# How do you look in a bathing suit.? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967 "2001-06-15T19:50:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/41 "2001-06-17T17:38:47Z")
Picture two genetically engineered watermelons. They are light brown in color and have a maximum flesh to rind ratio. Put them in a plastic bag. Sit this plastic bag atop another platic bag filled to bursting with jello. Place both plastic bags on two pale sticks. Wonder at how the laws of physics can allow the two plastic bags to sit atop the sticks and not fall over. Wonder also how so many shades of brown can be part of one cohesive whole. Biggirl in a bathing suit. P.S. This sight does not stop me from putting on a bathing suit and enjoying a day on the beach. New Yorkers beware! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/42 "2001-06-17T17:49:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **Biggirl in a bathing suit.** You see problems, I see fruit salad !!!\*\* ATTACKING BIGGIRL WITH A SPOON WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO\*\* šŸ˜ƒ Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/43 "2001-06-17T18:03:09Z")
You really, _really_, _ **really** _ donā€™t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/44 "2001-06-17T18:03:17Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\* > You see problems, I see fruit salad !!!_\* ATTACKING BIGGIRL WITH A SPOON WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOO\*\* šŸ˜ƒ > > Cartooniverse \*\* That really is the problem. I see food everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/45 "2001-06-17T18:05:14Z")
I used to think I look terrible, but now i look better - a few months down the gymā€™ll do that. My swimsuit is a black all-in-one suit-and-shorts affair and the upper legs are covered but the cleavage line is optimised, thus drawing attention to my favourite part šŸ™‚ Iā€™m certainly not underweight so i have a sort of soft hour-glass figure. I look curvy, and I like looking curvy. Fran ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/46 "2001-06-18T01:15:03Z")
[Squiggy voice] At night in a dark alley, he could be taken for a young Jack Lalanne." [\Squiggy voice] 'nuff said! ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/47 "2001-06-18T03:56:59Z")
Iā€™m very white, and I have a 1-inch knot visible on my lower back. Iā€™m thinking about getting a giant tatoo of a dragon, swirling around my torso. What do you think? Too zebra-ish? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/48 "2001-06-18T04:04:57Z")
I look overweight, which is what I am although Iā€™m in denial about it. Iā€™ll bet all of you look better than you think you do. Then again, Iā€™m so impressed by your wit and charm, youā€™d never find a more flattering judge of your appearance than me. I know Iā€™m not the only one who is like thisā€“let me get a glimpse of someoneā€™s great mind and I can never see them as unattractive. One of my coworkers is morbidly obese, but sheā€™s absolutely amazing in the brains department, incredibly kind, and really insightful. I have to be reminded that sheā€™s anything more than plump. I just donā€™t see it. Whoā€™s for heading for the beach?!? Iā€™ll be the one in the neck-to-toe muumuu. ---
**Author:** ![Pathros\_1983](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Pathros\_1983](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pathros_1983)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/49 "2001-06-18T04:24:35Z")
Im not one who looks attractive in a swimsuit. I know this. Girls know this. Everyone knows this. So what do I do? I just dont wear a speedo. I think thats sound advice for everyone. If you know you dont have the body of an actor or actress, dont pretend that you do. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/50 "2001-06-18T05:50:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pathros\_1983 \* > \*\* So what do I do? I just dont wear a speedo. > > I think thats sound advice for everyone. If you know you dont have the body of an actor or actress, dont pretend that you do. \*\* Iā€™ve been known to say this same thing, and I certainly abide by it myself. But you know, the more I think about it, the more I think Who says fashion is only meant for a certain size range? Who gives a ratā€™s ass if youā€™ve got the ideal body? If it makes you feel good, wear it. Where is it written (other than the ā€œGlamour DONā€™Tā€ page) that a size 28 canā€™t wear a bikini? Whereā€™s the law that says a guy with a 42 waist and a set of tits to rival mine canā€™t wear a speedo? Go for it, if thatā€™s what you prefer to wear. If other people have a problem with it, well, it is their hangup. I just hate that we seem to believe that others get to pass some sort of aesthetic rule about the appropriateness of certain clothes for certain body sizes and states of fitness. Iā€™m trying to be less snarky in my old age. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/51 "2001-06-18T07:24:03Z")
Um, better than I look out of a bathing suit. Although the future Mrs. Scribe doesnā€™t complain much, bless her heart. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/52 "2001-06-18T08:16:42Z")
I opt to just never wear a bathing suit. I somehow feel that this will keep people completely in the dark about the size of my ass. I realize that an ass that be seen in 3 cardinal directions in a bathingsuit can also been seen in 3 cardinal directions in a pair of jeans, but its my hang-up and Iā€™ll delude myself as necessary. =) I look really good in a blanket and nothing else though. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/53 "2001-06-18T12:44:07Z")
5ā€™10", 185#, 13% body fat, 46" chest, 34" waist. Very tan from spending all winter laying in a tanning bed to fight the winter whites. I look pretty damn good in a bathing suit, particularly for a 37 year old man. Vanity, thy name is plnnr. Of course, lately Iā€™ve been going to a nude pool with my SO (who looks pretty damn terrific, too) so the bathing suit question is moot. I love summer. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/54 "2001-06-18T15:24:13Z")
I think I look good. My husband thinks I look good. Iā€™m happy. Demi-goddess? Not likely; just a fit, 33 year old. ---
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/55 "2001-06-18T17:46:12Z")
Not so bad. Iā€™m about 6ā€™0" and 170# or so. Runner/soccer player legs and bum. I tan very quickly and easily, and it lasts a long time (through an entire Minnesota winter, about 11 months). Not a whole lot in the way of arms or a chest, but Iā€™d keep it rather than spin the wheel again. ---
**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/56 "2001-06-18T21:21:03Z")
Well , since losing about 60 lbs . I think I look pretty good. I could not say that a few months ago. Now I have to get out and buy a new swimsuit. that should be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/57 "2001-06-18T21:34:59Z")
I look horrible in a bathing suit, so I swim without one. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/58 "2001-06-19T02:30:22Z")
Iā€™m glad so many of you arenā€™t ashamed of wearing a bathing suit and thereby looking good. Yay for you guys (however few you might be). I, for one, am rather white (but donā€™t care much). Iā€™m short and pretty small, so I donā€™t have problems with my belly, really. What disturbs me is the fact that Iā€™m rather small-chested. It wouldnā€™t be so bad, but an alarming amount of my male friends find amusement in telling me how flat I am. _sniffs_ Damn them all to hell. No one mistakes ME for a whale. ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/59 "2001-06-19T04:10:32Z")
Ummmā€¦ For years I thought that I look absolutely horrible in a bathing suit. Well, everything above my waist looked fine, but my hips and butt, well, letā€™s just say that they werenā€™t my proudist features. However, this year I said ā€œScrew It! If I want to wear two piece then the world can deal with!ā€ I went out and bought my first two piece since I was 11. I wore it to the beach, and, low and behold, no one ran screaming in the oppisite direction. In fact, I got six honks, dog wistles, etc., on the walk from my house to the beach (Which isnā€™t very far. 200 yards, at the most). I had a great time too šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967/60 "2001-06-19T05:13:37Z")
Just plain disgusting, thank you very much. Iā€™d rather not talk about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-look-in-a-bathing-suit/68967.md?page=2)