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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the deal with all your pools?? I am fit, wear bikinis, not thongs, not string bikinis, but normal ones, and nobody has ever made me feel like I’m walking about being judged and gossiped about at my pool. No idea if “the other dads” stare, doubt they do, but am I trying to seduce them or attract them? Uh, no. Most of your husbands are pale and flabby with Marvel trunks and ugly flip flops on. I am not interested. I hate this forum so much lately. It’s just constantly shaming other women for choices they make- Botox, bathing suits, jeans, makeup. Depressing to see how little all of you think of other women. And most of it is in your head. [/quote]

Agree.  How are adult women still hung up on bathing suits being operationally equivalent to underwear.  True enough, but we do this so that we can swim, and we treat everyone else who's forced to do this with the benign neglect we expect to receive.  All the more so at the community pool where it's only about the kids.  To flip this social contract and shame everyone into wearing a wall of fabric is retrograde.  [b]I didn't like you gals when you wore pants under your skirts to use the playground equipment,[/b] and I can't believe after all these years you haven't progressed beyond your[i] I see London[/i] phase.  (If all you see is a covering, I've done my job.)

This forum has been awful lately.  There an entire chorus that needs each topic answered as if they've dropped in from outerspace...[/quote]

Wait -- are you saying you didn't like other children because they wore tumbling shorts under their skirts?  Really?  I don't ever remember wearing a skirt to the playground as a kid -- girls just didn't really do that in the 70s, skirts were for church and grandma's sunday dinner...but I cannot imagine  liking or disliking another child based on whether they wore shorts under their skirts.  And you're complaining about women being judgmental?[/quote]

I think the point is, how many layers of fabric do you need between your vagina and the outside world to be considered appropriate? When you wear a skirt, the underwear covers your vagina. Now you’re telling me you need to cover the underwear, so no one can see that as well? Really, why? Because it’s touching your genitals? [/quote]

I don’t care how many layers of fabric you have between your vagina and the outside world (although at least one is appreciated), but I strongly object to the idea that girls or women are going to judge other girls and women who choose to have more than one layer or choose to wear something a little less revealing.  Boys are allowed to wear shorts on the playground equipment—why can’t girls?  And if they want to put a skirt on over it so they have a little flounce, what is that something you have a problem with? 
 I wear swim shorts usually to the pool so I don’t have to shave my crotch or upper thighs so often.  Men never shave their crotch—I’m not sure why we do. I’m happy with my choice but it sounds like you wouldn’t like me because of it.  That seems like a weird decision, especially for someone who is complaining about women judging other women. [/quote]

I'm the PP who mentioned "I see London" and you are really reaching if you think I judge women who cover up, that is not what I said.  What I found annoying in preschool, was there was a certain sort who went out of their way to point out any sliver of underwear, you know the rhyme.  And this thread is the grown up equivalent.  OP owns the swimsuit, she must like it, why can't she wear it around children?  How is that an affront to women who like wearing shorts and rash guards?  It isn't. You're imagining this judgement.  Personally I love the cheeky suits, they're flattering and it don't require shaving,  the way hi-cuts or other front configurations may.  I look terrible in lycra shorts, plus they can be chilly if it takes longer to dry off.  But you do you.[/quote]

lol you specifically said you did not like other girls who wore shorts under their skirts. When I was that age I liked to wear skirts and I also wanted to play. So my mom put me in a skirt with shorts underneath so I could enjoy myself without showing my underwear to everyone. Sorry your mom didn’t take care of you in the same way as a young girl. That must have been embarrassing and difficult. FYI, in case your mom didn’t teach you about slips, you may want to get up to speed. I bet you’re walking around in see through dresses and don’t even know it. [/quote]

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