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- An older woman took to Reddit to defend her bathing suit choice
- A woman shared that she was called “inappropriate” for wearing a bikini to her 19-year-old granddaughter’s birthday pool party
- Her granddaughter picked out her bathing suit when they went shopping for outfits together
An older woman is defending her bathing suit choice.
The woman, 67, shared in a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A——” forum that she wore a bikini to her 19-year-old granddaughter’s birthday pool party after they went shopping for outfits together. However, she was later told that her bathing suit choice was “inappropriate” by her own daughter.
The grandmother said that the birthday girl picked out a variety of bathing suits for her to choose to wear to her special day. She explained that “all her suggestions were two-piece bikinis.” When the older woman explained that she would usually go for a more modest choice, the teenager said that people her age aren’t “that judgemental.”
With her granddaughter’s support, the woman wore a bikini to the pool party. She felt “flattered” that the swimwear was suggested to her and she didn’t want her granddaughter “to feel she will have to hide herself when she gets older.”
However, the bathing suit choice did not sit well with others at the party. The Reddit poster continued to share that her 44-year-old daughter told her after the party that “it was inappropriate for a woman my age to wear that in front [of] a bunch of college-aged youngsters.” Her daughter then noted her own choice of a one-piece bathing suit instead of a two-piece.
When the woman asked if she was in the wrong in the situation, many people in the comments section assured her that she was right to wear her swimsuit of choice.
“The birthday girl picked it out and wanted you to wear the bikini,” wrote one person. “As long as you and the birthday girl were comfortable, that’s all that matters. No one ever died from seeing an older woman in a bikini. Your daughter needs to get over herself and her judgement.”
Another insisted that there “isn’t an age limit on wearing a two-piece.”
A third commentator said, “You wore what you felt comfortable in and your granddaughter picked it out. You weren’t trying to perform for anyone, no, you were only there to celebrate her, not to draw attention or make a statement.”
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The person added that the issue is her daughter’s reaction, stating that she’s “policing your body based on age, not behavior.”
“There’s no rule that says at 67 you have to hide your midsection or legs or shoulders. Bodies don’t expire at a certain age. If anything, older women should feel more freedom, not less,” they added.
Another Reddit user expressed that the daughter was in the wrong for placing her own insecurities on her mother. “It’s absolutely okay if she has those restrictions on herself, but they shouldn’t be projected onto anyone else,” they wrote.
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