i can let my gf go to the beach now [Archive]

cornfed

08-07-2007, 04:51 PM

I think it's really probably meant for very overweight people who don't like to go in traditional swimsuits. I know someone who would wear one of these cause they don't like to wear swimsuits in front of others. Those are really ugly, though.

AlexNJ210

08-07-2007, 04:51 PM

Reminds me of the women on the Juniper Creek compound on the HBO show Big Love.
i was thinking the same thing. Seems like a line of religiously acceptable clothing. No girl in her right mind would wear that to the beach. The only use i could think of for that would be for women who have bodily scars, deformities, etc. that they want to cover up to avoid embarassment in a public place like the beach. Other than that.....yuck!

Ben Kessler

08-07-2007, 05:08 PM

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The_Black_Knight

08-07-2007, 05:22 PM

You know, a little tolerance and understanding goes a long way.

Not everyone in this world thinks alike. While I don't belong to any kind of denomination/sect that requires clothing like this, I think it would be nice to be at least a little tolerant toward those that do believe that way, and not instantly trash their beliefs and start talking "patriarchy."

Sorry to throw a wet blanket on y'all's fun. You can go back to poking fun at other people's beliefs now.

Jackimalyn

08-07-2007, 05:42 PM

how dare you make us feel bad for having no morals or tolerance.

Mynock

08-07-2007, 05:52 PM

What no pictures?

John G

08-07-2007, 05:55 PM

edit:
bah, it's no fun if it's replied to already

must refresh moar

amadeupword

08-07-2007, 06:36 PM

Is the one on the right a Man?

LeftBrain Artist

08-07-2007, 07:01 PM

I'd stare at women wearing those more intensely than normal, while I'm imagining what's underneath. Saucy Lingerie? Ribald tattoos? Does the carpet match the drapes? Questions like that will keep me up all night tossing and turning. The element of mystery is hot.

Looks like most of the models are kids, though - if it was my daughter, there's no way I'd let her wear something that racy, seductively winding kite strings in suggestive manners - the only way a daughter of mine would set foot on a beach is if she was sporting a gunny sack doused in cat urine, flippers, mittens and a welders mask (or falcon hood). She'd also have to strap on a faux siamese twin that looks like it died in the embryonic stage and is now just a hideous, wizened, emaciated appendage, but she has to keep it because they share the aorta artery.

frankster

08-07-2007, 07:07 PM

The flippers, mittens and a welding mask made me snort tea out of my nose. What a mess. There's tea all in my keyboard.

Typically

08-07-2007, 07:07 PM

the only way a daughter of mine would set foot on a beach is if she was sporting a gunny sack doused in cat urine, flippers, mittens and a welders mask (or falcon hood). She'd also have to strap on a faux siamese twin that looks like it died in the embryonic stage and is now just a hideous, wizened, emaciated appendage, but she has to keep it because they share the aorta artery.

ROFFEL! holy crap the gunny sack doused in cat urine almost made me puke!

Satchel

08-07-2007, 07:14 PM

Wow, LBA - you're twisted!! :)

cornfed

08-07-2007, 07:17 PM

Looks like most of the models are kids, though - if it was my daughter, there's no way I'd let her wear something that racy, seductively winding kite strings in suggestive manners - the only way a daughter of mine would set foot on a beach is if she was sporting a gunny sack doused in cat urine, flippers, mittens and a welders mask (or falcon hood). She'd also have to strap on a faux siamese twin that looks like it died in the embryonic stage and is now just a hideous, wizened, emaciated appendage, but she has to keep it because they share the aorta artery.

That's why a daughter of yours would team up with her mother to go swim suit shopping! My daughter is 14. I've just started letting her wear a bikini. It's a better idea to choose your battles with kids this age. They don't know it, but if you choose your battles right, you end up winning the really important ones!

AlexNJ210

08-07-2007, 07:33 PM

you should've been my mom cornfed, you sound really cool :). My mom, well she's my mom, but she wasnt always so inspiring and fun growing up. ah well, live and learn.

Ben Kessler

08-07-2007, 07:34 PM

I'm wearing a gunny sack doused in cat urine right now. I've never experienced such freedom.

LeftBrain Artist

08-07-2007, 07:36 PM

The flippers, mittens and a welding mask made me snort tea out of my nose. What a mess. There's tea all in my keyboard.

