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[quote=Anonymous]When I was 13 years old, I was on an overnight field trip that involved swimming. It was an indoor-outdoor pool where you could swim under a glass partition to get from inside to outside.

One of my classmates got confused under the partition and was panicking. There were lifeguards on both sides, but I was the one who noticed, dove under, and pulled him up. We didn’t know each other well, but he was very grateful.

He contacted me on Facebook years later to say thank you and to say it took him a long time to be comfortable anywhere near the water again. If A’s kid in this scenario had any kind of water “incident,” or witnessed a friend having one, maybe she’s not comfortable in the water again. Maybe going to this event and getting in the water was a huge step forward.

Imagine that, people. People could be going through things you know nothing about. So maybe stop with the constant scrutiny and judgment, live your life, live and let live, be kind.

And you know what? If you don’t want to invite someone again, fine. That’s your call. But be an adult and make up your own mind, don’t slyly gossip online just because what you actually want to do is pick over the scenario and get the smug satisfaction of others saying, “Yeah, that’s weird.”[/quote]

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