Loved being on your channel - I had so much fun making our videos!

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I did too! Good times!

@NerdmaidFaith

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe test it out in natural bodies of water? I don't know what you guys have in NZ, but maybe hanging out in a secluded cove with some friends could be a fun mermaid experience

I swim alone, no buddy here, BUT I do have a dedicated lifeguard on watch whenever I show up at the pool. If its another duty manager, when they see me, they radio that one nice guy.!

@fiercethemermaid3286

3 жыл бұрын

I swim alone too, where are you from if you don’t mind me asking!?

I just recently broken out of hiding my mermaid side!! Just recently ordered a mahina monofin, after everyone has told me there’s no point to have one. Because I don’t really have anywhere to swim. But I answered with “I’ll wear it while watching tv”

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah!! Sometimes a mer has to do what a mer has to do! Plus you never know! Maybe one day you will find a great place to swim and then you will be prepared!

@lesliehutchins3173

5 жыл бұрын

I live in Colorado and there is really nowhere for me to swim unless it's summer time. I currently own 3 tails and several monofins. Sometimes I just wear it in bed or in the tub.

@westdekota5935

4 жыл бұрын

thats hilarious! I love this! I need to use this!!

@tiggywinkle2610

4 жыл бұрын

That is like me. I want to get a mermaid tail but I live in the UK and there are not a lot of places that allow mermaid tails (or I don't know if they do). My mum always says "where would you use it?" I always want to say, I would just wear it in my room.

@oliviagensch5530

4 жыл бұрын

Teigan Hart same I’m in the UK and there is literally NOWHERE to swim bc mermaid tails r “dangerous”

Watching this reminds me of the first time I attempted swimming in a mermaid tail. I went to my apartments pool really late at night in hopes that no one else would be there and I could try it for the first time without any awkward stares. But of course there was that ONE guy there, swimming by himself and he took one look and vacated 😆 Now I show up to the pool/beach and take over an entire section of the pool without caring who sees.

@celestialivory7033

5 жыл бұрын

Mermaid Christin.....lol

@TrixTheDev

3 жыл бұрын

I have the same feeling you felt before, and i really want to be a mermaid. I'm planning to order my first one. But I'm really shy so I'm scared that someone would see me in mermaid tail, luckily i have a really nice beach near me. And also i may be the first mermaid in my country and near countries also. That's nice to be the first one, but also scarier for me and there's no one to swim with in a mermaid tail so I'm not scared so much. I don't know what to do, so I'm watching this video.

@starcomet8312

3 жыл бұрын

@@TrixTheDev you're the only of your kind for many, many miles. You should definitely be proud of that!

@KKIcons

Жыл бұрын

@@TrixTheDev lol and I feel awkward being the first one in my county

Another tip: if a five year old girl swims up to you and asks if you are a real mermaid, tell them yes and swim away matter of factly as to not shatter their dreams!! 😁

@thesarahdilemma9752

4 жыл бұрын

Say ‘yeah I’m a real person’

@-Earth-1610-

2 жыл бұрын

But what happens when I have to get out of the pool? 😭

@skaisathedutchie7003

2 жыл бұрын

@@-Earth-1610- you aren’t allowed, you might shatter the child’s dreams! But in all seriousness I take my tail off underwater, slip it into my swim bag and then get out, and if any children ask me why I’m not a mermaid I tell them that I changed into a human to visit a friend or something like that

I got a mermaid tail and I went swimming and these kids were like “MUMMY SHE IS A MERMAID!!!!” Lol😂

I love this. It can apply to daily anxiety, as much as mermaid anxiety.

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Very true! Thank you so much for watching!

4:22 "It could be your mom who's also a mermaid" My 8-old mermaid daughter had a laugh at that, "hey, like Mom and me every weekend".

my first time ever swimming in a pool w my tail, i was at a hotel pool. i was alone for about an hour before a little boy and his dad came there. the boy was smiling and kept making comments abt how im a mermaid to his dad.

