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Question: if you are over 35, would you wear a bikini like this?

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butterflyflutterby · 13/04/2007 20:21

Dh has given me this itsy bitsy bikini. and expects me to wear it in public (when we go on holiday). I am wondering whether I can pluck up the courage.

Dh seems to have overlooked the fact that I am not a tanned 21-year-old Australian model with a Brazilian wax: I am actually a pale-skinned 36-year old and only 5ft 2, with a Caesarean scar. Size 8/10 but nevertheless have a few wobbly bits.

I am very flattered that dh thinks I look good in it, but it is ridiculously skimpy.

So, what would you do? Should I just get into the holiday spirit, wear it and flaunt it, or will I look ridiculous?

(Dds are 2 and 4 so I won't exactly be lounging by the pool on this holiday; I'll be chasing round after them.)

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DrNortherner · 13/04/2007 20:48

Dave looks like he has an ASBO

Aloha · 13/04/2007 20:48

Omg that site is so sleazy and repulsive.

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Aloha · 13/04/2007 20:49

I bet the only qualification Dave has is his ASBO-level.

butterflyflutterby · 13/04/2007 20:49

Cod, I have changed my name because dh knows my usual posting name and I wouldn't want him to know that I'm talking about him on here.

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lou33 · 13/04/2007 20:49

lol i like a bit of a scruff sometimes

Aloha · 13/04/2007 20:49

snap Northerner!

madmarchhare · 13/04/2007 20:49

Shame hes not so considerate love

DrNortherner · 13/04/2007 20:50

Check out Zubin the IT manager. Sleaze ball.

butterflyflutterby · 13/04/2007 20:50

Looks like a clear consensus for not wearing it in public anyway. Or only under a sarong.

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lou33 · 13/04/2007 20:50

ok i will admit i might not be in the best frame of mind to judge right now, lol

DimpledThighs · 13/04/2007 20:51

'tis porn site pretending to be bikini site.

would not wear it ever ever - so awful this HAS to be a wind up.

DrNortherner · 13/04/2007 20:51

Keep it for the bedroom love.

If I were on my hols and saw someone tottering about in one of these I'd shoot her.

DrNortherner · 13/04/2007 20:52

Would rather wear a pair of crocs and that's saying something

lou33 · 13/04/2007 20:52

i've seen these bikinis on ebay

deaconblue · 13/04/2007 20:53

good God, you'd look like a porn star on the beach. Her flaps are practically hanging out. don't do it...

yesireallycan · 13/04/2007 20:53

Not only can you see her flaps in satin sheer but also the fact that she has no pubic hair at all.

I found a limk up on the PC this morning which hadn't shut down properly after DH had been on it for "Anita's weekly arse" - hmmm, and I thought that he had been reading The Telegraph online...

madmarchhare · 13/04/2007 20:53

More likely to pmsl if I saw someone in one of these, decent bod or not.

DrMarthaMcMoo · 13/04/2007 20:54

Tackarama.

We were on the beach last week and there was a woman playing badminton with her dh/dp in a bikini top very similar to the one in the OP (ie., too blardy small) Every time she went for a low shot she fell out of it. Which I guess was the point She looked rididulous - not least because this was Llansteffan beach in West Wales on a not particularly warm day in April.

hatwoman · 13/04/2007 20:55

no no no. the back is awful - I wouldn't have worn that in public at any age. I sound similar to you - 36, pale, 5 foot 1 and size 8-10 with quite some wobble (people who are 5'6 plus forget how much wobble you can have on a 5 foot frame and still be a size 8...) i'll wear a bikini on a good day but not one like that

DrNortherner · 13/04/2007 20:55

If you have a good bod you can look stunning in a proper bikini with material covering your arse.

Flaps hanging out are not a good sight. Would put me off me cornetto.

NutterlyUts · 13/04/2007 20:55

Wicked Weasel Pty Ltd is an Australian company engaged in the manufacture and distribution of high quality risque swimwear and underwear for women.

Hmm

Cadmum · 13/04/2007 20:57

Surely you would look better than the model in the picture? I wouldn't but have friends that would/could...

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