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AIBU?

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To not want to see t*ts on the beach??!

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TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 12:34

Just that really!

on holiday at the mo and I cant even count the number of times I have seen topless women sunbathing at the beach… next to kids!…on non-nudist beach!

I really don’t want to see titties out in the middle of the day

on top of that I don’t fancy my teenage boys or even my DH having a look at them either

its obvious they’re coming from certain European countries ! Do they have no sense of what’s right or wrong ?

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Toastghost · 30/07/2024 13:37

tough titty. Put your eyes back in your head and ignore it.

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 13:37

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:31

Ok …. Cyprus !

So you’re supposedly in a European country where this is common yet you’re angry because even though you’re in their country, they’re ‘forcing’ their culture on you?

Still the summer holidays is it? Good choice though, you just have seen the debate on the last thread like this and knew it would be a feeding frenzy, 10/10 for thread choice.

It’s sunny outside, go and play with your friends rather than trolling.

Compash · 30/07/2024 13:37

Those episodes of The Inbetweeners won't write themselves, you know...

Toottooot · 30/07/2024 13:38

You jealous they’ve got a better set of paps than you?

Ausish · 30/07/2024 13:38

A tit here or there never did anyone any harm OP. Seems like a tremendous waste of energy to get so worked up about something so trivial.

TheSpoonyNavyReader · 30/07/2024 13:38

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:33

Absolutely ZERO locals doing this !

The locals are all working, in the hotels or at a different beach that tourists have not discovered not batting an eyelid at a womens breasts

ReginaPhalange1989 · 30/07/2024 13:38

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:31

How can you tell I am British?

I can't, I didn't say you were.

I said I was, as we are known for being rather prudish here in little Britain I thought it would help my point

LoobyJoo · 30/07/2024 13:38

You say you don't have to accept it. Can you explain. Are you going up to every person and forcing them to put a top back on? Are you rounding them all up into a separate area? Or are you in fact accepting it?

Ps I'm not a fan of topless people on holiday, well more so I'd never dream of going topless. However, I understand people do and if I choose to go to the beach I know I'll see it there.

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 13:40

longdistanceclaraclara · 30/07/2024 12:39

We're in Spain, have to walk past the nudist beach to get to the family beach. Half mast todgers have led
To some interesting discussions with the kids...

See, I have never believed the 'oh we are all natural and there's nothing sexual about naturism.' Men are sexually attracted to naked women, particularly younger and attractive women. Of course naturism is a sexual experience for men!

BTW, I am not making an argument here against women going topless - I'm not expressing an opinion on that at all.

But lets not pretend that men will not be sexually aroused by the sight of nakedness in women.

Okayornot · 30/07/2024 13:40

What a ridiculous OP.

Have my first ever Biscuit. You can use it to cover your husband's eyes.

Sotiredmjmmy · 30/07/2024 13:40

100% normal and to be expected in Europe, nothing to do with nudist beaches as they aren’t nude! It’s been completely normal for decades and decades, it is you that has the problem. If it offends you then don’t go to any beach in Europe in July, you have put yourself in this position by going there in the first place

I am genuinely surprised that you didn’t know this would be the case, it’s no secret at all

VikingLady · 30/07/2024 13:40

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:05

Yes love those comments! And I bet you’d all be ok with your 17yo taking boobs out in front of family or friends in a holiday

if you say yes then absolute bullocks! I don’t believe any of you who parent teenage girls !

Yes, I would, if it was on a beach where that was the standard. It's good to demystify these things. And excellent for all youngsters to learn that porn boobs are not standard.

TunnocksOrDeath · 30/07/2024 13:41

Referring to other women's breasts as "titties" is beyond childish.
Also childish is going overseas and expecting everyone else to conform to British cultural norms.
Of course you're being unreasonable

HappierTimesAhead · 30/07/2024 13:41

LoobyJoo · 30/07/2024 13:38

You say you don't have to accept it. Can you explain. Are you going up to every person and forcing them to put a top back on? Are you rounding them all up into a separate area? Or are you in fact accepting it?

Ps I'm not a fan of topless people on holiday, well more so I'd never dream of going topless. However, I understand people do and if I choose to go to the beach I know I'll see it there.

I think it's some kind of imaginary moral stance of not accepting rather than anything tangible. But who knows, maybe we'll see a headline tomorrow 'Tourist arrested on beach in Cyprus for forcibly covering woman's breast'

IceCream889 · 30/07/2024 13:41

YABU. The men have their nipples out, so can the women. Breasts are not sexual objects, they're useful. Women have been bathing topless since the 60s, have you been hiding under a rock?

RedPoster · 30/07/2024 13:42

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 13:40

See, I have never believed the 'oh we are all natural and there's nothing sexual about naturism.' Men are sexually attracted to naked women, particularly younger and attractive women. Of course naturism is a sexual experience for men!

BTW, I am not making an argument here against women going topless - I'm not expressing an opinion on that at all.

But lets not pretend that men will not be sexually aroused by the sight of nakedness in women.

Some probably do and are probably attracted to naturism for that reason, but not all. The naked rambler for example, who walks entirely alone, is likely not doing it because he wants to see a bit of boob. Erections have multiple causes, they aren’t all caused due to arousal.

SanctusInDistress · 30/07/2024 13:42

I agree with the OP; you don’t see men swinging their balls around (and when they do they are a source of ridicule).

it’s a shame that the only way for women to feel ‘empowered’ is to exercise their right to show as much flesh as possible.

ZiriForGood · 30/07/2024 13:42

Do you suggest that your idea of what is ok is more valid than their ? They aren't breaking any local laws, they are just enjoying the beach. No-one forces you to join them bare breasted.

If there was a religious family next to you with women wearing headscarves and full body covering bathing clothing, and the mother didn't feel comfortable that you show your body in bikinis close enough for her husband and children to see it, would you feel you should hide your hair and belly because of their preference?

Picklewicklepickle · 30/07/2024 13:42

Have you never been to
a beach before?

tigger1001 · 30/07/2024 13:42

Yep - sorry op - you are being very unreasonable.

There are no words for how how you are being unreasonable

Its hardly a shocker - beach and topless go together

Sotiredmjmmy · 30/07/2024 13:43

OP you may also wish to give the beaches of Devon and Cornwall a miss on a sunny day, loads of boobs out and soaking up the sun this weekend….

Halfheadhighlights · 30/07/2024 13:43

Can’t imagine how uncomfortable burnt nipples would be. It’s a no thanks for me

TheUnknownsMum · 30/07/2024 13:43

It’s too hot for such excessive use of exclamation marks, OP

bert3400 · 30/07/2024 13:43

I live in Spain, I don't get my tits out but have no problem with women getting them out, if they so choose. I suggest you fuck off to Skegness and take your pearls with you

spikeandbuffy · 30/07/2024 13:43

None of the children that come to open water swimming bat an eyelid at people getting changed after
I swam topless a few weeks ago because I wanted to. In a reservoir, in England
Nobody cared

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