School run wearing almost nothing. Why?

[Psipsina]

I have thought this through and decided I'm not in the least unreasonable but this still seems like the best place for it

Yesterday, afternoon school run, a couple (parents) walking ahead of me, wearing:

(man) white sports shirt plus shorts (woman) some sort of sports top, I forget, plus shorts that can only be described as painted on, lycra, see through, swimwear material just covering the arse. Orange fake tanned legs and (both) MATCHING DAY GLO ORANGE TRAINERS.

Arms round each other and a few sneaky bum-rubs going on, in front of everyone, clearly unable to keep their hands off each other but honestly is this display of anatomy really necessary?

It was really difficult walking behind them as short of turning round and going back home, I had to just try and find somewhere to look that didn't involve her arse and his hands.

If I still had an arse like hers I'd be wearing those shorts too, Psipsina!

Rax, I am glad your DH had words. That's really sad for the poor little boy. They sound like a pair of immature eejits.

Have just seen your picture: again, not wildly unusual around here. We live right beside a madly popular running route, so it's all swinging ponytails and tiny shorts. I've just had the all clear from a long term health problem and I know that DH's dearest wish is for us to become a Running Couple. Not sure I have any valid reason to put him off, alas!

I don't think those shorts are too short. It's not as if her ass cheeks are hanging out.
Now if she were wearing those asscheek showing shorts, that would look a bit wrong for the school run,.

Hot French Dad and Supermodel wife are always at it on the way up to school here ( properly and VERY stylishly dressed though).
Given they way they both look I often wonder if they would let me join in??!!

Yes her arse was alright. Better than mine at any rate. But she looked actually pretty self conscious, I got the feeling maybe the bloke wanted her to wear that stuff so he could 'show her off' or something.

Maybe that bothers me more. It's hard to tell what is going on. Matching trainers though, what is that about?

yy Hoppping, groping while dressed = not so bad, gym wear while behaving = not so bad. The combination of both is tooooo much.

BOGOF?

The whole thing appeared to be a performance for the other parents really.

LOL!

rax that's quite

HoppingGreen

OP - do you live in a country with a very conservative dress code - otherwise, I cannot see why what is obviously perfectly normal gym wear, worn outdoors - gulp - is causing you so much angst. it is 2015.

Naanbread I suspect our children go to the same school. We have the most miserable bunch all Lycra clad!

Oh heck, I've done it again. I often incorporate a run into the school run, so am often in lycra. I had no idea it was so offensive.

Although, I agree absolutely about the touching and you're right it is a performance

anyone who groapes in public and totally cringey and attention seeking, there's a couple come in my work

Me Hi what can i get you
Them break apart from kissing, a quarter of sherbet lemons please, join back together kiss, kiss, smoochy smoochy
Me do you need a bag
Them break apart from kissing, no thanks, stroke bum or face, gaze into each other's eyes
Me 2.50 please with a little bit sick in my mouth
Them break apart, rummage for money whilst still stroking some part of each others body
Me Thanks, here's you sweets, goodbye FUCK OFF please don't come again
Them Thanks, bye, walk out stroking each others arse's, get out the door, stop for another kiss and a grope

This is repeated every week, maybe i am part of there sex life, i don't know

Singing, I think it must have been the same couple I noticed in the departure lounge last week.

He: Goes to toilet. Parting kiss.
He: Comes back, Reunion kiss
Her: Stands up to go to toilet. Departing kiss
Her: Comes back, Reunion kiss. Sit downs.
Both stand up. Kiss (standing kiss?)
Sit down. Kiss. To celebrate Sitting Down.
Her: goes to get Costs coffee. Departing kiss
Comes Back with Costa coffee.Reunion Kiss.
This went on for 3 hours! I was fascinated

Gotta, there are plenty of other parents who turn up in jogging gear but it is always more tasteful than this and not accompanied by random groping and foreplay, they're actually going jogging and look like they are fairly serious about it, and it doesn't offend anyone afaik in the slightest.

It's the combination of extremely revealing shorts, a matching footweared bloke, groping, no apparent running activity going on (though they may just have emerged from a gym, not having shed a drop of sweat or needing a shower - or be about to go to one with their child, of course) and the fake tan and the 'look at us' dayglo that was offensive.

As if somehow people might be envious. I don't think anyone was envious.

Well they got away with it.

Not so much

was it not possible to look away?

I can't fathom why you are so annoyed by this .

it's up to them what to wear and if they want to have a bit of pinchy pinchy bottom fun, oh well.

first I thought this was light hearted but you do seem to have a bee in your bonnet about it

likalixer quite possibly the same couple, i don't know how they get through life attached to each other constantly or why they think everyone else want's to see them. People will say don't look but how when its 2ft from my nose or like your couple goes on for 3 hours. It's so cringey

In their defence I used to have my DC with me and wear shorts when I had an arse and legs like her up there and gymwear en route to the gym. The gym had a creche.

All this has made me do is wish I still had an arse and legs like her up there!

Ginger, no it wasn't possible to look away. I mean I could have walked backwards or something.

Frankly the phrase 'pinchy pinchy bottom fun' is going nowhere towards removing the bee.