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Wearing a skimpy bikini around teenage son

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Behappyandbehave · 09/07/2024 22:25

I'm late 40's and have recently lost alot of weight. I have treated myself to some new bikinis for an upcoming beach holiday and some are thong styles. I did originally buy the thong ones for when me and DH go away later in the year alone. But every holiday I go on abroad there is so many people younger and older than me showing all their bums! When I was a teen it was rare, but not anymore. Just not sure I'm brave enough or if it would be a massive no with adult/teen children! Wwyd?

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BristolBloke · 10/07/2024 15:47

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 15:38

@BristolBloke We don't need a bloke on here mansplaining.

I'm not "mansplaining", I'm simply giving an opinion just like everyone else. Or, perhaps you think my opinion is irrelevant because I'm a man? Sexist, much?

DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:47

DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:46

To be fair to @BristolBloke all he said was that he thinks many women look good. Hardly mamsplaining.

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Mamsplaining is your mum 😂 I mean mansplaining.

DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:46

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 15:38

@BristolBloke We don't need a bloke on here mansplaining.

To be fair to @BristolBloke all he said was that he thinks many women look good. Hardly mamsplaining.

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 15:38

@BristolBloke We don't need a bloke on here mansplaining.

BristolBloke · 10/07/2024 15:32

DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:31

This was me last year, I don’t see the issue.

😂

BristolBloke · 10/07/2024 15:31

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:53

No, they don't look good on anyone.

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Yes, they do. On many women they look fantastic.

DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:31

This was me last year, I don’t see the issue.

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DoAClassicCamel · 10/07/2024 15:27

Tillhatedoesuspart · 10/07/2024 07:11

Well, exactly, I agree, if you like it enough to buy it, then wear it. It's nothing to do with anyone else.

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My theory when I’m on the beach is that there’s always someone who is going to look better than me and there’s always someone who will look worse.

Pickingmyselfup · 10/07/2024 14:58

Some of us don't have the choice of covering up our whole bum, doesn't matter what I wear it never covers everything. Same goes for my cellulite, it's visible in clothes let alone on the beach.

So I think as long as there is some coverage then go with it, just don't wear a g string one.

palomatoast · 10/07/2024 14:57

My mum used to sunbathe topless when I was a teenager and I found it mildly embarrassing but I would have been waaaaaay more embarrassed if she was in some kind of "sexy" cut out thong bikini. It's not the nudity that's embarrassing it's seeing your mum in a sexy stripper-type outfit in public. I would have died.

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:53

thatstakingalongtimetoboil · 10/07/2024 14:26

Unless you are 20 something with a perfect figure they don't look good. Trust me

No, they don't look good on anyone.

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:53

@M340 It's a turn of phrase..

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 10/07/2024 14:51

I have no idea why anyone would want their whole bum to be on show, teenage dc or no teenage dc. Grim.

M340 · 10/07/2024 14:45

@Maria1979

I'd be surprised if haemorrhoids will be hanging down past one's arse cheeks. If they're hanging down that much, a brief shaped swim suit wouldn't be of much assistance.

ShallWeGoToTheFirepit · 10/07/2024 14:44

@CrimpNStraighten

Why would anyone wank over a thread talking about a thong bikini, when there is plenty of naked women and women in thongs online 😂😂

CrimpNStraighten · 10/07/2024 14:28

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:17

@BristolBloke Ugh typical pervy bloke.

Yep. The pervs will be wanking all over this thread.

thatstakingalongtimetoboil · 10/07/2024 14:26

Unless you are 20 something with a perfect figure they don't look good. Trust me

Maria1979 · 10/07/2024 14:24

M340 · 10/07/2024 14:22

What on earth could be 'hanging out?'

What on earth 'hangs out' of you so badly that underwear couldn't conceal it?

Strange.

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Hemorroïds?

M340 · 10/07/2024 14:22

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:18

@Ottervision Erm have you not read the thread? Most people on here don't want to see bits hanging out.

What on earth could be 'hanging out?'

What on earth 'hangs out' of you so badly that underwear couldn't conceal it?

Strange.

crostini · 10/07/2024 14:22

masomenos · 10/07/2024 14:13

You’ve got yourself a problem OP.

Wear the thong bikini and embarrass your son inside out.

Don’t wear the thong bikini and then when you do wear it later in the summer when it’s just you and DH, you’ll have the most hilarious tan lines front and back which - let me tell you, having spent a week around two women by the pool last week who were in just this situation - is a whole new level of cringe.

Just put them away. Well done on losing the weight but in this one instance, less really isn’t more.

Who cares about tan lines? Especially other peoples!
Just chill out and enjoy your summer

Dreamerinme · 10/07/2024 14:22

Not a good look on anyone.

We went to an AI hotel last year and there was two young girls, no older than about 10-11 years old, walking around the pool wearing thongs every day. Just why would you allow your DD’s to wear them, let alone being able to buy them in child sizes.

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:18

@Ottervision Erm have you not read the thread? Most people on here don't want to see bits hanging out.

Disturbia81 · 10/07/2024 14:17

@BristolBloke Ugh typical pervy bloke.

MadKittenWoman · 10/07/2024 14:16

I think thongs look awful when people walk around in them but I always pull my bikini bottoms into a thong shape while sunbathing on my front and I've always gone topless when lying down, often in front of DS, now 24. I'm 62.

masomenos · 10/07/2024 14:13

You’ve got yourself a problem OP.

Wear the thong bikini and embarrass your son inside out.

Don’t wear the thong bikini and then when you do wear it later in the summer when it’s just you and DH, you’ll have the most hilarious tan lines front and back which - let me tell you, having spent a week around two women by the pool last week who were in just this situation - is a whole new level of cringe.

Just put them away. Well done on losing the weight but in this one instance, less really isn’t more.