Sorry 'bout that. It made me giggle typing it, which is bad, when I grin that much at the computer screen, I'm obviously having too much fun to be working. On the bright side, you weren't drinking a Spicy Hot V8.

LeftBrain Artist

08-07-2007, 07:42 PM

They don't know it, but if you choose your battles right, you end up winning the really important ones!

Yep. Same goes for pretty much anyone you've got a relationship with. Another saying I've heard is "don't sweat the small stuff" - which is followed with "it's all small stuff".

Logo-Mechanix

08-07-2007, 09:12 PM

you should've been my mom cornfed, you sound really cool :). My mom, well she's my mom, but she wasnt always so inspiring and fun growing up. ah well, live and learn.

Your Mom would'nt let ya wear that two piece huh Alex?:D

Red Kittie Kat

08-07-2007, 09:31 PM

I gotta agree with BK on this one .... I wouldn't wear it mind you .. but I don't see anything wrong with modesty ... yes they are ugly and all that ... but in this day and age if you don't wear a string up your crack at the beach you are "old fashioned" hence why I never go to the beach ... I wouldn't wear that and I certainly don't have the figure for the string :D

I think having neices of a budding age has brought a new light to things like this ... again yes something like that is a little overkill ... but try going to a store and buy a swimsuit for a 10 year old thats not low cut and cut so high in the legs their asses hang out. Kids grow up fast enough as it is ... I really hate seeing little girls pressured into showing their bodies by the designers because its trendy.

I was going to say don't get me started ... but too late :D

Ned

08-07-2007, 09:35 PM

Modesty is for prudes. :D

frankster

08-07-2007, 09:48 PM

try going to a store and buy a swimsuit for a 10 year old thats not low cut and cut so high in the legs their asses hang out. Kids grow up fast enough as it is ... I really hate seeing little girls pressured into showing their bodies by the designers because its trendy.

Sports swim suits kittie. I used to wear women's speedo swim suits for the longest time because I was a competitive swimmer from about 12 to 22 years old. Not glamourous by any means, but very suitable stylewize for kids.

P.S. Men, just say no to speedos!

women's
http://dsp.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pG01-1788116p275w.jpg

kids (solid racer back instead of the cut away, and not so high legs)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/2198TA2V4YL._AA160_.jpg

cj2a

08-07-2007, 09:52 PM

... but try going to a store and buy a swimsuit for a 10 year old thats not low cut and cut so high in the legs their asses hang out. Kids grow up fast enough as it is ...

I'm with you Red Kittie Kat...my daughter is 10 and alot of the clothing choices are a joke. My wife does a great job of finding age-appropriate styles, but it's harder and harder to do. Alot of the clothes are guaranteed to get young girls the kind attention they don't want. They don't realize yet what a tiny bikini looks like to hormone overdosing tweenager males, she just thinks it's cute...all I can do is wonder what the clothing designers could possibly be thinking... while steering her toward something a bit more modest.

Jackimalyn

08-07-2007, 09:55 PM

... again yes something like that is a little overkill ...

I think thats all Typically was trying to say when he posted. Saying this "beach wear" is modest is a stretch. The ones frankster posted with a simple cover-up you can buy at most dept stores would be modest (I had one when I was little Kittie, maybe a good gift idea, it was just a dress made of terrycloth to go over my suit... I loved it!) Anyway, I dont think typically was making fun of their religon or degrading women or anything... but to call this beach wear?? i dont think so.

**Typically, please correct me if im wrong. If you ment to be vulgar and inapproprate, I apologize and retract my previous statement**

LeftBrain Artist

08-07-2007, 10:43 PM

OK, here's a suit for a goodly, god fearin' christian woman. I've gotta work on covering up the legs and arms a bit though.

Red Kittie Kat

08-07-2007, 10:47 PM

Wow quoted three times in one post .. I think that's a new record for me :D

Thanks for the suggestions though guys ;)

And I'm sure this thread wasn't started to hurt or offend anyone .. but there are people out there who would not allow their children or themselves for that matter to swim unless nearly fully clothed. And again ... I'm certainly no prude and these particular get ups are a bit much .. but, I think its ok to protect the innocence of and childhood of the young for as long as possible.

Ok .. you can call me a prude for that :D

frankster

08-07-2007, 10:50 PM

OK, here's a suit for a goodly, god fearin' christian woman. I've gotta work on covering up the legs and arms a bit though.

Where are the flippers and mittens?

