Anonymous wrote:When I used to live further north, I did not consider wearing a bikini. But at Maryland beaches, pools, etc, it's so hot! And muggy! A bikini lets whatever cool breeze there is get to your skin and help cool you. When you jump in the water, it lets the cool water cool you much more effectively. I have to admit that before I moved down here, I would have been too embarrassed to wear a bikini. Now I am jealous that men can go topless.

I say you have to adapt to the climate, and in places like Maryland, a bikini or even less is appropriate at any age.

Is it illegal for women to go topless?

When I used to live further north, I did not consider wearing a bikini. But at Maryland beaches, pools, etc, it's so hot! And muggy! A bikini lets whatever cool breeze there is get to your skin and help cool you. When you jump in the water, it lets the cool water cool you much more effectively. I have to admit that before I moved down here, I would have been too embarrassed to wear a bikini. Now I am jealous that men can go topless.

I say you have to adapt to the climate, and in places like Maryland, a bikini or even less is appropriate at any age.

LMAO at the poster who is equating wearing a bikini with presenting oneself as a whore. It must be exhausting to go through life as such a self-righteous, judgmental person.

Anonymous wrote:I think anyone whose out of their late 20s/early 30s and is still wearing a bikini is just screaming "look at me!"

Who doesn't want their beauty to be appreciated? If you look good in a bikini at any age rock it!

Anonymous wrote:Denise Richards, 42

Yup a mom too , no excuses from you all

Anonymous wrote:Why? So you can dress like a hooker in peace? I am not from the middle east but it is sad that there is no in between with you. It is either low class street walker, or live in the middle east. But that is what freedom is about. You are free to present yourself like a whore, and I am free to call you on it.

Takes one to know one: you accuse others of doing what you dearly wish to do or have done.

Hmmm how does that work?

So if you accuse your neighbor of being a pedophile, then you must be one or want to be one because it takes one to know one? Ok I see, so if you accuse your spouse of cheating, it is because you are cheating or you want to because it takes one to know one? So what you can clearly see with your own eyes doesn't matter.

Got it. Now I see why you ladies are so pro-bikini. You have to have something going for you an intelligence isn't it. So prance around in your underwear and hope everyone is too distracted by your indecency to notice your missing brains.

Why? So you can dress like a hooker in peace? I am not from the middle east but it is sad that there is no in between with you. It is either low class street walker, or live in the middle east. But that is what freedom is about. You are free to present yourself like a whore, and I am free to call you on it.

Takes one to know one: you accuse others of doing what you dearly wish to do or have done.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 44 and I still wear one. I'm not a slut, I'm not a whore, and I have plenty of self respect. What is the matter with some of you people?

Don't quack like a duck and people won't call you one.

There's really awesome property and job opportunities in the Middle East for people like you. Asshole.

Maybe that is where PP is originally from.

Maybe that PP should go back there. One way ticket preferably.

Why? So you can dress like a hooker in peace? I am not from the middle east but it is sad that there is no in between with you. It is either low class street walker, or live in the middle east. But that is what freedom is about. You are free to present yourself like a whore, and I am free to call you on it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 44 and I still wear one. I'm not a slut, I'm not a whore, and I have plenty of self respect. What is the matter with some of you people?

Don't quack like a duck and people won't call you one.

There's really awesome property and job opportunities in the Middle East for people like you. Asshole.

Maybe that is where PP is originally from.

Maybe that PP should go back there. One way ticket preferably.

Anonymous wrote:This is so silly. I am 42, work out, eat healthy, and generally take really good care of myself. I will continue to wear my bikini. Where is this coming from anyway? When I go to the beach or on vacation, I see women wearing all kinds of different bathing suits that look great on their body type.

Me too. No stretch marks, no c-sections.

43. 2 kids. I have worked out hard my entire life. Stomach and legs best body parts. I have a 6-pack. I also am olive toned (j-LO coloring). Not wrinkly at all.

I look better in a bikini than a tankini or one-piece. They hide my best features.

DH says no way am I wearing a one-piece when I broached the subject,

Denise Richards pic and Aniston are my shape- both my age.

This is so silly. I am 42, work out, eat healthy, and generally take really good care of myself. I will continue to wear my bikini. Where is this coming from anyway? When I go to the beach or on vacation, I see women wearing all kinds of different bathing suits that look great on their body type.

Anonymous wrote:A bikini is never acceptable, and body shape has nothing to do with it. You are coming to the light OP. Prancing around in your underwear looks silly at 15 and pathetic at 40. Go to the nude beach if you want, but save respectable places for respectable people.

Tell us, bikini hater, what IS acceptable, in your opinion? A one-piece? Doesn't that show too much "leg"? Not to mention, "cleavage"? Please enlighten us as to what qualifies as respectable.

After awhile it just looks pathetic--no matter how fit you are--like you are trying to stay young when you are not. Growing old gracefully means accepting that some fashions are just not right after a certain age (shorty shorts, midriff bearing tops, extremely low cut tops and bikinis, to name a few).

Denise Richards, 42

And I think Helen Mirren looks gorgeous.