Ever since we bought a house with a pool, I’ve been wanting to initiate some underwater loving. However, my husband was less enthusiastic about the idea. Something about windows looking out onto the pool being visible from the kids’ loft area. Picky, picky. They’re asleep, right?
After a long wait (18 months, but who’s counting), my dream was finally realized this past week, when the kids were away visiting grandma. It was (mostly) all that I’d envisioned. However, I took a few insights from this experience that I feel are worth passing on.
- Water that seems perfectly warm during a 90 degree day can feel a bit nippy at night in your birthday suit.
- Leverage is everything. Holding on to the wall provides necessary leverage to achieve the desired effect. This makes me wonder if doing it in zero gravity would be all I’ve imagined since watching the series premiere of The Expanse.
- Astroglide X is useful for underwater slip and slide. It does, however, appear to leave an oil slick on the surface of the pool that might prove embarrassing to explain to the pool cleaning service.

