Rip Currents and Brazil versus Europe

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Yesterday was a small day at the beach. I caught some good waves and then things got weird. Waves would peak and then never break. Also, it was hard to predict where they would be breaking.

I caught several that I never managed to drop in on until the very end, and at that point it I would have to drop in on a 6 foot wall of water, so I often bailed at that point.

My dad later informed me that the reason for all the strangeness was the change in the swell. Halfway through the day the swell went form a South Swell to a Northwest Swell. This caused the lateral current to change and created A LOT of rip currents.

I was body surfing and I always found myself in a rip. This is not a serious concern for me because I am a strong swimmer and had fins, but the poor lifeguard kept having to make rescues of people caught in a rip current that didn't have fins. I usually just swam out of them, but it was annoying because the rip currents kept messing with the waves.

In yesterday's post, I mentioned that I'd rather go to Europe. I did not mean to imply that gays are more prominent in Europe. I am actually considering taking a 1-month Europe trip with my friend, and that is why I'd rather go to Europe than Brazil.

Also, after my dad proposed the Brazil idea, my brother said that there are a lot of women in Brazil, but he heard that lots of them were actually dudes, which is a problem. This is of course a funny statement, but not the best lead in for me to come out to my parents.

How would I segue from that? “Speaking of guys that dress up as women, guess what? I'm gay!” I don't think that would go over so well.