Dad of the year, 2025

[Mik]

One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.

[jon-nyc]

Still, he could have been a wuss like 89 and, after personally losing his child, grabbed a beer and waited for the cops to save her.

So, you know.

[89th]

To be fair I did tell my 2 year old "I hear there's free ice cream on the far side of the parking lot... let's freak out mom for a few minutes wink wink"

[89th]

Back to the original story, regardless of how she fell overboard, would any dad here NOT jump in after your 5 year old? And yes, I know how difficult it is to keep someone above water when you have to tread water (lifeguard training back in the day...)

[jon-nyc]

Reflexively. Today the smart thing for me would be to call the crew and keep an eye on my son the lifeguard but i still wonder if I would reflexively jump in or at least start to.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Dad of the year, 2025:

One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.

When Karla and I were on a cruise 20 years ago, I leaned against the railing, and the entire section opened up. Turns out it was a gate that wasn’t secured. I was suspended over open ocean. I have no trust of cruises, and even less now after reading this.

[jon-nyc]

You’re just protecting Karla. She lifted you up onto the railing for a picture, admit it.

[Mik]

Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.

But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?

[LuFins Dad]

We were newly married at that time. In fact Lucas was a glimmer in my rum addled eye that trip…

[Mik]

Buyer's remorse? Works that way for pianos sometimes.

[Axtremus]

Yeah, I was thinking a competent parent would have prevented the kid from falling from a cruise ship into the ocean in the first place.

[89th]

@Mik said in Dad of the year, 2025:

Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.

But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?

Lol