LeftBrain Artist

08-07-2007, 11:22 PM

Ok .. you can call me a prude for that :D

Prude! Prude! Prude!

(And that's #4)

No flippers and mittens Frankster, I've had enough Tom Foolery for one day.

Red Kittie Kat

08-07-2007, 11:28 PM

lmao LBA :D

Kool

08-07-2007, 11:35 PM

morea

08-07-2007, 11:55 PM

I agree with TBK and RKK - society's gone a little nuts when they start marketing thongs to 10 year old girls (http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=43941). :rolleyes:

frankster

08-08-2007, 12:03 AM

It's the high heels that gross me out. I've seen 6 year olds in the supermarket with their mums running about in 2 and 3 inch heels!?! I can barely run in heels! That must be messing up their feet something rotten!

morea

08-08-2007, 12:06 AM

yeah. Kids don't really get to be kids for very long any more. It's sad. :(

frankster

08-08-2007, 12:11 AM

I was just checking out an article about swimwear for Muslim women the other day. You can't get any more modest than that but they weren't too bad looking. Way better looking than those things above.

http://www.ahiida.com/index.php?a=results&subcat=59

They look a bit Tron-tastic, but way better than the original post's efforts, plus at least they look like they are made of a decent spf factor material. All they really need is a baseball cap style peak and you can do away with sunscreen altogether!

budafist

08-08-2007, 12:41 AM

Yeah, childen in high heels freak me out too.

seamas

08-08-2007, 02:50 AM

In my neck of the woods (Queens NYC) you see the fully dressed women at the beach all the time.
Some come with husbands who wear "western style" bathing suits (Usually muslims, but also some Hindus and others), some come with fully dressed husbands and kids (orthodox & hassidic jews), or with husbands wearing religiously proscribed garb (Sikhs & others).

Not many Amish though.

I don't see any of the above groups buying those suits from the first link, they look like something geared towards some severe modern Christian offshoot.

Samakimoto Graphics

08-08-2007, 08:19 AM

CamarotaDesign

08-08-2007, 08:49 AM

sheesh, thongs for 7-10 year olds, this is too far.

I dunno, I certainly like looking at the female figure (the FULLY GROWN female figure) but I just think that there really is no need to have excessive cleavage and revealing clothing, it makes it more special to share that stuff with the person who you intend to show it all to. I dunno, call me old fashioned, but theres something to be said for modesty.

SpugNothuson

08-08-2007, 10:24 AM

I find myself up town, after a few drinks and I see a pair of legs that go all the way up to the armpits and a cleavage I lose my entire upper body in and I think, "Yep, I would".

Only thing is though, I don't. It's just a testosterone rush seeing so much flesh. The real feelings, the ones I'm really after aren't going to be found in the bottom of a pint glass.

I find myself actually wanting the more modest woman and then when she shows me some leg I knows its something special. Happy Days. :)

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 12:59 PM

Your Mom would'nt let ya wear that two piece huh Alex?:D
no, it sucked.:p

Typically

08-08-2007, 01:34 PM

I think thats all Typically was trying to say when he posted. Saying this "beach wear" is modest is a stretch. The ones frankster posted with a simple cover-up you can buy at most dept stores would be modest (I had one when I was little Kittie, maybe a good gift idea, it was just a dress made of terrycloth to go over my suit... I loved it!) Anyway, I dont think typically was making fun of their religon or degrading women or anything... but to call this beach wear?? i dont think so.

**Typically, please correct me if I'm wrong. If you meant to be vulgar and inappropriate, I apologize and retract my previous statement**

haha yea i was just sayin its a little overboard. not trying to offend anyone :D i live 10 mins from the beach so i've seen it all from the bennys that come down and wear socks and shoes to the beach and the muslims all dress up sitting in the sun. but i've never seen anything like that =]

kid thongs now that is offensive

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 02:22 PM

so i've seen it all from the bennys that come down and wear socks and shoes to the beach and the muslims all dress up sitting in the sun..

fellow NJ resident i see ;)

Jackimalyn

08-08-2007, 02:26 PM

you know, those Amish chicks must have monster thighs. Those "swimsuits" have to weigh a ton when they get wet.

Typically

08-08-2007, 02:37 PM

reppin' NJ to the fullest!

Virgo Nightingale

08-08-2007, 02:49 PM

Go Jersey!! :D

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 03:05 PM

woot!! haha

Tea

08-08-2007, 03:17 PM

Those first suits reminded me of the gym rompers we had to wear in junior high. Ugh. Talk about embarrassing moments. We were seriouslly horrified to wear those. Just seeing those again is cause for a therapist.

