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Can you wear a rash vest and shorts at your local swimming pool?

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SinkGirl · 09/03/2019 15:58

I’m yet to take my twins swimming and would like to try (with DH in two of course) but I’m really not comfortable wearing a swimming costume. Are you allowed to wear things like this in a public pool? Honestly I haven’t been to one since I was a kid so I have no idea!

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Hedgehogblues · 09/03/2019 15:59

I wear a high cut swimming costume and a pair of long men trunks over it

TragicallyUnbeyachted · 09/03/2019 16:01

Yes, it's perfectly fine.

MrsTerryPratcett · 09/03/2019 16:02

In my local one, it has to be proper swimwear. So a rash shirt is fine but a t-shirt is not.

However, there are people of all shapes and sizes and I tend to think that an air of confidence is more conducive to feeling OK than a cover-up. Because most people don't wear them that can feel more self-conscious than not.

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Rubusfruticosus · 09/03/2019 16:08

As long as it's swimwear, surely it should be fine?

groundcontroltomontydon · 09/03/2019 16:13

Fyi you can get really nice knee/legsuits (I have some maru ones, they're great)
www.wiggle.co.uk/swim/leg-suit/

FurrySlipperBoots · 09/03/2019 16:14

I always wear a rash vest and board shorts. Never been commented on!

NuffSaidSam · 09/03/2019 16:25

Yes it's fine.

Ours has a guide on the wall about what you can/can't wear and basically anything made from 'swim' material is fine. I've seen several people in a burkini in the pool, can't get more covered than that!

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SinkGirl · 09/03/2019 16:28

Thanks everyone, that’s good to know. I haven’t worn swimwear since I was a very slim 21 year old in a bikini - 15 years and twins later I just can’t face it. My thighs are quite upsetting (covered in thread veins, stretch marks and cellulite) and I hate my arms, terrible skin and scarring on my back, plus a very large scar on my arm that people stare at so I always cover it up. I just wouldn’t feel confident wearing a swimming costume. I’m a size 14 so I’m not obese, I just don’t think I can do it. Maybe when I’m more used to swimming and seeing other people of all shapes and sizes I’ll be less concerned but I’d be a lot more confident covered up.

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NuffSaidSam · 09/03/2019 16:33

Also, if you're going with kids and going to spend an age sitting in the shallow end while they splash about, it's warmer in a rash vest than a swimming costume!

SmarmyMrMime · 09/03/2019 16:38

If I'm taking the kids, I wear a shortie wetsuit as I find bobbing around the shallows bone chilling after about 15 minutes. The kids are in shorties too. I have been asked on holiday if I've been on the beach in it for cleanliness reasons, but that's not a likely problem around my home area!

I agree about projecting confidence. The swimming pool is the place that best displays the whole range of diversity of the human body. A person covered up and looking like they want the world to swallow them up will be more noticable than a confident person in whatever garment they are swimming in.

Twins will be a great distraction from whatever it is you end up wearing!

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