if you saw a size 18 lady on a beach in a bikini would you think...

[lizandlulu]

good on her, or put it away?

i have my own reasons for asking

i doubt most women would think anything of it either way... it would look odder seeing someone on a beach all covered up rather than enjoying the sun on her skin. plus, i don't think i know any women who really think they look good in a bikini whether a size 8 or 18

well i can assure you it is not a srting bikini, i do have some sense!!!

some great replys.

i am going to ibiza with a friend for the weekend, in about 7 weeks. i have lost just over a stone and am feeling pretty good.

but will take a swimsuit too just in case i chicken out.

although in ibiza i think there will be lots of different shapes and sizes.

Thanks frumpy, that's it exactly

I think I look good in a bikini Lady!

Why not Orm?

oh you're all being VAIRY pc today. you'd all go 'ooh yes well done' your friends, but you'd secretly think 'fat cow'.

I would.

I'm allowed to say that, I am size 1618

to between done and your

No, Monkeybird, I really wouldn't. Why on earth would I? I'm far too self obsessed!

overmydeadbody, i am not suggesting for a moment that you shouldn't! i just think there are plenty of size 8 women, me included, who don't feel confident in a bikini either...

overmydeadbody - I suspect that it's because I hate trying them on so I just grab the first one that looks like my size and run for the hills! And I have a big arse. Which isn't good for a bikini.

it gives everyone a good laugh.

i probably wouldnt notice as id be too concerned how i look in a bikini

I wouldn't feel confident in a bikini and I'm a size 8, I'm far too self conscious.

bikinis are the most ridiculous, attention seeking, pointless items of clothing in the entire world and should only be worn by stick thin teenagers. IMO.

im a 6 but with no boobs i worry how i look.i havent enough to fill the bikini-id rather be someone with curves that could wear a bikini properly rather than with no curves and just bit of material on me.i feel uncomfortable but i DO wear a bikini on the beach!

Rubbish.

That was to ingles btw!

cheesesarnie I have E cup boobs and feel no different about bikinis.

rubbish to me?

I presume that's for me Novice?

Actually the last time I wore a bikini was when I was 19 and in Ibiza with friends. I wasn't conscious at all then but am very much so now as my body has changed.

oh jolly good,wondered what id done!

I hate bikinis on anyone. Awful, awful things. Might as well strip naked. A nice, tasteful one piece, that's the way to go. For everyone!!!

It's not!!
Which adult woman wants to be hoiking her bikini up or down at every opportunity...wondering if anyone and everyone is looking at your spare roll / stretch mark / cellulite, you can't swim in it, you can't play with the kids in it, all you can do is lay there and not move. And we all know how bad that is these days to lay in the sun, in fact we should be in full suits like the victorians to avoid skin cancer!
See!

I don't think I would notice. Mind you, in Brazil I used to see enormous women in thongs walking down the street and I thought it was cool and often wished I was that comfortable in my own skin (was a size 4 teenager at the time!)

I think that once you've got over yourself, beaches and pools are just funny (and not in a mean way). Once I've got over my own paranoia, all I see are bodies and they are all different and are all fine - including mine! Bigs ones, small ones, tall ones, short ones, young ones, old ones. I'm always facinated by those that are very different to mine, but always realise after a couple of hours if I put on / lost a stone, etc, no one would really care, and neither should I.

BTW this doesn't stop the diet madness pre holiday every time tho!!!

So wear what you like - and don't worry what anyone else, be it here or on the beach thinks!