Does your community pool have a dress code?

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Anonymous wrote:At least it’s not men in thongs

Shudder. No one wants to see that. I don't want to see anyone in a thong in public.

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I can think of a lot of people I'd like to see in a thong, but none in the context of a public pool, surrounded by families and children. Seems like a thing best saved for your own time.

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Anonymous wrote:OP better not let your kids watch the Olympics!

The swimmers wear neck to knee suits. The handball and volleyball women protested about being forced into bikinis while the men wore t shirts and long shorts. Some gymnasts are wearing leggings particularly after the scandals of recent years. Some track athletes were protesting the skimpy running gear.

The worst pool for dress code is the Volta pool in Georgetown. College girls in things and weird leathery European men in tiny Speedo’s.

I’ll buy that women (and leathery European men) have the right to wear what they want and not be judged or ogled… in theory. But a lot of it, especially at Volta feels VERY performative. A portion of these people are there to be seen and display themselves, and not specifically in a flasher kind of way, but they are full aware of how edgy their choice in apparel is.

And before I got moralized and shamed, I don’t even mind particularly if you do that - at a resort, at a beach, at a pool party… but sorry my 6yo doesn’t need to see your French speedo and we’re trying very hard to raise oir 11yo son with the understanding that women aren’t Barbie’s…

People should celebrate their bodies and feel comfortable and all that but in shared spaces you should be cognizant of other people. Babies shouldn’t be allowed to poop in pools and kids shouldn’t invade the lanes where people are doing laps and horny adults shouldn’t be using public pools for wowing the crowd.

TLDR, there are swimsuits that are skimpier than I would wear and that’s okay and there are swimsuits that are designed to be eye catching. Respect the audience.

The point is that some non-barbie girls want to wear bikinis too. Does that not show children that women arent barbies? That anyone should feel comfortable with their body and able to swim in peace?

Which is why I said people should be comfortable and I can accept that my definition of what is appropriate isn't necessarily what everyone should do, but not everything in the mind of vaping 20yo in a thong who has aspirations of being an Instagram sensation is appropriate for children. In fact, a lot of it is extremely demeaning to women... want to demean yourself on instagram or swing your Speedo in your backyard jacuzzi with your friends from the tanning salon? Go for it... but skip the public pool at school dismissal time.

Again and again, Americans prove my point of being prudes! Kids don't care unless you MAKE IT WEIRD.

Instagram and TikTok have made things weird.

The 20yo vaping and trying to vamp for the fraternity boys across the pool where my kids are learning to swim are making things weird. 20yos try to seduce each other all the time, and that's not normal, but you'd find it weird if they did it at a playground. A public pool after school is a playground. Save it for the bar or your frat's pool party.

No it’s not a playground. It’s a public park. There are old folk having chess tournaments and 20yos flirting and kids being hyper and toddlers screaming. You have no more right to tell the 20yos to dress differently than they have the right to telling my excited 4yo to shut up. It’s a shared space and everyone is using is for their own purposes.

And your 11yo can learn that girls aren’t Barbies if you teach him that girls (even girls in skimpy bikinis) are people with feelings and emotions and opinions too. In fact your posts sound like you’re currently sending him the message that he his respect for women can and should be conditioned on what they’re wearing.

NP - I have taught my sons to feel pity for girls who have been deluded by faux feminism and told to “empower” themselves by wearing revealing clothing. In reality, all they are doing is returning to the days when women were viewed as objects. Only now there is no mystery left. Those girls in bikinis might have feelings and emotions, but they are training the public to ignore their personality and focus only on outward appearance.

This rubs me the wrong way a little bit.

Yes it sucks when women and girls feel pressured to dress a certain way because they think that’s the only avenue to empowerment.

Do not assume that every woman in a bikini is a victim of society. Maybe she just likes the bikini and feels good about her body. It’s not her responsibility to train the public.

Teach your sons that women are people. No need to pity them. Treat them with respect.

Nobody is teaching their sons to pity girls in thongs. But girls in thongs are not appropriate trying to get Instagram famous are not appropriate at public pools.

Perhaps you missed the post pp was replying to:

I have taught my sons to feel pity for girls who have been deluded by faux feminism and told to “empower” themselves by wearing revealing clothing.

So yeah, people are literally teaching their sons to pity women in clothing she doesn't deem appropriate. It's disgusting. Just teach them to be respectful. But since pp isn't respectful herself, that's probably too difficult.

That's an obvious troll. Probably the same person threaten to sit with an erection next to mothers and their daughters at pools.

Nope - real mom here who is old enough to remember when women wanted to be respected for their brains.

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Make America Great Again!

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

And adults are allowed to enter playgrounds but it doesn’t mean you should wear a thong, display an erection or try to lure strangers into
sex with your Ozempic gains there.

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

And adults are allowed to enter playgrounds but it doesn’t mean you should wear a thong, display an erection or try to lure strangers into
sex with your Ozempic gains there.

Did someone wear a thong to your favorite playground?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

And adults are allowed to enter playgrounds but it doesn’t mean you should wear a thong, display an erection or try to lure strangers into
sex with your Ozempic gains there.

Did someone wear a thong to your favorite playground?

No, they wore them to my favorite community pool. Follow along, please.

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

And adults are allowed to enter playgrounds but it doesn’t mean you should wear a thong, display an erection or try to lure strangers into
sex with your Ozempic gains there.

Did someone wear a thong to your favorite playground?

No, they wore them to my favorite community pool. Follow along, please.

I didn't bring up playgrounds.

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Anonymous wrote:Y'all just need to start Ozempic and myob. People are happy with their new waist sizes.

If you're going to a children's pool to show off your Ozempic gains, I think you're doing it wrong.

It's not a childrens pool. It's a pool children are allowed to be at.

And adults are allowed to enter playgrounds but it doesn’t mean you should wear a thong, display an erection or try to lure strangers into
sex with your Ozempic gains there.

Did someone wear a thong to your favorite playground?

Whoosh. (DP)

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Anonymous wrote:At least it’s not men in thongs

Shudder. No one wants to see that. I don't want to see anyone in a thong in public.

+1

I think there are a lot of folks who would like to see certain fit men in thongs

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Anonymous wrote:At least it’s not men in thongs

Shudder. No one wants to see that. I don't want to see anyone in a thong in public.

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I think there are a lot of folks who would like to see certain fit men in thongs

They should. But not at children's pools.

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It’s just bodies. MYOB. Did none of you have hippie parents who took the family to nude beaches when they were kids? Is that just a west coast thing?

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Welp, I guess our Olympic athletes just wear thongs now, so I guess we're all going to have to accept it https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/us/synchronized-swimming-olympics.html

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just bodies. MYOB. Did none of you have hippie parents who took the family to nude beaches when they were kids? Is that just a west coast thing?

Oh, this vibe will make everyone feel okay about it.

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Anonymous wrote:At least it’s not men in thongs

Shudder. No one wants to see that. I don't want to see anyone in a thong in public.

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I think there are a lot of folks who would like to see certain fit men in thongs

They should. But not at children's pools.

It was a community pool, so not an issue.