Y'all should totally have a mermaid podcast.

@skaisathedutchie7003

5 жыл бұрын

Heh POD-cast

"That's when all the Gremlin children are still in school" Well damn, guess I'm now a Gremlin child.

I went from being a fursuiter, covering myself up completely worrying that everyone is judging me, to being a mermaid. I’m super introverted, so I try to kinda hide my identity majority of the time, but with my parents nagging me that my tail will drown me (my full tail from fin is coming Wednesday hopefully) I’m a bit nervous. I’m a pretty strong swimmer, but my parents are still super worried about me.

being a mermaid is hard work, and this video is so helpful, i have watched it like 5 times already. thank you

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy to hear you found it helpful! Thank you so much for watching!

If you can't swim without goggles .... Be a steam punk mermaid

@katiefield5913

6 жыл бұрын

It's what I plan to do

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@angelicbugz4614

3 жыл бұрын

Ok I will do that now-

@crypticvale

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds so cool!!

@lauriejules1371

6 ай бұрын

Im trying to outfit my goggles to make them look like a 1914 Antarctic explorer's goggles to keep it ✨ aesthetic for my leopard seal self

I had just tried calling some community pools two of them we're in Conway when I ask them about mermaid tails they wanted me to repeat it at least 5 times then another one that I called didn't even answer like they picked up the phone but no one said hello and they eventually hung up now all I have left is to try my local recreational center which everyone says is very expensive oml

The assumption one is really good.A few days ago my dad told me never to assume anything.He wrote down the word assume,and then he put a line between the S and U,then another line between U and M.

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

YES! This is the absolute truth. ♥

Omg when she said "as someone who hates people" and I'm like, MEEEEEE

You guys make such a great team! I thoroughly enjoyed this video, not only because it's so full of great tips but also encouragement for new members of the mer-community and a lot of great stories about your own experiences. Sometimes I feel like the best thing mermaids and mermen can do is just to talk to each other and help each other realize that we're all in this amazing world TOGETHER and we grow stronger by sharing our stories instead of worrying what other people might think of it. Thanks Courtney and Faith! You guys BOTH rock!!!

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your encouraging words and for watching! It's really true. We as a community are stronger together than we are apart. I feel like sometimes people forget that. The best we can do, like you said, is communicate with others, sharing experiences and growing as a community.

A lot of public swimming pools don’t allow monofin or even bifin because they say it’s too dangerous for other swimmers

Thank you ladies. I enjoy both of your videos. Love that you are fellow Cannuks. Courtney, I love your tails and Faith I share your love of the fabric tails and love seeing your reviews.

MER-Mazing Advice! ^U^

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@Kittygirl2326

6 жыл бұрын

Mermaid Nia I agree ! 🐚🌊🐚🐟

As a guy the shell bikini part had me absolutely dying. ‘Whomp whomp “😂😂

This collaboration was the best collab I have ever watched. The tips you two gave were spot on as well! My best in public moment was when people crowded out onto the little dock to see the mermaid and one guy shouted to me asking if I would show everyone how fast I could swim. I took off swimming as fast as I could and did a tail slap and everyone was loving it. Moments like that make me feel more confident for sure.

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Oh that's epic! Nothing like a good tail fin slap! I love it! Thank you so much for watching!

When I wild swim, people give me compliments but when I'm in a pool I get weird looks lmao

The 1st time I went to the pool with my fin, I didn't feel relaxed. I thought "I am ridiculous", "it is so hard to swim", "people will laugh at me". Not at all: mermaid swim is very intuitive and natural, people were amazed to see a mermaid among them. I was welcome to swim there. Now I am a kind-of mascot.

Number 1 issue, I already have social anxiety

You both are so amazing! Mers are awesome and we should totally rock it! ❤️ I feel more confident and approachable in my Mersona than I do in my daily life... so I find myself waving and smiling and open to people coming up to me. I’m generally not a people person either though... :) Think happy thoughts! I’m the same way with negative thoughts! So I try! 👍 I try not to share a lane if I can help it when I swim because of how big my fluke is... I’ve been lucky to not have to share except with another mermaid. And we both laugh when we accidentally nudge each other with our fins 😂 Loved this video thank you so much for all of the tips!

