acelockco, I am just going to follow you around the forums and disagree with you.
Naah, I agree with you on this one.
When I dive with a buddy, we are basically diving alone, I think that BamaCaveDiver said it the best. BUT, I do like having my buddy in visual range, which around here is pretty dam close. If I have an emergency I want to handle it myself, but if I can't, my buddy is there. Also, I happen to have a real good dive buddy, so that helps a lot. If I had a shoddy dive buddy then I might feel different.
The other thing, which is less about safety and more about the social aspect, is that when we surface I can say "WOW! Did you see that <some really cool thing here>!?!?!!" I am a social critter I guess.
p.s. I am not allowed to dive alone either. In fact, it took some convincing to allow me to dive without a float/flag (I boat dive)
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