Male Friends Who Were ‘Just Playing’ Nearly Drowned Me, Twice
‘Boys will be boys’ is a deadly euphemism
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6 min readJul 20, 2021
Trigger warning: an honest depiction of what it feels like to almost drown.
“It’s only a joke”
“I was just playing”
“Don’t take it so seriously”
“Why are you making such a big deal out of it?”