Better Than....?

[Fishstiq]

During a surface interval yesterday, an interesting subject was brought up and discussed by my diving cohorts. We all decided the best way to answer the question was to post it up here and see what peoples opinions were. So, as P.G. as possible, here goes.....

Let's say you wake up on a Saturday morning, mildly overcast but no real wind or rain to speak of. All your tanks are full, your gear is all rinsed, dried and ready to go. The smell of a fresh pot of coffee drifts in from the other room, and you know you are a hot shower and a car ride away from the flattest table-top tides in 4 months. You toss back the covers and swing your legs out of bed thinking "Here I come, (insert dive site here)!!!" And then it happens....

Your significant other steps around the corner from the other room, stops in the doorway, and leans against the doorjam with that "come hither" look in their eyes. You know, the look that says this coould be a very, very, VERY good morning.

So, wich would you choose? Tides will go to @*%#* in a little while, and if you don't go now you'll miss them. Then again, if you do go..... we all know the answer to that. Hmmmm.. is diving better than.......?

or ...

[Zen Diver]

Well, since there has been no significant other in MY life for many years, I'd have to say that YES, diving is better than the other....

[loanwolf]

One would have to take a look at the relationship first. How healthy of a sex life do you currently have with your significant other. Do you have healthy sex everyday, 2-3 times a week. Or are you like many of my friends and my sisters you are lucky if you have sex once a month or longer between. And when you do it is being used as a playing card to judge how much you love your significant other, whether male or female. I have more friends who are female and have for many years listened to them talk in detail about relationships and their perceptions. That is why I only married once I believe. If the relationship is the latter, one I would not be in it first of all, if I was in that type of relationship, god forbid, I would go diving.

[dsteding]

Multitask.

Forget coffee, or put it in a to-go cup. Combine things with the shower. Take breakfast to go.

Have both.

[Joshua Smith]

Yep.

(And in Steding's case, it only takes 45 seconds anyway.)

Multitask.

Forget coffee, or put it in a to-go cup. Combine things with the shower. Take breakfast to go.

Have both.

[lurch]

dsteding got it right. The shower is there grasshopper; use it. Commuter mugs are insanely popular for a reason. Breakfast sandwiches were invented for multitasking Americans.

I have no advice on what to do about the speeding ticket though. For those of us who aren't minute men.

You could always find an S.O. who's like the one girl I know from my previous college. She gets that "come hither look" after diving. Maybe it's the increased PPO?

Edit: Your smiley depiction of *$^@ing made me laugh.

[dwashbur]

Multitask.

Forget coffee, or put it in a to-go cup. Combine things with the shower. Take breakfast to go.

Have both.

Yep.

(And in Steding's case, it only takes 45 seconds anyway.)

And you know this because............?

[Sounder]

Skip the shower... you'll want to take one when you get home anyway. :rr:

Be advised - that "come hither" look on a Saturday morning may be followed by the news that she's going to the mall with her girlfriends while you go hit the flat tides.

[60south]

No dilemma.

Tides are predictable, and good ones will come around again.

Come-hither looks may be unpredictable, and if you don't take advantage of them they may never come back.

[DiverBob]

My dive buddy is my spouse, so I (we) would get the best of both worlds!
Life is good, Bob

[airsix]

No dilemma.
Tides are predictable, and good ones will come around again.
Come-hither looks may be unpredictable, ...

BINGO.
In my opinion there is no dilemma. In the words of Denny Crane (paraphrased) "Everything we do is for the girl. Even when the girl isn't there." I can choose when I dive, but I can't choose when I get a come hither look. I love to dive. LOVE it. But being desired by the woman I love? Nothing compares to that. When she shows it there is nothing that could take precedent. Sorry guys, I'll catch you on the next one...

-Ben

[Dusty2]

My answer is.... Is there actually a question there??????????