My guess is they are designed for specialty schools and camps with a religous affiliation.

I don't understand the point of thongs. In underwear or swimwear. Why the hell would anyone want to publicly draw attention to their poophole?

It's really quite disturbing to know that they are designed, sold and bought for such young kids too. That irks me. More so, why would you put your daughter in one? Ugh.

Typically

08-08-2007, 03:29 PM

the point of thongs is so us guys can admire that beautiful posterior =] some beaches around here don't allow you to wear thongs to the beach. which i understand i don't think little kids need to see a half naked women walking around but there is a time and a place =]

Virgo Nightingale

08-08-2007, 03:35 PM

I don't understand the point of thongs. In underwear or swimwear. Why the hell would anyone want to publicly draw attention to their poophole?
I actually only wear thong underwear. For me it's not a matter of how my poophole looks, it's comfort. I have a fairly wide butt, if I wear the correct size of full-butt underwear, it has trouble covering my whole rear, and thus it ends up gathered in the crack. With thongs, the fabric may automatically go in the crack, but at least there's much less of it. At this point I'm so used to having some fabric jammed up there that if I wear regular underwear, it just feels weird to have my cheeks together. And then the wedgie happens and I'm all sorts of unhappy. :D

cornfed

08-08-2007, 03:42 PM

I just made it back to this thread! Thanks for the kudos on my momness! I wouldn't let my daughter wear a bikini if I didn't know that she's pretty modest in the first place. She gets on me if my shirt is too low or if I'm wearing a white shirt she'll ask me if I've checked the forecast for rain.

As far as thongs for kids, that's ridiculous. Now for underwear for adults, I think its fine. I find thong underwear to be a lot more comfortable than regular underwear. I would never wear one to the beach, though! For swimming, I've had the same tankini for years. I need to get a new swimsuit and I've already got it picked out! Here it is!! I'm waiting for it to go on clearance! I think it's modest enough, but really cute, too! I've always had a thing for green and white checkers!

http://images.delias.com//151879_w_s.jpg

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 03:56 PM

i like the boy shorts style bathing suits on girls. I dont know why, theres just something sexy about the way they fit.

Drawing a Blank

08-08-2007, 03:59 PM

I agree with TBK and RKK - society's gone a little nuts when they start marketing thongs to 10 year old girls (http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=43941). :rolleyes:

It's the high heels that gross me out. I've seen 6 year olds in the supermarket with their mums running about in 2 and 3 inch heels!?! I can barely run in heels! That must be messing up their feet something rotten!

I find this to be extremely disturbing and it makes me very glad that I have two boys.

cornfed

08-08-2007, 04:04 PM

My neighbor had a baby yesterday. Her six year old was getting ready to go meet her new brother at the hospital and came to my house to borrow some makeup. She said she wanted to look nice to meet her new brother. I asked her grandpa if he knew what she was doing and if her mom would really want her to go to the hospital with makeup on. He said it was fine - actually thought it was cute. She came in and put on my daughters blue eyeshadow, black eyeliner, mascara, blush and lipstick! I couldn't believe it! I wiped some of it off and told her she was too pretty to put all that stuff on her face.

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 04:23 PM

yea, society is really becoming entirely too critical on looks and appearance. Especially young women AND men. Yes men, because the level of competition is rising so every guy is trying to look his best on top of trying to be impressive and successful. Of course there are no blankets that cover everyone, but a huge majority are very rapped up in the whole glitz and glam gotta be perfect mentality. Its not good for kids to put such pressure on self image. And it is true that kids growing up now, im 22 and ive experienced the same, are growing up really quickly. There is so much emphasis on "go get a job and make money" that kids aren't being the children that they are, they are living like they are older. A lot of people i grew up with are still living with parents at 25, 26 because living is getting so expensive.

