Him: Aren’t you going to go in the water?
Me: No.
Him: It’s refreshing.
Me: It’s cold. Besides, I have a theory about the water. All these people lay around on the beach all day, but you never see anyone leave to use the bathroom. I think they take a quick dip in the water whenever they have to pee. They relieve themselves right in the water that everyone is swimming in and then come out and say, “Ah, that’s ‘refreshing.’”
Him: Of course! Hell, I did it yesterday.
Me: What?! That’s disgusting.
Him: Stacey, since the Pilgrims landed in 1620, people have been peeing in Massachusetts Bay.
Me: Ewwwwwww!
Him: My father peed in the bay, and his father before him. And so on and so forth. That’s just the way it is.
Me: Yeah, I’m not going in the water.
Yep. He’s totally right.
That’s hilarious.
Urine comes out sterile. I’m pretty sure it does, anyway. (Docs used to taste it to see if a person was diabetic.)
Does that make you feel any better about swimming in the ocean? (As for me… I don’t go in because I don’t like to step on things I can’t see.)
Last year I begged my newly potty-trained child to pee in the ocean rather than trekking back to the house…she refused to indulge in the tradition.
I’m all for reality but sometimes it’s nice to have a little denial.
It’s a rite of passage. But one that’s better left unshared.
Sybil Law, just because it’s hilarious doesn’t make it right.
delmer, I know urine is sterile, but that doesn’t make me feel better. I also don’t like stepping on things I can’t see.
Allison, I’m sure I’ll change my tune when I have children with bladders the size of pea.
Robin, if the water is warm enough I go in with a healthy dose of denial.
Kevin, a rite of passage? Whatever.
We were at the Mississippi this weekend and my 4 year old nephew told me he had to pee and wanted to know if he should just do it in the water. I told him yes
Of course, he didn’t move away from everyone…