My ex called me this morning. She asked "Do you have a coast-guard approved life jacket for when he's at the beach?" This question was followed by a long silence.
Okay, I'll admit it - it never would have crossed my mind that you'd *want* to put a life jacket on a kid at the beach (unless you were going boating or something) if she hadn't asked. Well, possibly when we got to the beach if we saw a kid in a life jacket just so they could splash around in the surf. I mean, I never wore a life jacket at the beach growing up, and we were at the beach multiple times a year for over a decade. And I know that my 4-year-old niece has been to the beach (in Hawaii, even) without wearing a life jacket. And my mother's reaction, when I asked her if it'd crossed her mind, was to burst out laughing.
My ex also said that people didn't swim in the ocean before 1920. I just didn't touch that one.
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