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you! I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed our video! I agree with feeling more confident as your mersona, I'm the same way. Any time I talk about mermaids even, I feel more upbeat and confident. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

I have gotten my first mermaid tail 2 days ago but I was far to nervous to go and test it out. You guys have taken a lot of pressure from me now and the pool will open in an hour from now. So I think it's time to go dive into the mermaid community for the first time :) thanks so much for this video!

Nerdmaidfaith: "As someone who hates people" My brain: MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I love this video with you both! I am learning so much thank you for sharing :)

Thank you for that! I am new and just got on your channel and have been watching it non-stop for a solid week! This one really spoke to me and I thought I would say thank you! I almost drowned when I was a kid and having anxiety with water has been a huge deal with me and I am much, much, older now and I have just now been able to swim where my feet don't touch bottom whether in a lake or pool. This is going to help me bunches with breathing and not caring what others think about me. :D Thank you so so much!

Thanks for the good tips Mermaid Courtney and Nermaid Faith :D

mermen are also awsome - just like you mermaids

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@DaLilVivi96

3 жыл бұрын

I agree and i wish we had more mermen to be honest because mermaiding is such a fun hobby and a healthy sport/activity for everyone! 😁💖

@DDD653

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaLilVivi96 nice to have your support..greetings a proud merman

@DaLilVivi96

3 жыл бұрын

@@DDD653Your welcome and yes that's fintastic! 😁💖

It's also safer to swim where there is very little people so you don't hit someone accidentally. I've done that before.

I love both of you and this video was supper helpful! Thank you! Both of my favorite mermaids in the ssame video!

Well done ladies! I should take notes for how to explain to people why when I’m fursuiting~ Both of you definitely have me interested in making this another hobby~

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Mermaiding is so much fun you should definitely check it out!

@CozyMiel

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I actually had a chance to go swimming this last Saturday, I took my flippers and a new friend of mine actually had an older FinFun set, I haven't gone swimming in such a long time I had so much fun just playing with both the flippers and the monofin for the first time. Later down the line it'd be fun to design my own in photoshop, I may be coming to ask for a few pointers if thats alright? Overall, looking forward to flopping around down here in the SW desert haha~

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to hear you had a wonderful swim! Swimming always makes me so happy! I look forward to seeing your designs!

@HeilielPrince

2 жыл бұрын

I had someone ask me why I was in my partial fur suit ages ago. And I just said “it’s fun” old woman seemed to be against the concept of fun

There was many people who love seeinv my tail and i get compliments a lot!! Seeing this video has made me more excited about swimming 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️

I just bought my tail recently. Your tips and gist help me a lot. Now, I have more confident.

Love catching up with you two in your videos when I can. :)

Wow 😲 that was really good advice 😊 thank you so much 🧜🏼‍♀️👍🏻

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! Thank you for watching!

I believe I already asked Faith this question a little while ago, but now that I have a mermaid tail, where do you think are the best places to go that allow those things? I only realized after getting my monofin that my public pool didn't allow those things, so I haven't been able to swim with my tail yet. Also, can you give me some tips on how to ask if I can swim with my tail at places like a YMCA or a college pool?

luv this, you guys have inspired me so much! lol these rules should apply to every situation possible!

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I agree! Tips to live by! Thank you for watching!

Really needed this video (probably will watch it several times if I'm being honest)! I just got my first tail and started an IG for mermaiding, Siren Signe, and hardly an hour later a stranger messaged me wanting to talk about it which was so stressful! Also, I really hope you made/will make that video about shell tops. I want a complete look but ya fish here has quite a treasure chest that she likes to keep safe and is more interested in swimming then showing off. I'd love to hear both your thoughts on all tops!

