Wearing a skimpy bikini around teenage son

I'm currently in the South of France, we're at anchor and there's a couple of guys completely naked on the back of their boat not far from us. One is standing hand on hip leaning against the transom, as if it's completely normal, having a chat with his friends. 🤣 I'd be opting for the thong, at least you'll have some dignity.

Yeah, I suppose I don’t spend as much time online as you seem to to be going back and forth checking usernames. Enjoy your life on here hunny, I’m going to go live in the real world now ✌🏻

@GhostMum

I thought you were the OP not some rando piping up to answer a question directed at her. Move.
😂😂😂you don't understand how forums work do you Petal

I don’t like the thong bikini look, never have, never will, so I wouldn’t. But that’s not because of my kids or what others might think, it’s because I think they look utterly ridiculous.

Yeah this, put it better than I did!

@Dynamitepussycat

It would be very difficult to get a vagina out, unless you have some sort of grade A prolapse.

You mean vulva, don't you?

@Dynamitepussycat
Er because they cover our pubic area, vulvas and butt holes? Just like all swimwear does.
What a very weird statement you made.

I'm amazed you aren't calling for burkini to be mandatory

Why don’t we just get our vaginas out as well eh?? In fact I don’t even know why you thing bikini wearers even bother with clothes at all 🤷🏽‍♀️

If you're uncomfortable seeing someone's arse then you really need to get out more and put down the rosary beads.

I’m in Greece right now and it’s exactly the same.

I have my thong bikini on and I’m neither uncomfortable nor self-conscious. I do it because it looks great (I have a pert, barre-toned arse) and I prefer the tan lines of a skimpy bikini.

This thread is hilarious and so at odds with what one sees when holidaying anywhere on the Med. No cringing teenagers here.

*and no, I’m not in my 20s/part of the ‘Tik Tok’ generation and nor are 80% of the other thong bikini wearers here

Exactly. Live life for yourself. Your happiness is paramount

I thought you were the OP not some rando piping up to answer a question directed at her. Move.

@GhostMum

Right, so if your mind is made up that wearing a thong bikini on a family holiday is totally fine then why are you posting asking for perspectives?
Huh?
I'm not asking for anything. I'm just joining in on a thread.
Are you ok?

Who cares

Hanging out and it make people feel uncomfortable. Everyone is staring at your arse particularly men btw! So why would you wear this at any age? And even more so why would you wear this around your child? Do not subject your son to this misery. It’s practically child abuse 🤣

This🤣🤣🤣
i have just returned from a family holiday at a family resort and where there were a few mum wearing thong bikinis.
I am no prude but people strolling about in these with their butts hang

They aren’t uncomfortable to wear. No different to thong underwear.

I sometimes wear them on occasions where I would normally be naked but somebody is likely to turn up, or has already turned up.

I wear them for modesty, nothing to do with looking sexy or wanting people to look at me. Quite the opposite.

But, how do you know that they are not thinking to themselves, Jeez, has he/she not seen themselves from behind.

@Castlerock44

in your opinion. You cannot speak for everyone

I think there's a really sad that so many posters have said 'my teenagers are embarrassed by my existence' 'my teenagers are embarrassed by me breathing,' like this is not something to be proud of, or to say like it's a good thing.

I wasn't embarrassed about my parents existence as a teenager, and I'm not that long out of those years myself. I would be mortified if my DD was embarrassed or my existence.

I respect that my parents are who they are. They can wear what they want and do what they please. If that's holidaying on a beautiful beach in Europe, so be it. If that's mum wearing a thing bikini and topless (which she has, countless times, and still does) then so be it.

We shouldn't be bowing down to these teenagers who are disrespectful enough to be embarrassed by their parents existence. It doesn't show the right message, at all.

I'm on a beach in Italy right now, loads of people have them on ...all ages......all shapes and sizes ...nobody cares

There are options in a middle ground.

Right, so if your mind is made up that wearing a thong bikini on a family holiday is totally fine then why are you posting asking for perspectives?

Go ahead and parade around on your family hols with your ar$e out.

Regarding my logic: it is not whether your kids see you in a sexy dress that is the issue, it’s the type of occasion you choose to wear it to. People wear sexy dresses on nights out, not to family dinners. The analogy being that people wear sexy bikinis on holidays that aren’t family ones. But apparently that’s not you 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hey, why not go a step further and parade your buttocks at your local council pool?

(Full disclosure: I have worn thong bikinis on hols with the girls. I’m young and have a great body. I would never dress like this on family hols, and my child is too little to be able to form an opinion on the matter. It’s about having a bit of class and decorum, which is far more attractive than anything else.)

I wouldn't wear a thong full stop, but if you'd wear it to a public swimming pool, around total strangers, it's acceptable to wear around your family.

Less harmful by far than using inappropriate language in a post