So lets call a spade a spade despite consisting marketing efforts of trying to make diving look glamerous there is just no way of pulling it off. You only need to witness the look  of shock and horror when a new openwater is told that they will have to spit in their mask, and in an instant any inkling of glamour has vanished.

The most fascinating thing is that as soon as we have spat in our mask the first time, it suddenly seems completely normal and natural to talk about wee'ing in your wetsuit at every opportunity. Or even better leaving your buddy with piece of snot on his face just for the entertainment value for the rest of the divers on the boat, and then the fact that it is just wiped off with bare hands (eeeekkk) does not phase us in the least bit!

Now lets add to that wetsuits! Not all of us are blessed with wetsuit bodies, most of us have to squeeze, pull, push in the bulges, pant, sweat and then end up with flat b...bs (cant say the real world cause your spam filters will have horries!) Thank goodness there is not someone with a video everytime this happens. I have also known a lot of girls that actually really believe mascara is waterproof... well girls its not and we inevitably look like wet poodles from the rocky horror picture show!  You know where your hair hangs over your face and the black lines are reaching your chin :).

So the mere fact that we have now established that diving is not a Peter Stuveysant ad, is why I love diving so much, cause on when I am diving what I look like does not matter! Guess what? It does not matter to anyone else either and if it does, trust me they will be changing their opinion pretty soon while they are hanging over the boat puking up their lungs (karma baby, karma). I can be happy, care-free, and behave like a 10 year old.

 One of the reasons why I dive... because diving is not glamorous :)

 Cheers Mandy