Boys like me love mermaids/mermen! So we know the difference. I have seen heaps of girls and even boys swimming around in mer tails, and I look at them because it's fascinating and you don't often see that in a public pool (or at least not where I live), some people (like me) have a weird resting face that looks like I could be judging someone, but I'm not, I'm just staring and thinking of how cool it is to be a mer. I'm getting my very first tail and monofin in a couple months as I am saving for one. I have done heaps of practice, and this video has helped. I understand people quite well, and if you sort of think of things like, everyone isn't so different from you in the way they look at people how stand out , then things will be easier, especially if you think positively about yourself. I can't wait to be a merman! It's just as okay for boys to wear tails as it is for girls, you just gotta listen to what both of these lovely ladies are saying, because they are totally right. 🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏻‍♂️🐡🐡

This was so great! I always felt insecure, but no more!

I have just got a mermaid tail and I have no where to swim with it but I’m going on holidays soon I have never swam with it and I’m so nervous for it what should I do if people ask me questions because I’m one of those kids that is super shy and awkward

Thank youuuuuu! To you both! 😭✨💕

My two fav mermaids!!!!! And faith you are pretty!!! You both are!!!

Thank you so much for this vid I needed this I have only swam in my mermaid tail twice and it was in a public pool it was hard because I had some anxiety but I love being. A mermaid so I am not gonna let it stop me 🤗🤗🧜🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️

My 2 faves in a collab 😍

I really appreciate this video. Thank you girls🙏

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! You are very welcome!

you are both awesome!!!

Don't worry I always will beat myself up on how I always need goggles

YES ON THE SHELL THING OMG

So fun and bubbly

I LOVE THE COLAB 😁😆

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

This is alot of help

I'm looking o buy paint for my tail very soon. I'm going with the permaset and I'm trying to figure out how much to buy. If I were to paint my tail all one color, how much should I buy? Is 1 liter enough?

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

If you are only doing one solid colour you might be able to get away with it depending on your size. For me, I'm a tall girl, I use more paint than the average mer. I always prefer to be safe rather than sorry which is why I tend to buy extra to have on hand especially if I am mixing colours. It doesn't hurt you know? Then if you need to touch something up down the road you can. Again, I cannot say for use that 1 litre will be enough if you are just doing one solid colour. My guess is yes, but I don't want to tell you that and then have you run out. Good luck and let me know how it goes!

I just started mermaiding today!!!!

Awesome! ... when people at the pool ask questions you can take the opportunity to educate! Most kids are kind of shy about that I think. Most adults have forgotten that imagination is what makes the human race successful problem solvers. So, exercising your body and your imagination.

I just can’t believe that I am getting my mahina with my Ariel pro skin from Magictail it’s actually my second tail so yeh here’s Is an advanced mermaid and I love to swim in the ocean it’s like you and the ocean no other people you just feel so chilled that’s because I hate to stuck on land

I LOVE MERMAID LEGGINGS!!! You can also wear them with a pair of fins in places where monofins aren't allowed. They're also 100 proof sunscreen at the beach...

omg you guys could totally do a podcast!!

I'm going for my first swim in two days ad I plan to only bring my mono-fin to practise the safety release and other maneuvers before donning my full tail :)

AND I STILL MISSED IT!!!!!!PTERODACTYL!!!!!!

(sorry for spam comments, I'm so new to everything and I really enjoy your videos) Reminded me of today, when I took my little guppy to the beach. we havent got our tails yet but I usually swim in leggings, especially now that Ive lost a lot of weight, Ive gotten self conscious of those "flappy bits that I'm still working on" , but a tad more body confident in the way that I'm not wearing T-shirts over my bathing suits too. well today I saw a curvier girl wearing a tshirt and I thought "she doesn't need that on, she looks great" Then looked at myself and thought "wow. oof" I told her that if she took off her shirt, I'd take off my leggings. that she looked great. I hope I see her again when I have my tail. :)

I ordered a tail skin for my monofin and my mom is keeps saying that I would look weird and people would start at me in our local pool but I want to fulfil my dreams of being a mermaid What should I do?