Jackimalyn

08-08-2007, 04:52 PM

I hear ya Alex (although Im not complaining that men are beginning to groom themselves and have a little hygeine...) But it has gone far. And kids are growing up too fast. I got my first job when I was 14 because I wanted to buy a car when I was 16. Cant say I regret it but looking back, I wish I could have stayed in sports or somehting instead of worked. I think its worse, thoug hwhen you get older, and people prioritize work before everything else. They live for work... work is supposed to just help you live for your family, friends, having fun. I dont like the lack of family nowadays (ha... im only 21) but i intend on prioritizing my life a bit better than most career parents today

cornfed

08-08-2007, 04:59 PM

AlexNJ210

08-08-2007, 05:30 PM

everybody is usually so busy and wrapped up in whatever, that central family traditions aren't surviving anymore. I plan on having a more traditional home when i start a family. Its so important for everyone. If you can't sit with your family at the dinner table and share time, conversation, and a good meal, thats got to tell you there are problems. I like that tradition, it makes you feel more like you have a home. Everyone nowadays is out to create that magazine picture life but we are forgetting why that is special and important. Having a nice home and nice things are good when you have a family who can share them and appreciate those things together. Relationships on the whole between people are becoming very superficial. I moved around so much in my life as a kid that i didnt get the chance to make good friends. It sucks not to have a sense of home, a place where you know you belong. Filling that void with material things and a false sense of value isnt the answer.

Jackimalyn

08-08-2007, 05:38 PM

YES! I always had to go home at 5:30 when I was little to eat dinner with my family. My friends never stopped playing. theyd eat whenever with whoever.

cornfed

08-08-2007, 05:40 PM

A lot of kids ask to eat here in the evenings. They say their parents won't care. I usually say no. I can't afford to feed the neighborhood every night. Sometimes I feel bad, though, cause there's no telling what they eat at home.

Typically

08-08-2007, 05:56 PM

Jackimalyn

08-08-2007, 06:00 PM

i still try to get over to my parents on sundays for dinner or lunch just to catch up.

I do too!!

The_Black_Knight

08-08-2007, 06:28 PM

I agree. My kids have friends that are amazed that we still sit down at the table every evening and have dinner together. They've told us nobody still does that! When did people stop eating dinner together? How do they eat? In their rooms? At different times? Do they all eat the same thing?My wife and I will probably insist that everyone eat dinner together as a family. My parents did that, too. I have good memories of that, and I am glad for it. Otherwise, instead of a family, I would have just had a bunch of people that happened to live in the same house.

frankster

08-08-2007, 09:21 PM

We all eat together at the kitchen table for breakfast and dinner. Lunch can be more chaotic depending on what's going on. I would feel far more stressed and fragmented if everyone was eating at different times and all over the house. I cook one home made meal in the evening and everyone eats the same thing. That's just normal isn't it? That's how things worked when I was a kid. I'm looking forward to the kids being old enough to proparly help with making dinner and cleaning up after too, because I remember cooking with my mum very fondly. At the moment it's more making a mess "helping".

My husband says there was always a little boy in his school when he was about 7 years old that would come over to his house after school and ask to "play in the kitchen" because he was always hungry and his parents didn't make him dinner at all! This story really disturbed me and I can't help thinking about that poor kid every now and again. Also, the same little boy broke into my in laws home every day while they were away on a 5 week trek abroad and ate all the food he could find! Isn't that horrific, that a kid would be neglected to that point!

cornfed

08-08-2007, 09:39 PM

That is so sad. I have a nephew that lives with his mother. He is horribly neglected like that. He often goes to his neighbors to eat. He's my step nephew at best. It's a long story. I want to intervene, but my hands are pretty tied on the issue.

My older two kids help in the kitchen. Sadie tries to. She can prepare the cornbread mix and crack her own eggs for breakfast and start the dishwasher! My older two take turns loading the dishwasher, wiping the table down, sweeping, etc. after dinner. They also have to make drinks and sometimes peel vegetables, etc. It's definitely a group effort around here. Lunch is pretty much a free for all, though. I make Sadie's lunch but the older two are old enough to get in there and make what they want. It gives them a chance to be creative in the kitchen without everyone else having to try out their concoction!

LeftBrain Artist

08-08-2007, 10:06 PM

when i was a kid i had to be home when the streetlights came on. dinner was at 5:30 and that was that. we always ate as a family well not my mom because she worked nights but my dad, brother and i would eat together and talk about the days events and watch the simpsons or tool time. i still try to get over to my parents on sundays for dinner or lunch just to catch up. it's crazy how many families don't do dinner together anymore. like everyone says people are to caught up in this or that to worry about the important things like family and friends.

Yep. I remember the streetlight rule. And if we were further away than yelling distance, there'd be hell to pay.

Every once in a while, me or my sister would have a friend over for dinner. A lot of them were amazed that we actually talked to each other over dinner. Crazy.