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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I was a college swimmer, lifeguard and swim instructor and I would never swim alone in any pool.   [/b]

But in our lifeguarded neighborhood pool, my kids started meeting up with their friends at the pool without me at around 5th grade.    [/quote]

This is so interesting to me. I have never swam alone (that i can recall) because I don't have my own pool and haven't found myself in a situation making a choice on this.  But if I had been in a situation to do so, I would not have been very concerned.  (I was a high school swimmer so like it and decent, but no special talent.)  Hmm.  Something to think about if I ever have a swim alone opportunity.

The only swim accident a friend/family member had was a college acquaintance diving into a pool drunk and hitting her head on the bottom.  Ultimately she recovered, but it was pretty rough.  I'd be much more worried about drinking + swimming than swimming alone, but obviously you can just do neither.[/quote]

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