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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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Haroldwilson · 30/07/2024 15:31

Geez, chill out. You're being ridiculous.

fuckingbastard · 30/07/2024 15:31

Hangingupnow · 30/07/2024 15:28

Breasts are for feeding. Anything else is in your head. Keep it there

that’s not how society sees them though.

I don’t have an issue with topless sunbathing but to claim breasts are simply seen as for feeding is ridiculous.

The brain is the biggest sex organ...yawn.

LiterallyOnFire · 30/07/2024 15:32

That would be assault

Grin
AllThePotatoesAreSinging · 30/07/2024 15:32

Cobswaffle · 30/07/2024 14:19

I’d really be in my element eating cinnamon buns with my tits out. Especially on the beach.

This sounds like a pretty good holiday.

midgetastic · 30/07/2024 15:32

The sweet naivety

No one really believes there is nothing sexual do they ?

They probably worry about the shape they get from their bra and make sure to show the right amount of cleavage for every occasion , would know instantly if an outfit was for the club or the office but it's not sexual you know , just want to look nice to suit myself

The correlations between amount of flesh on display, age and situation doesn't appear to be anything other than random

theonlygirl · 30/07/2024 15:34

This thread has made me nostalgic for a time when I could get my tits out in the sun. If I did it now, at least they'd stop my knees getting sunburnt.

Begsthequestion · 30/07/2024 15:35

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 12:56

It’s not about DH or DS as much

I don’t want to see someone’s private parts!

they might not be genitals but they’re are private!

whoever is saying this is normal and I am making it more sexualised than it should be, then apologies you’re nuts!

Go take your boobs out next time your kid has a play date … let’s see how this will go down!

Ever heard of breastfeeding?

ElleintheWoods · 30/07/2024 15:36

cupcaske123 · 30/07/2024 13:53

Mixed sex socialising is less acceptable? That's an interesting observation and one I haven't heard before.

I don’t mean hugely less acceptable but a couple of examples:

  • single sex schools being mainstream in Britain. I didn’t realise they were mainstream in the 21st century until moving here as they are very niche in Scandinavia. I have friends that went to single sex schools in the UK that didn’t have opposite sex friends growing up and were surprised that all my friendship groups as a child/ teen were mixed groups
  • Boys’ games and girls’ games as children, or women’s and men’s corners at parties/ BBQs/ in childcare settings
  • many women being in female only friendship groups. It’s common but a bit less common
  • ’I wouldn’t let my husband/ wife have an opposite sex platonic friend/ they meet to often’ threads on here
  • ‘If you are going for a drink/ meal with a man 1-2-1/ going to their house it’s definitely a date’ attitude. I once asked a man to help me out with some DYI and he thought it was code for sex, didn’t even bring his toolbox!

Obviously that’s not everybody but these kinds of attitudes have surprised me.

Scandinavia is a more gender blind culture, we care less whether we are around men or women or both.

I was reading a US forum about Scandinavian dating and how all women are ‘pick me’ (may like football and beer, pay their own bills, and apparently now also get their tits out on the beach) and men are ‘low value’ and ‘like cheap casual coffee and walk dates’.

No, we are just different, we are more informal in many ways and expect better from men than to be staring at our tits on the beach.

Generally Scandinavian views are very far from US Christian conservatism (I say generally as there are exceptions). I used to think we were culturally very close with Britain but posts like this just make me feel there’s some big differences.

fuckingbastard · 30/07/2024 15:37

theonlygirl · 30/07/2024 15:34

This thread has made me nostalgic for a time when I could get my tits out in the sun. If I did it now, at least they'd stop my knees getting sunburnt.

Me too. 😄.

BloodyHellKenAgain · 30/07/2024 15:37

cupcaske123 · 30/07/2024 15:24

I doubt anyone denies that men like breasts.

TBF, I quite like them myself 😁

Neurodiversitydoctor · 30/07/2024 15:39

Mondaysocial · 30/07/2024 14:00

Sure there can be other causes for sexual arousal but trying to pretend that men with semi's on naturism beaches are not aroused is stretching credibility too far.

