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I do not have a girl friend, so I guess the stranger that is drowning that you thought was my girl friend.

Ask her if she would save her mom or your dad. In front of him.

Depends on relationship with both

It's a trap!

I've never been asked this question before, but the answer is my mother.

For me, family always comes first.

The baby factory, so mom

Some mothers and girlfriends can swim.

So yes it’s a weird question. It doesn't describe the situation very well as to how a person is drowning like is it fatigue? Have they somehow been knocked out? Is the situation so dire that it does not actually really matter who is rescued first and you could actually rescue both?

It’s like if the world opened up a pit to hell and you can only save one relative who will it be

It’s so unlikely that you’d be in that position so much as you’d be likely also falling into the pit of hell so it’s just creating meaningless drama and if someone keeps posing such questions to you I’d keep an eye on why they are dramatizing so much. Like why do they need to keep reestablishing their meaning to everyone’s life in comparison to other people who also hold meaning? Why does someone else need to be reduced for someone to feel meaningful? That’s some narcissistic traits being cracked open there.

Both my wife and I suck at swimming, so I guess we're both drowning. My mom might be able to save herself but likely not anyone else.

RIP ladies, I'm no lifeguard and I'm a terrible swimmer.

There are so many questions to which there is no right answer, but most of them do have a wrong answer (in this case, neither) and it would significantly increase both-

peoples ability to make a non-wrong decision in time to do any good

-and-

their ability to find peace afterwards

-if assholes would stop acting like anyone is a bad person for not seeing their version of the right answer.

My girlfriend. My mother is already dead.

Depends on the situation.

Wife, we're going Gaunt's Ghosts on this one.

Modern day Koan

Our partner, our mother abused us and we love our partner so that’s an easy answer

Because my mother is dead and buried, I try to convince my girlfriend to save me, because I don’t know how to swim.

I'm gay and disabled (so I can't swim), so...

Never got that question, but it's really a non issue for me. I'm a very strong swimmer. One of my first memories is my mom teaching me with her friend. I remember because she was walking(in the pool) away from me and I felt angry about that. But Mom is a strong swimmer who has put on some weight in her later years and can easily float if she is calm. I also don't think I ever dated someone I didn't go swimming with at some point very early in the relationship. Having the ocean 10 minutes away growing up, I spent a ton of time at the beach. More than most! I know cause I was hanging with friends, and they gave me an edible before going to the beach. It was way too strong for me so I told them I gotta lay down but for them to look out for the bioluminescent plankton. They didn't believe me it was real. Then they got to experience that magic, and were so blown away they came back to wake me up and tell me about it and try and get me to come back with them. I declined, cause again, uncomfortable high and also I had seen the shit a couple dozen times by then.

Sorry about the long response, I was waxing nostalgic.

Edit: oh shit! This comment went from negative 6, to zero! I love you Lemmy community!