An Atypical Anomaly: 10 July 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011

Rant o' the Day

Disclosure: these are purely my thoughts and opinions, don't take anything personally. I don't mean to offend or sound pretentious.

So, yeah. Bikinis.
Let's just say...sometimes I have issues with them. I mean, if you want to wear shreds of fabric that resemble your underwear to a public pool for the whole world to see, be my guest. Whatever floats your boat.

However, I have an issue with parents who feel the need to don their little girls in bikinis. I try not to judge these sorts of parents, I'm sure they're perfectly decent and respectable people, but really? They're young, why are you putting them in attire that is not exactly age appropriate? To me, the message a bikini can send is not one little girls should be portraying. They have their whole life ahead of them to wear revealing clothing if they so wish. Let's not spoil their childhood with swimwear that's obviously meant for older, more mature women.

It's borderline amusing when girls wearing bikinis walk or run to the edge of the diving board and, before jumping, place their hand over their chest to prevent their top from coming off. I would just like to point out, for the record, it would be less worrisome to wear a one piece or tankini.

Then today I saw a girl wearing a tank top over her bikini. Darling, just save yourself the trouble and buy a tankini for heaven's sake. It's probably simpler.

"But one pieces are so annoying!! You get ugly tan-lines and they're such a bother when trying to use the bathroom!!" Um, yeah, those issues are kinda/sorta shallow and easily fixed. Let me know when you come up with a valid complaint against tankinis or one pieces.