I’m a momma and I was planning on driving my son down to the beach with some family/friends. I haven’t worn a bikini since my younger days since I’m super busy nowadays as a single mom working 2 jobs. As I was trying on some of my older bikinis, I couldn’t help but wonder how my younger self was confident enough to be this exposed. I’m not insecure about my body or anything, actually I’m pretty confident since I go to the gym often, so genuinely how do other women have the confidence to rock a bikini?

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    You get used to it, especially when nobody cares. Walking into a corner shop in nothing but shorts is pretty Sus in a city in winter, but if it’s a hot summer day and the corner shop is near the beach, it’s fine.

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      7 hours ago

      Yep. Nobody cares. Having been to nude beaches, nobody really cares.

      The small fraction of people who do judge are reflecting their own insecurities.

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      9 hours ago

      There’s a restaurant at the end of the pier where I grew up that always has a sign that says “no shirt, no shoes, no problem”