Comments on: Buying A Bathing Suit http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be | MidLifeBloggers http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5903 Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be | MidLifeBloggers Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:07:03 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5903 [...] And frankly, I look it. I’m not fat; I’m what my friend Laurie calls “portly” (you can read a more detailed description of my figure woes here). Good feminist that I am, I work very hard on having a Reasonable Body Image, even if that means [...] [...] And frankly, I look it. I’m not fat; I’m what my friend Laurie calls “portly” (you can read a more detailed description of my figure woes here). Good feminist that I am, I work very hard on having a Reasonable Body Image, even if that means [...]

]]> By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5662 Laura Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:13:45 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5662 @byjane, keep biting the bullet! You already got the suit--try it on, go to the pool. The heavens are never aligned for trying on bathing suits, it's a "just do it" thing. Enjoy! @byjane, keep biting the bullet! You already got the suit–try it on, go to the pool. The heavens are never aligned for trying on bathing suits, it’s a “just do it” thing. Enjoy!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5660 byjane Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:33:45 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5660 @Laura, The suit arrived the other day. It's still sitting wrapped up in the baggie Lands End uses to mail things. I'm waiting for the precise moment when the heavens are aligned and it will be safe for me to try it on. @Laura,
The suit arrived the other day. It’s still sitting wrapped up in the baggie Lands End uses to mail things. I’m waiting for the precise moment when the heavens are aligned and it will be safe for me to try it on.

]]> By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5657 Laura Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:11:39 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5657 One of my size 2 daughters put on my bathing suit the other day because she needed to take a swim test. It fit her well. I thought, okay, maybe I'm not as large as I think. Then I saw that she put a bikini bottom underneath because she would have been too exposed, and she tied the straps so tightly that she practically turned that L suit into an S. Yes, bathing suits are the bane of too many people's existence. Why do you think that the Speedo went out of style for men? But me, they are not the bane of my existence because I am like you in years gone by, without the suit. Why make myself feel bad about the way I look when pants protect me from myself? One of my size 2 daughters put on my bathing suit the other day because she needed to take a swim test. It fit her well. I thought, okay, maybe I’m not as large as I think. Then I saw that she put a bikini bottom underneath because she would have been too exposed, and she tied the straps so tightly that she practically turned that L suit into an S.

Yes, bathing suits are the bane of too many people’s existence. Why do you think that the Speedo went out of style for men? But me, they are not the bane of my existence because I am like you in years gone by, without the suit. Why make myself feel bad about the way I look when pants protect me from myself?

]]> By: Carnie http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5640 Carnie Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:06:19 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5640 Great post. We understand! Great post. We understand!

]]> By: Laura http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5607 Laura Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:02:36 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5607 @byjane, Yep and I'm dreading it.. Tomorrow I pull out the suit and then sometime in the near future I head to the gym's pool. I'm thinking of showing up right after the Elders' swim class...! @byjane, Yep and I’m dreading it.. Tomorrow I pull out the suit and then sometime in the near future I head to the gym’s pool. I’m thinking of showing up right after the Elders’ swim class…!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5603 byjane Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:29:17 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5603 @Laura, Not only would you have to don a suit, but you'd have to get wet as well!!!! @Laura,
Not only would you have to don a suit, but you’d have to get wet as well!!!!

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2010/02/19/buying-a-bathing-suit/comment-page-1/#comment-5602 byjane Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:28:29 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=2558#comment-5602 @Lia, I think my sunglasses are quite nice, so I'll take your advice and always wear them when I wear my new suit. Whenever that may be.... @Lia,
I think my sunglasses are quite nice, so I’ll take your advice and always wear them when I wear my new suit. Whenever that may be….

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