When to not wear a bikini?

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I'm 43 and around a size 12-14. Going away next week and for the first time ever feel like I'm too old for a bikini. When is it not ok to wear a bikini? Can I still get away with it with a bit of belly flab or should I go fro swim suits? I've bought 3 swim suits today but feel like it won't feel like a holiday without my bikini

When it's too cold.

I'm 50, 3st overweight, and I wear a bikini. (Not every day, but by the beach and in the garden.)

Never, except to a water park where you want everything contained as you fly down a slide at speed, swimsuit then.

53 still in a bikini!!

I saw some 80 year olds on the beach in bikinis (we got talking as I had babies with me) Then one of them took the bikini top off for a bit of topless sunbathing. That was my epiphany.

Never worn one personally.
Even a regular swimsuit is more revealing than I like.

Oh gosh at 43 you’ve got years and years of bikini wearing left in you!! As for size that really doesn’t matter either.

When you’re jumping off rocks into the sea and don’t want to lose your top, giving all the snorkellers an eyeful.

Wear that bikini! I'm 46 and still do. Once you're on holiday you'll notice women of all shapes and sizes wearing them. Really, no-one cares.

Wear.the.god.damn.bikini

When to not wear a bikini ? answer - when you’re dead, it’s not suitable attire for a coffin.

OP, l am a similar age and size to you. Not only do l still give a bikini an outing, l often forgo the top half. Live life to the full!

46 and still wearing my bikini. I wear a one piece if my stomach is sunburnt and needs a break from the sun or if I'm at a swimming pool in England.

Another one saying just wear the bikini.

For a job interview

I'm 55 and still wear one. If someone doesn't like the way I look they're welcome to look at something else.

I'm 55 and still wear one. If someone doesn't like the way I look they're welcome to look at something else.

I’m in my 50’s with peri menopause fat back and tummy, I’ll be wearing mine 🤣

At a waterpark or in the supermarket or maybe church

men don’t feel the need to slip into all in ones when they get older and a bit flabby do they?

why on earth, at the young age of 43 would you think you need to cover up?

In the snow, at work (unless a lifeguard!), to church…

I live in Spain, Spanish women wear them until death. Often topless. It’s hot, you don’t want a sweaty Lycra tummy.

It’s always ok to wear a bikini. I am aboard for the first time after my second baby. I used to be topless all the time. Now my tits are sad and my belly saggy. I was nervous about a bikini but loads of women of all shapes and sizes are wearing them and I’ve realised it doesn’t matter and wear what you want. Odd to say but I’ve found it really empowering and been enjoying wearing a bikini all week

*abroad

Wear the bikini! I started a thread rhe other day about this - I'm on holiday now and literally every shape and size are in bikinis looking fabulous

Love the positive vibes but why can't it be ok to just wear a cossie? Must we bare our bodies to the max in order to 'live life to the full'?
I'm similar age and shape to you OP. I'm taking 2 sporty bikinis and a one piece cossie on holiday. I'll see what feels good when I'm there. And I'll live life to the full jumping off rocks and chucking myself around roller coasters regardless of what I'm wearing!

You can never be too old or the wrong shape/size for a bikini.

The only time it's in appropriate to wear a bikini is when it's too cold or when it might fall off.

Wear a bikini with pride.

When you don't want to,
When it's too cold,
Where it's inappropriate to do so, e.g. a restaurant or shop, on the school run, etc
At a water park, no one needs to be losing bits of clothing on fast slides!
Never because of your age or body shape.
Look around the pool/beach, they're everywhere! Are you judging those in bikinis? Exactly. No one cares what you wear except you