To remind people of French swimming pool rule

[Solmum1964]

Just a quick reminder for people holidaying in France this year. Many public swimming pools and campsites insist that boys and men wear proper (lycra) swimming trunks in their pools. These can be traditional brief style, swim shorts or jammers but must be tight around the leg for hygiene purposes. Looser swim shorts are not allowed.
I'm currently on holiday in France and have seen a number of men asked to leave the pool because they were not wearing appropriate swimwear.

That's reminded me that i did see a woman in Sainsbury's last week wearing what looked very much like a bikini. The bottoms were high waisted so she didn't quite look as if she'd come straight from the beach as they ressembled hot pants, but it was surprising to see.

It’s also to stop hairs (head and pubic) escaping and clogging up the filters but they seldom mention that

I would, with a kaftan over the top

Yes, Britain uses far more and harsher chemicals in our pools. so we just basically bleach out any issues.

Not at the last three Italian hotels we’ve stayed at, unless this is a new thing - we last went last summer.

Always 🤮

he needs to learn to wipe his bum as a grown man

I guess because ball sweat is soooo much nastier than vag sweat 😂

Where I am there have been people fully covered. Also rash vests and longer shorts.

Yes I know, mine is light blue. Im asking if they are ok with swimsuits with long arms and legs.

hardly a doctors job.

dont know why so many people are jumping on a woman for her husbands habits. Its nothing to do with her

Yeah in Finland we have to shower properly, naked, before getting into swimming costumes. There's even little pictures next to the showers indicating which areas you need to pay extra attention to! (more recent thing, as more immigrants come to Finland and haven't learnt the rules growing up as Finns do so aren't necessarily aware of how thoroughly they need to wash before getting in the pool). Swimming pools definitely smell less of chlorine here than they do in the UK.

When I'm on holiday I put my swimsuit on under a kaftan and wear it all day!

I reckon it's to stop the pubes floating out of the loose shorts rather than to ensure they are wearing freshly applied trunks before swimming. Most men would wear shorts over their swimming trunks to pop to the restaurant, shops etc. So still wearing them all day.

Swimming shorts don’t really look like normal shorts, and I’ve never actually seen men wandering around supermarkets in swimming shorts. As for dirt and debris, given the industrial quantities of sunscreen that must be washing off everyone’s bodies, it doesn’t seem to me it would be helping all that much in an outdoor pool to avoid anything that could come off a man’s swimming shorts. Still, rules are rules!

Anyone who posts on MN that their partner's underwear is stained with shit at the end of the day, should not be surprised that others will comment.

He might need to see a doctor if the problem is not with his wiping.

There is a lifeguard here Yelloh! Camping La Capricieuse, Normandy but it is just one person monitoring all of the aquatic area. We saw more when we stayed at The 3 Valleys in the Pyrenees but you are definitely required to supervise your own children.

Your username just made my day.

I thought it was normal at all pools to shower before entering - but you always get some who don't think the rules apply to them!

If you can't get a translation in advance, you can use Google Lens / Google Translate to translate the text to French from printed text. Microsoft Lens is easier to read (opens new doc) but Google is quicker with fewer steps and the translation appears over your text.

This also works for menus etc that you want to translate to English.

I've worked as a cleaner and yep women do too

Sorry, what? 🤢

I'd say take both types of swimwear!
DH is still traumatised from the time I insisted he wore budgie smugglers at a holiday site in France and assured him that everyone would be in the same attire.
Of course when we got there, every single man had normal shorts on.
He errrm stuck out like a sore thumb 🤣

It's good to check what the local etiquette is wherever you go.
I have a flowered swim cap in the 50s style that I have enjoyed wearing when the pool asks for swimming hats.

Especially if she’s still married to him and still having sex with him. Honestly, the standards women tolerate for themselves on here is mind boggling 🤢.

Hair caps are a good idea too. It really makes you realise how grotty Brits are. In some Scandinavian countries you're expected to shower and soap up nude before you get in the pool to make sure you're clean. I see so many Brits just get straight in the pool in this country. It's quite disgusting.