What would you do??

Really it's a very nice Question i thought a lot about it nut then also i am not able to come up with the answer even then i thought one way my mother and my child can't swim so i think i would the jacket to my mother and tell my child to grab her weight of a three year old child is not that heavy so my mother can some how manage to reach the shore now it comes to my wife she can swim a little so she can try to swim as far as possible and i should also swim with her cauz when her stamina gets over i can try to get her to the shore swimming with one person who knows a little swimming is not very hard!!!! So there you this my ans!!!!! thank you and have a nice day(*_*)

Howdy Princess, (can I still call you that?) First off, I would never be in a boat without a life jacket for everyone, (there are stiff fines for that around here, lol)but in this situation, My first thought would always be the child, I think I could give the life jacket to the mother in law and have her and my wife and the child stay together while I go swimming to shore for help, as much as I would hate to leave them there, I think that would be the best chance for survival. Are you planning a boating trip soon? Take care, Terry

Interesting scenario, my first thought would be the survival of my child that is paramount and I would put my 3 year old child as priority, so I would give the lifejacket to my child so I would swim ashore with my child, sounds brutal I know but survival instincts kick in don't they. It's the pecking order, child, then wife, then mothering law.

In this situation I believe that we have to help each other and stay close together. Since my mother in law do not know how to swim, I believe that she is the one to wear the life jacket. My 3 year old child is not that heavy so i think my mother in law can hold her without sinking. But I would ask them to stay close to me and my husband (I am a girl) Since my husband knows how to swim, I would ask him to swim as much as he can... But I would be right close to him to help him make it through.

If I can only swim that "great", I would think I will have life jackets and all. C'mon princess, I am not that dumb okay? :P

Since mother in law doesnot know swimming there is no use in giving life jacket to her.I would give life jacket my wife and ask her to hold my mother in law and chld for some time.Since she can swim a little bit she can take care of them for some time.And i will go to island and seek some help.I think this is the best way to survive.

okay if I was a guy I would throw it too my wife and say put it on, and grab the baby put her on your back and try to swim to safety, mean while I can swim, so I would ask my mother in law to try and relax and float on the water, while I tried to swim grabbing on to her to get get us both to shore

Interesting question. I guess my decisions would be based on how well I got along with my mate and mother-in-law as to what I would try to do. I would put the life jacket on the child, of course.

This is a interesting question. I gave it some thought and I think that if I was the husband I would definitely want to save my wife and 3 yr old child. I would go for the life jacket explaining to my wife to get ahold of my 3yr old and I will be back. Since my wife can swim a little she can help the 3 yr old stay afloat. Also asking the wife to give some assistance to the mother-in-law. Beings the mother-in-law is a adult your wife could try to talk her into using the bodys' boancy to float. I would go for the life jacket and come back and than every one could hold onto the life jacket. Of course I can not help myself from asking why go out without having a life jacket on. Than there was only one life jacket floating. Just a couple of questions I had asked myself. I do realize that your discussion is hypetheticale.

Well I can't bear to lose anyone so I would let my child hang on to my back, then I would alternate supporting my wife and my mother-in-law, whoever needs help the most. They can both share the lifejacket. Win-win situation!

I'd put the child in the life jacket, have my wife hold on to one of the childs hands while I hold the other and with my other hand I'd hold onto the mother in law. It would be slow swimming but eventually we'd all make it...even if all they could do was kick their feet. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

Think I would put it on my wife who could then gold on to the child and make their way to dry land! Then I would do the best to help the mil to safety! I think! Why do you make us think so much twin - you can be really quite a hard taskmater you know! lol xxx

In al reality, this situation would never happen to me. I would never allow my child to be on a boat with no lifejacket on. In our household, it is my husband that can't swim. I can swim quite well. I would probably give him the lifejacket and he would swim with the lifejacket on while holding the baby. He is even more protective of our daughter than I am so there is no way he would let go of her under any circumstances. I was thinking that I would put her in the lifejacket at first and he could hold on to her. But, a small child could easily slip out of an adult sized lifejacket. Though I love my mother in law, I am a small girl. There is no way I could swim her to shore. She better learn to kick her feet!