If your relationship is like most you would have to be crazy to miss what could be the most awesome morning you have had in a long time. The water ain't going no where and if it took you more than ten seconds to make the "right" decision then I fear your chances of such opportunities in the immediate future are very dim indeed.

[LCF]

Which is going to be more p-oed about being stood up, the SO or the dive buddy? And which one is easier to replace?

[ArcticDiver]

Which is going to be more p-oed about being stood up, the SO or the dive buddy? And which one is easier to replace?

Spoken like a person well experienced in Triage

[no excuses]

go diving, if ur good you can create that come hither look again when you get back home

[Pez7378]

I say take full advantage of the situation. It's morning, there will be another slack tide later in the afternoon, and if not, Cove 2 is always full of surprises. Another fine piece of reasoning is this, as you get older, you can continue diving. You may not be able to continue to take full advantage of the "Come Hither Look". In fact, as she gets older, and her face changes, you may not even recognize the look. Or your tired old eyes don't see it. Or you get the look, go to the bathroom to pee, and forget that you were going to hop back into bed and have some fun. In some cases, you could get the look, but not even remember who it is your getting it from.

So while it may be hard to say if diving is "Better than..." it is advisable to "get it" while you're in your younger years. :naka:

[Grateful Diver]

Guess it depends on which kind of diving you prefer ...

With tides, there's two periods of slack every day.

How often do those "come hither" looks come around? ... and how much slack are you gonna get if you don't "come hither"?

If it was me, I'd be hithering ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Norris]

If you already have a shower in the schedule I agree with others in that, utilize the shower! If the shower fun lasts longer than the shower then go later, and let the buddy know that you had some marital obligations to consider and hit the afternoon slack. I would consider that a big no no to not acknowledge the wife in her time of need, that could bite you in the ass!

[Joshua Smith]

Like they say: "Hell hath no fury like an unhithered woman."

Guess it depends on which kind of diving you prefer ...

With tides, there's two periods of slack every day.

How often do those "come hither" looks come around? ... and how much slack are you gonna get if you don't "come hither"?

If it was me, I'd be hithering ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[Grateful Diver]

If you already have a shower in the schedule I agree with others in that, utilize the shower! If the shower fun lasts longer than the shower then go later, and let the buddy know that you had some marital obligations to consider and hit the afternoon slack. I would consider that a big no no to not acknowledge the wife in her time of need, that could bite you in the ass!

... in this case, a little ass biting might be appropriate ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

[scottsax]

Text message dive buddy, then turn phone off. Hit Redondo in the afternoon, if at all.

But then again, I haven't had a come-hither look in quite awhile ](*,) , so that's where my priorities lie right now.

[Penopolypants]

BINGO.
In my opinion there is no dilemma. In the words of Denny Crane (paraphrased) "Everything we do is for the girl. Even when the girl isn't there." I can choose when I dive, but I can't choose when I get a come hither look. I love to dive. LOVE it. But being desired by the woman I love? Nothing compares to that. When she shows it there is nothing that could take precedent. Sorry guys, I'll catch you on the next one...

-Ben

Your wife is very lucky!

My SO knows how much I love diving, he and does what he can to make it happen, so I can't imagine he'd put me in that spot to begin with. If he did, though, I'd go with the come hither and the diving would just have to wait.

[Scubak]

Yep.

(And in Steding's case, it only takes 45 seconds anyway.)

Multitask.

Forget coffee, or put it in a to-go cup. Combine things with the shower. Take breakfast to go.

Have both.

OUCH!!!!
But I hear he has a fantastic SAC Rate!!!
k

[Scubak]

This thread had me laughing so hard, I had tears in my eyes...
I never realized the shower was so popular and how many people multi task!
This thread will get my vote for thread of the year in two catagories...educational and entertaining.
Thanks so much...
K

[BASSMAN]

I would be all over the "Come hither look", I get more dive oppurtunities than I do the Come hither oppurtunities.
But in a perfect world, I would work at getting both done in the same day. :naka: