Parents

[Bunny]

I believe my parents were married when I was born. They divorced when I was young though, probably around 5 or 6, I'm not entirely sure. I don't remember my dad too much since after they divorced we've had limited contact. I heard some horror stories about him from various people that knew him but I'm not entirely sure if they were true or not. I don't even know why my parents divorced. The few times I have talked to him, he seemed like a fairly nice guy, but we're talking 17 years later, so he could have changed after his second divorce.

My mom died when I was 14, right after my freshman year ended, of a brain aneurysm. I was raised by my grandmother, "aunt", and various friends and family after that.

[Zeldy]

The water sack didn't break when my Mum was pregnant with me, ergo I'm a water baby as my first breath was underwater. I'm meant to bring good luck to a fisherman, shame I don't know any. I really really really love water.

[Sylvie]

So you're like the closest thing I'll find to a mermaid?

[escobert]

My parents had broken up by the time I was born. My dad picked my mom up from the hospital and gave her a ride home in his new girlfriends car. Fully equipped with roachclips hanging from the review

[Zeldy]

So you're like the closest thing I'll find to a mermaid?

No one has ever said that before, and I've never even thought about it. I've always been natural with water that's all!

[Sylvie]

You must be a mermaid.

[NorthernChaosGod]

But she's on land and can speak. Presumably.

[Sylvie]

I'm speaking in the context of what the most realistic "mermaid" entity would materialize as. A woman with a giant fish bottom and tit is obviously fantasy. A real one is something like Zeldy. She was born drowning and she turned out to almost require communicating and experiencing excess water.

[Zeldy]

All I know is what my Mum told me, I dunno if it's greatly rare or if it has any significance at all, I have absolutely no idea Being a mermaid would be pretty cool, though!

[Sylvie]

You are one. You're living it. Is it awesome?

[NorthernChaosGod]

As cool as that is, I'm still waiting for Ariel.

[Tigmafuzz]

Well maybe if Zeldy has kids someday they'll fit into your definition of "real" mermaids.

[fire_of_avalon]

I was born about six years after my parents were married because my mother forgot to take her pill.

I was born about two weeks early in what the old women call en-caul which means I had part of the amniotic membrane draped over my head and shoulders. Zeldy was born in what's called full caul, since she was still inside the amniotic sac.

It means were magic and can read palms and trout. Also that we won't drown.

[NorthernChaosGod]

So can I hold you both underwater for a while?

[Madame Adequate]

I was born so out of wedlock, my parents got married when I was like 15 or something. And my parents were 16 (mom) and 17 (dad) when I was popped out, so I am living proof that teen pregnancy is a bad idea! Also being as this was Belfast the nurses were all very nasty and judgmental towards my mom because of the whole out-of-wedlock/underaged thing.

My mom is about 5'2" today, so I don't know if she'd even topped five feet when I was born. I was huge. She mad!