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

I would recommend following your dreams as well as the points Faith and I talk about in this video. People are, more often than not, just worried about themselves and how they appear to others. So, like I said, though you may get some "weird looks" people really are more worried about what other people think than what they think about you. As long as you swim smart and safe and stay focused on yourself in your own head you will be fine!

@Sophie-zl6wm

6 жыл бұрын

Courtney Mermaid Thank you for the advice!

@belie1396

5 жыл бұрын

Get it! I was told the same. Proud mermaid for almost 7 years now and some other girls also bought tails after I started. You’ll never know... 🧜🏼‍♀️

Faith, more swimming videos! I'm running out of videos to watch

love you merbaes!

I like how she was like you know what now there is a discount code like as if like a last second thing and I don’t know why it made me smile and now I’m happy

Just realised I never 'liked' this video! :) Thankyou so so much for this video - it helped me so much (particularly point 6!) when I was first getting started with mermaiding early last year and getting anxious about telling people about it! Now I quite regularly share mermaiding stuff to various places and don't really bother about what other people think! :)

This holds up so well after all these years

Please do a video on What NOT to say to a mermaid please

Great tips😊 also don’t be alarmed is someone starts filming you it’s normal for people to do this the you’ll probably get used to it if you swim in a public area 👍

I love mermaiding, but it’s a bit harder now. The one pool that didn’t care about mermaid tails that was like 2 blocks from my house closed, so now I’m stuck with the pool that doesn’t even let you have a kick board, and forces you to jump off the diving board to the LEFT, not the RIGHT. Literally if you jump off on the right side, the lifeguards will walk al the way over and start going on a rant about how you can only jump to the left side. Yes, they are stupid.

@georgiajeffries5531

3 жыл бұрын

It's hard where I am too unfortunately. The sea water is normally too cold year round and tails have never been allowed in pools. But also I'm worried about going and sort of half crushing a child's dreams.

I'm getting my new tail soon and first try going to the river x.x but I always swim in dolphin kick and have plenty of people going so I'll survive, maybe make some kids smile :)

This was so cool! When I've been in my tail, I did attract attention but usually in a good way. If a kid is around I never break my mersona! They want to believe in the magic and so I respect that. I have a lot of folks ask questions but not in a bad way. Besides, I'm 53 (yeah that's me in the pic but I have my own mersona and I won't copy Ariel at my age. fine if anyone else wants to) and the questions people ask are usually very intelligent or generally fascinating. Usually, they want to swim with me and that's fine. I don't get nervous about it probably because at 53 I just plain stopped caring. I don't like men who try to pick me up. That's not cool figuratively or literally and it usually gets on my nerves especially when I'm working with kids. The fun thing about being nearly an AARP member is we really just don't care what people think anymore if we're in a tail. I did volunteer for a senior swim once and as a former nurse, you'd think nothing would weird me out. WARNING: men who are skinny, gray and really hairy in places where they shouldn't be, should NEVER wear a speedo! Especially a GOLD speedo! It's just not something you can un-see ever again! Ths is coming from a nurse who worked at a minor emergency center where just about everything came in to the office. EEEEEWWWW!!! Sorry, but if people can braid body hair that is over growing in odd places, I pray they reconsider putting mermaids, mermen and merlings through any of this. It is just so, so, very wrong!

I just today got my first tail (Mertailor Guppy tail), and I'm literally just sitting here watching this video with the monofin on

I'have got a mermaid tail blanket & ❤️ it

I got so nervous at this family coming up to me while I was still wiggling into the tail that I swam away with my shirt still on! ^w^; LOL after that I realized why some mermaids are more secretive getting into their tails!

