If I Lose I Jump Into The Pool
Posted by mega on June 20, 2025 at 21:00:27
This happened a couple summers ago. My girlfriend (now wife) was dog sitting for someone she knew from church, and they had an inground pool. I had a day off work so I could go and spend the day with her, and I brought along a bag full of games, as we like playing games together. We played a couple rounds of Stuggle for Catan, which I won. She got a bit annoyed, but she knows I'm a competitive person and will always play to win, which she's ok with. Next we played a game called Unstable Unicorns.
The goal of the game is to be the first to get 7 unicorns. There's cards that can destroy your opponent's unicorns, draw extra cards, and have other effects on the game. She wanted to play this game twice. By the end of the first game, I had 7 unicorns to her 1, which made her really mad. I shuffled the cards and set up for the next game, but I could tell something was wrong with her. Well, at this particular moment, she was upset that she hadn't won any games yet. Thinking of some way to try and cheer her up, I came up with an idea. I told her if she won this next game, I would jump in the pool with my clothes on. She immediately perked up a bit and said ok, with a smile. Well, that got her feeling better, but I wasn't worried as she had never beat me in this game yet, and looking at the cards in my hand, that wasn't going to change.
So we started playing the game again, and I had a card called Double Duche, which lets you play 2 cards per turn instead of 1. We both consider this the best card in the game. So I played it out, and she immediately destroyed it. Ok, no problem, I still had other good cards in my hand. Game play continued until we had a point where we each had 5 unicorns in play. It was her turn, and she played a unicorn that counted for 2, bringing her to 7 unicorns and winning the game. We were both surprised as she celebrated and said I now had to jump in the pool with my clothes on.
Well, I wasn't planning on getting my clothes wet, but good thing I enjoy it. I did take off my sandals and walked toward the deep end of the pool. This left me wearing knee length jean shorts and a blue, green, and yellow tye dye t-shirt. She gave me a countdown, then I jumped in. It felt great as I submerged in the water. I came out of the water with my clothes clinging to me. I was a bit disappointed with the tye dye shirt, as it didn't really change colors or get darker when it was wet. It still felt good though. She tried to take a video of my jumping in the pool, but she had a problem with her phone and it didn't record properly.