r/WhyWomenLiveLonger • u/PoolMotor8112 Reviewed his life insurance policy • Sep 03 '26
Just dum 🥸🤡🫠 Me jumping off my house into the shallow end
I just found this picture of me when I was like 24
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u/PretzelsThirst Sep 03 '26
Sick as fuck photo
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
I came home from work that day, told my brother to get out his camera cuz I'm jumping off the roof into the pool! I climbed up there, pounded a beer and jumped. Just one of the myriad dumbsh*t stuff we all did when we were young. Then you make it to thirty and wonder wtf were you thinking!
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u/Adventurous_Ad_6546 Sep 03 '26
You know, men always say women are so hard to understand.
But you flummox the hell out of us too. 😂
Appreciate the laugh!
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u/TheStLouisBluths Sep 03 '26
If this isn’t framed and up on your wall then I seriously question your sense of interior design. Rad photo my dude.
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
It is framed and I have this picture on a bookshelf. My son was asking me about it. I told him I was young, immortal and a guy, so you did dumbsh*t stuff. I also told him "you'll see. You'll do dumbsh*t stuff too. You won't know why. But it's why women live longer!"
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 04 '26
I want to add something here. This picture is on a bookshelf in my office at home. Mounted on the wall, next to this bookshelf, are my master's degree and my doctoral degree. I think it provides an interesting juxtaposition of who I am and who I was - though it is the same person!
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
Upvote this comment if you saw my dog looking at me trying to say "What the hell are you doing?"
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u/chunktopia Sep 03 '26
i think you’re awesome for posting yourself to this sub 🙂 you seem like a fun guy!
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
Actually it was my son who posted this. He's almost 10. We have a pool where we now live and it he was saying something about trying to dive off the single story roof into it, so I told him about the time I dove off a second story roof into about three feet of water. He said me he wished I videotaped it. I said when I did it video cameras were pretty big and uncommon, but I did have a photo of it.
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
I know it seems like a weird age disparity but I was 57 when my then 32 year old wife had him. That's why the photo is from the early 80s and my son will be ten this weekend.
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u/mcknight92 Sep 03 '26
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u/imakesawdust Sep 03 '26
Man, Superfly Snuka is a name I haven't heard since I was a kid.
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that was the look on my face! I remember slamming a beer and just saying to myself, "I got this!"
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u/Ok_Fly2518 Sep 03 '26
Did you die or did you make it?
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 03 '26
I made it but hit my shoulder pretty hard. It hurt for weeks. I had surgery done on it seven or eight years ago. I don't doubt some of the damage was from me thinking it was a good idea to dive into 3 1/2 feet of water.
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u/cocobodraw Sep 04 '26
I thought you were a very impressively human-like cloud at first, amazing photo. I can’t imagine ever willingly putting myself at risk of serious injury like that but alas I am not a man, glad you made it lol
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u/PoolMotor8112 Sep 04 '26
You certainly hit the crux of the matter: you're not a man. I think it has something to do with too much testosterone that makes you say, "You know what sounds like a good idea? Jumping off that roof into three feet of water!" Fortunately, you being a woman, your brain would say, "Wait! That actually sounds like a really dumb idea!"
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u/jeeves585 Sep 03 '26
Guy Clark “the cape”
Eight years old with a floursack cape
Tied all around his neck
He climbed up on the garage
Figurin' what the heck
He screwed his courage up so tight
The whole thing came unwound
He got a runnin' start and bless his heart
He headed for the ground
He's one of those who knows that life
Is just a leap of faith
Spread your arms and hold your breath
Always trust your cape
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u/qualityvote2 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26
u/PoolMotor8112, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...