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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Random question that came up this weekend, while at a spontaneous family/friends sort of gettogether. Completely unplanned, everyone just sort of showed up with food last second, due to the nice weather.

I suppose no one expected 1.) the weather to be so nice. and-- 2.) The host's outdoor pool to be opened already (and heated!). So no one really came with swimsuits packed at all. Somewhere along the way, someone in another family told their kids they could swim in their underwear as an alternative. Twenty minutes later, half of them were in the pool.

DS is my first, and only kid, so please forgive my ignorance here. But...

Do folks around here care, one way or the other? I'd say we're generally a pretty private family, when it comes to clothing. HUGE family, and although there were certainly some family members there I wouldn't bat an eye at DS (7 yrs old) being in underwear around. [b]But, there are a couple that I had second thoughts on. [/b]I ended up allowing him to join the rest of the kids anyways. But, am I wrong for being a bit hesitant?[/quote]

That is your issue. Not kids in underwear. Why would you even bring your child to a large group event with people that you feel icky around? That’s pretty messed up. [/quote]

I don't mean to say I feel 'icky' about anyone necessarily. Perhaps I worded it poorly, my fault.

It's more just a case of we have a very, VERY large family. Like, 10-11 aunts and uncles on ONE side sort of large. I have cousins/family that we either have never seen before, or see them maybe once or twice a year, and that's it.

On the flip side, I also have family that I'd trust with anything (the majority of them really). For some reason though, I just felt odd sending DS running out there in just his underwear. I figured I was being silly, so just tried to ignore it. It's the first time we've ever ran into something like this, so I guess I just kind of semi-panicked, in the moment. Idk. I suppose it was a dumb thing to be nervous about, given I (I think?) was the only one at all phased by it.

Regardless, I guess going forward I'll be keeping a travel bag of swimsuits etc and spare clothes in the car going forward.[/quote]

Kind of confused what was really going on? When you said  spontaneous friends/family get together, I assumed you meant a few families.  Did all 20 of your extended family aunts and uncles cousins and every relation show up? Is weird Uncle Frank swimming in tighty whities? [/quote]

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