I looked pretty awkward getting into my tail for the first time at the gym i go to but when i got in the water i had a blast!! Now it takes me only 15 seconds to put it on❤

Hi, i thank you both so much xD i see all kind of mermaid videos and i was so hypped about it,(favorit movie...the little mermaid) i was so afraid to try it, because i am not thin, i am chubby... (sry i am bad in english, greetings from austria, Österreich) but i saw this video with your tips and i want to try it with positiv thoughts. And a friend and i wants to make our own tail. I want to thank you much xD

@CourtneyMermaid

6 жыл бұрын

You go and be the best mermaid you can be! I doesn't matter what size you are! My family is from Austria!

"As someone who hates people" LOL GIRL SAME

8:19 But I AM a gremlin child!!!

There are only certain pools in my area your allowed to wear full tails in, mostly the ones that don’t have deep ends. Some of the other pools let older people wear fabric ones without mono fins but it’s not as fun😔

I do plan on contacting my city's mayor and asking her if the pool rules can be changed to allow mermaid tails. Cross your fingers

2:54 laughs in agreement😂

I hate people but I love mermaids! 💖

So... I know you probibly won't read this, but it'd be really helpful if you could help me. I've always wanted to be a mermaid, and once i discovered monofins i was SUPER exided. 4 years later, i FINally(pun intended) got one! I'm super exides to wear it. But, i was born with a disablility that made my ankle be bigger and not able to have itss full range. My fin works, but i'm kinda nervious to go to the pool. I need to practice the emergancy relese, but im pretty good at swimming ontherwise. My family thinks its wierd and say that ill drown. I know i won't, because ive practiced. What do i tell them? They might take it away from me if i even struggle in the slightest bit. Any advice? Thanks!

No SCOOL ON TUESDAY WHICH MEANS THAT I WONT MISS TAIL TALK TUESDAY

Also, if you can find a pool with a lazy river, it can help you if you're beginning.

I’m never embarrassed about my tail all my friends live it and public people ask where I get them and to feel them and if they have adult and kid sizes

I went to shop vancouver mermaid and tried to go to menu but the um blue notification thing was in the way so I couldn’t find any legging...

Most people are like OMG UR SO COOL when I'm swimming. There are always gonna be those people who are like, Oh, it's SO FAKE, but all you have to do is turn around, say, "what, did you think it was real? " then dive, splash them with your fluke, and swim away underwater. Also, captions turned the words faith on the bass into face on the face

i'm now wondering if i was before my time... i started with diving finds in the pool in the early 90s

@CourtneyMermaid

2 жыл бұрын

My BFF in elementary school and I used to borrow swim fins from our local pool and play mermaids every Friday back in the late 90’s. It was the best!

2:42 oh my God I do that all the time whether it be mermaiding or anything else that is me

I feel the sudden need to get glasses like that.... (you all make them look cool...)

What advice would you give to someone whose afraid of mermaiding in a pool because recently I called a pool asking if they allowed a mermaid tail and they said yes. But 2 days later while I was swimming someone saw me and told a manager who called the lifeguard on duty to tell me that it was not allowed due to safety reasons. So now I’m afraid because I felt horrible for basically getting in trouble for being misinformed and feeling like people might judge me for not caring about the rules when that is not the case.

@CourtneyMermaid

5 жыл бұрын

Emily this is an absolutely excellent question that I have personally dealt with on more than one unfortunate occasion. I hope you don't mind, but I would like to actually answer this in a video because I get this question a lot and I feel like it deserves some extra attention. Thank you for commenting! ♥

Following up on the tip of preparing answers for questions, I need to ask what I shoud say if someone asks you how do you go the bathroom as a mermaid. I have to know how to answer this because last summer a little girl about the age of 6, thought I was a real mermaid and asked me this question and I had no idea how to answer it and just swam away into the section of the lake that was too deep for her to swim into. I still don't know how to reply to this question and it is getting closer to mer-season as I call it, so if anyone has suggestions on what to say if this happens again please tell me. Again the question was, "How do you go the bathroom as a mermaid?"

What's the phrase for when you "come out" as a mermaid? Is it like "coming out of the cave" or something? 😂🧜♥️