Bikinis cool or immodest?

[Archaea]

Assuming a gal is no longer a young woman, cool or immodest?

Do you really agree that the human form is so awful it needs to be covered like with a Burkha?

And maybe I have become too gentile, but this social custom does not seem correct to me. And yes I'm aware it runs counter to decades of teachings regarding dress.

Do practicing LDS all believe that, except perhaps yours truly?

Women, what are your opinions?

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Assuming a gal is no longer a young woman, cool or immodest?

I think the gal who hosts Mormon Biographies or something like that on KBYU looks pretty darn cool in hers.

[TripletDaddy]

There are flyers all over the chapel for the upcoming youth conference.

the flyers specify: NO TANKINIS.

I think bikinis are awesome on Brooke Burke (yes, Junkie, I already know....)

I dont think they are awesome on random wife in my ward who wears it to ward swim party.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

There are flyers all over the chapel for the upcoming youth conference.

the flyers specify: NO TANKINIS.

I think bikinis are awesome on Brooke Burke (yes, Junkie, I already know....)

I dont think they are awesome on random wife in my ward who wears it to ward swim party.

This was the rule in Memphis when I was a YW leader. I bought a one-piece for a swim party, but honestly it showed more than my tankini.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by marsupial

This was the rule in Memphis when I was a YW leader. I bought a one-piece for a swim party, but honestly it showed more than my tankini.

It's still the rule. My daughters debated this rule thoroughly.

[FarrahWaters]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

There are flyers all over the chapel for the upcoming youth conference.

the flyers specify: NO TANKINIS.

I think bikinis are awesome on Brooke Burke (yes, Junkie, I already know....)

I dont think they are awesome on random wife in my ward who wears it to ward swim party.

Seriously, a tankini? Do they even know what a tankini is?

I assure you, I have unwittingly revealed more in a one-piece (to my future husband) than I have in my tankini.

[marsupial]

Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

I assure you, I have unwittingly revealed more in a one-piece (to my future husband) than I have in my tankini.

This is a story I'd like to hear. If Farrah won't tell it, Mike will you?

[FarrahWaters]

Originally Posted by marsupial

This is a story I'd like to hear. If Farrah won't tell it, Mike will you?

It's not a Sooner-esque story by any means, but here goes. Mike and I were sitting in a hot tub, and I got out first. Ladies, you know when you wear a one piece, and always have to pull the bottom down when it rides up. Well, I don't know if it was the current in the hot tub, or the fact that I had to take a big step up, but my suit went all the way in. I might as well have been wearing a thong. So, I tried to yank the material back into it's proper place, and in trying to pull it out, Mike got the full booty shot. He told me later that he saw everything.

Actually, I guess I have accidentally flashed people when my baby has pulled down the top of my tankini, so maybe it's a tie between the one piece and the tankini.

[Travis Henry]

Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

It's not a Sooner-esque story by any means, but here goes. Mike and I were sitting in a hot tub, and I got out first. Ladies, you know when you wear a one piece, and always have to pull the bottom down when it rides up. Well, I don't know if it was the current in the hot tub, or the fact that I had to take a big step up, but my suit went all the way in. I might as well have been wearing a thong. So, I tried to yank the material back into it's proper place, and in trying to pull it out, Mike got the full booty shot. He told me later that he saw everything.

Actually, I guess I have accidentally flashed people when my baby has pulled down the top of my tankini, so maybe it's a tie between the one piece and the tankini.

I went to a stake youth activity up at a mountain lake (in the Sierras). It was the summer of 1989. There was a girl in my ward that must have been around 17 at the time and was the stake president's daughter, she was also there. Actually quite hot, okay very hot. I believe my cousin went out with her about a year later.

I was sitting on the shore of the lake, minding my own business. She was wearing a nice one piecer about 15 feet away. I would glance over every once in awhile.

Then I inadvertantly struck gold. She adjusted the front of her suit at a very strategic area right when I happened to glance over. It was a sight that I have never forgotten. Seeing something like that 15 feet away when you're 13 is indescribable. It was easily the best moment I ever had at a youth activity.

I told my older brother (by 8 years) about it, around 1-2 years later. He was astonished and simply told me "don't ever tell anyone else that."

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

Seriously, a tankini? Do they even know what a tankini is?

I assure you, I have unwittingly revealed more in a one-piece (to my future husband) than I have in my tankini.

Ladies, the anti-tankini rule is not mine, dont shoot the messenger.

One-pieces are only good for a quick shot if you bend over in front of the guy...even then, you only get to see the tops of the mountains, maybe a little bullseye if you are lucky. No big thing.

A tankini for mothers in my ward freaks me out. I dont want to see it. In some cases, I would prefer a burka for them.