her back and forth until two life savers grabbed her arms and led her out of the water.
My friend told me one scary gist of WHAT happened to her years back so i refused to allow them enter the water...
My friend said before she got married she went to the beach, and was rejoicing that she was in Lagos with her boyfriend,but she didn't know that the current of the water was strong, and it swept her off her feet and carried her away and she didn't know how to swim and the water carried her back and forth until two life savers grabbed her arms and led her out of the water.
They took her to that their high white chair and detained her there after they give her first aid, Guess what?They said the friend that came with her should organise something for them before she is released.
Until this day,she still cannot even enter a small swimming pool.
My mommy tentacles didn't allow me leave my girls alone...I was just telling them no water and they couldn't understand why they couldn't put their legs in the water...
I am not ready to hear their Father tell stories of how many rivers he crossed to marry me.
*I was almost carried away by water at the bar beach one Christmas many many years ago....it was a horrible experience and one of the reasons i have a phobia for entering water....Anytime we go swimming i just sit by the side and play with phone or throw balls into the water....i can put my legs in but if my body enters water....wahala dey.....lol
I can't even stand a pool, I don't go to the beach, the sight of the waves, noise ahd water itself makes me dizzy.
ReplyDeleteI have never been to a beach before despite the fact that was born in lasgidi and I grew up here. Na wa!😀
ReplyDeleteI will try it one day.
Make I yarn una?
ReplyDeleteSome of una wey dey swim and drink swimming pool water, una know wetin una dey drink?
Menstrual blood: Some girls dey enter water during their menses; yes, you heard well.
Semen: Yes, some guys and girls dey fork for inside water.
Urine: Plenty people dey do this one; guys, ladies, pikin them, dey urinate inside pool and beaches plenty.
Mess: Of course you know na.
spit: of course you know this one na.
Candidiasis: Yes, that whitish fluid wey dey look like raw palmie; ekpeteshi, plenty ladies dey ooz dey swim. I know wetin I dey yarn ooo.
The one wey I never see na shit, but if you don see make you yarn me.
And for Naija sef, dem fit no change the water for weeks.. Persin go see water drink before im come full swimming pool. Beaches own better say e dey flow.
I am scared of water too
ReplyDeleteMy mom put the fear of water in my siblings and I. She will tell us that any water you can't see the ground, don't put your leg. I think it was the era of rainy season when gutters would be covered and Innocent children drown. My friend always teases me saying delta babe that can't swim.
ReplyDeleteWater can be very beautiful especially a small river or stream with stones and rocks adorning the banks but the beaches in Lagos are mostly dirty and there are no signs warning people to beware of the water that can suddenly surge and carry people away.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, water is one of the most beautiful things God created
I am a chronic hydrophobic, I remember when I was little I was scared of flushing the toilet because of the rolling water stuff and the sound, I still scared of using showers and crossing bridges, flowing streams and if you want to me to faint take me to waterfall.
ReplyDeleteAbeg, God deliver me.
One of my phobia is water... I can't even bath with cold water talk more of swimming in a body of water.. Kukuma kill me no o
ReplyDeleteWhen i was in high school, i went to picnic in company of classmates... My enemy was struggled out of the water by divers over 16yrs ago, i still go to beach once in awhile but stayed very far away from the water.
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