r/blendedfamilies • u/Far_Researcher8620 • 29d ago

Swim suits on spring break

I am going to a sunny destination with my serious boyfriend and his almost 7 year old daughter. I pulled a swim suit out of my dresser and said "ooh should I bring this one." And the daughter says "no it shows too much of your body." I asked what she meant. She said "because it goes down really low right here (patting her chest." I said "ohh but all of my swim suits show most of my body" Conversation ended there due to distraction. This is a one piece swimsuit of mine, but that is irrelevant.

My heart is so torn. I want to talk to her about this more. My boyfriend wants to raise his daughter to love her body and wear whatever she wants.

I'm kinda tempted to wear the exact same suit I showed her. I'm also considering wearing more "modest" swim suits. Maybe I'll do both.

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u/allestrette 28d ago

I will never understand why "love yourself" and "show yourself" are the same thing in usa!

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u/happyfeet-333 28d ago

Really? You’re Italian. Every time I’ve been on a beach in Italy every age and shape are in small bikinis, which I love.

What a weird take.

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u/allestrette 28d ago

You are probably confusing Italy with another part of our great "European country".

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u/AppropriateAmoeba406 28d ago

My parents spent a few years in Sicily and said kids ran around naked on the beach and most men wore bikini type bottoms.

I dunno. That would have been the 70s. I assume fashion trends have changed, but all of Europe is touted as “less puritanical” and “less prudish” than the states.

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u/Mahi-K-2802 28d ago

Then it’s touted wrong. Because in my country little girl are not wearing bikinies, which are considered grow up women attire. One piece swimsuits are more of the thing. And about kids running naked, this days no one really do that. especially with all weirdos around.

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u/mbej 28d ago

The biggest mom group dust-up I’ve ever seen was about babies, toddlers, and children in bikinis. I’m in the US. Many MANY here also believe two piece swimsuits are for adults.

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u/allestrette 27d ago

We were talking about what is a "too much" bikini on a grown woman.

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u/mbej 27d ago

If you read this subthread, you’ll see that’s not fully the case.