I checked both "fine" and "self-conscious." My only major requirements for a bathing suit is that it needs to stay on in the water and not look any worse than any other brightly-colored spandex garment designed to cling tightly and call attention to my body. Yeah, I'm self-conscious in a bathing suit. Not horribly so, but just enough to pull a pair of shorts on over the suit if I'm actually walking around on the beach (as opposed to heading straight for the ocean or just lounging on the towel).
Then again, I'm self-conscious in a dress too. My clothes are my armor. I'm self-conscious in a bathing suit, a dress or anything else out-of-the-ordinary for me not because I hate my body, but because it *feels* as though people notice me when I'm not in the standard jeans/t-shirt combo. I reserve the right to be shy and not want people looking at me.
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Date: 2005-04-05 05:28 pm (UTC)Then again, I'm self-conscious in a dress too. My clothes are my armor. I'm self-conscious in a bathing suit, a dress or anything else out-of-the-ordinary for me not because I hate my body, but because it *feels* as though people notice me when I'm not in the standard jeans/t-shirt combo. I reserve the right to be shy and not want people looking at me.