In fact it reminds me of an article I read on naked yoga, which explained that Naked yoga is has an unusual clientele in that clothed yoga classes are heavily dominated by women, whereas naked yoga has more men that women, and the (female) yoga teachers have to try and entice women to come (perhaps calling on favours amongst friends) or the men will stop coming. In the article the teacher reported having men phoning to check women would be at the class or they would not come.
The teacher started the class by reassuring the men that if they got an erection that was just a release of energy due to the yoga, and nothing to be self-conscious about,. Yeah right.

😂 Naked Yoga !

Despair1 · 30/07/2024 15:40

I admit to not feeling comfortable about it but that's probably influenced by my bosoms being saggy and pendulous. I have been on beaches (non nudest) where the women just wear a teeny triangular patch at the front. All appears normal and accepted so each to their own

Noshowlomo · 30/07/2024 15:41

God I was down the Gower last year and there were loads of women (Italians they seemed to be) with their fantastic boobs out. I was quite jealous more than anything, and wished I had a pert pair to jiggle about.
I don’t see a problem with it. My husband gets mega awkward when I say “look over there” but I don’t care if he looks. I look!

ClickClack300 · 30/07/2024 15:43

I agree with you OP. I don’t way to see anyone else’s tits on the beach. There is a time and a place and a family beach isn’t it. As a pp has said already, ask yourself if you would go topless in front of your dad and teenage son? Some would obviously though I find that creepy as hell.

fuckingbastard · 30/07/2024 15:44

Some boobs are weapons, I tell you. They will make you run in one direction or another. 😂. Not taking myself seriously at all. Let people be.

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 30/07/2024 15:44

XenoBitch · 30/07/2024 12:36

They are just tits.
I bet there are men on the beach with moobs bigger than some of the women.

Too true😂

Despair1 · 30/07/2024 15:44

Bibblebobblebibble · 30/07/2024 15:22

Clearly you did not breastfeed your children to think they will be corrupted by seeing boobs!

I bf mine till age 3 and they still associate boobs with feeding babies and toddlers.

Your views on boobs are weird and unnatural OP.

Not true or fair

BeEasyonYourself · 30/07/2024 15:44

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 30/07/2024 15:00

It's not as bad as someone saying a woman showing her breasts on the beach is the same as a man getting out his penis and masturbating.

That's a whole new level of solid gold batshittery! (And somewhat disturbing too!) Shock

I've had two men wank over me (not literally, from a distance!) when living in Spain and Portugal as a teen. I threw rocks at them. Just bring your daughters up to be able to deal with this shit!

OlympicsFanGirl · 30/07/2024 15:46

This is your problem.

And they are called breasts. Not 'titties'.

Bitezbabe · 30/07/2024 15:46

I used to go topless back in the 90’s when I was much younger. We holidayed with our 2 teenage daughters and 4 of their friends. We all sunbathed topless. My son who was around 10 didn’t bat an eyelid.
Would love to go topless now but gravity has made that impossible.😂😂

CoffeeNeededorWine · 30/07/2024 15:47

oldmanandtheangel · 30/07/2024 12:35

I'm sure the men in your family are finding other ways to view tits ;)

Absolutely howled at this!

Zebedee999 · 30/07/2024 15:47

Blondiebeachbabe · 30/07/2024 15:22

It's all very well saying we shouldn't sexualise breasts, but that horse has already bolted. If anyone thinks that their own DH doesn't see their breasts (and the breasts of OW) as sexual, then I think you're kidding yourself.

When in a bedroom yes, when on a beach in public not the case. Context is everything. (Cocks are sexual in the bedroom but not so on a nudist beach).

When I've been on a group holiday as a teen, yes the boys were interested for a few minutes but that novelty quickly passed.

ticktickticktickBOOM · 30/07/2024 15:48

@TittiesOutPutThemBack If you are that repressed that you are shocked by the sight of a perfectly lovely part of the body - you should holiday in places far more conservative and oppressive towards women.

Are you sickened by beautiful buttocks displayed by thongs too?

Topseyt123 · 30/07/2024 15:48

TittiesOutPutThemBack · 30/07/2024 13:33

Absolutely ZERO locals doing this !

How do you know that none of them are locals? Have you asked them all?

anniegun · 30/07/2024 15:50

Just take some pearls with you to clutch

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