If you're a guy and you know me in real life, you may want to stop reading now. Otherwise, you may have a hard time focusing on my face the next time we talk.
So, I have a question: where do the bountifully bosomed shop for bikinis?
I suspect it is not Old Navy, source of much of my swimwear in recent years.
A friend is arriving this evening, so I anticipate some beach-going in the next few days. (Yes, even though we live in Hawaii, I am sad to report that the beach is not a daily destination.) Yesterday, I thought maybe I should try on my bikinis, since I hadn't worn them in a while and, as you know, my figure is morphing. Good thing I did, as I discovered my growth was more than my bras led me to believe. My skimpy bikini top just sort of sat there, as triangles that didn't do a very good job of concealing the girls. My more sporty top, the one I like to wear on a surfboard, just mushed the girls together, creating some cleavage worthy of the red carpet.
So, last night, though there was cleaning to be done around the house, I went to Old Navy, thinking I could just pick up a top to wear with my old bottoms and board shorts. Since living here, I've become a lot more comfortable with revealing my flesh. But there's a difference between flesh and flesh. That in the latter category does not belong in my comfort zone. It belongs, if anywhere, on Jessica Simpson, in the privacy of her backyard pool (of course with a camera looking on to document it for "Newlyweds").
But, I tried on every style of bikini top, in various sizes, and none of them quite did the trick of covering and stabilizing. So, I was relegated to the maternity suit - basically a modest tankini. It doesn't provide much support, but cover it does. And it's cute. I'm sure I'll eventually appreciate it. Assuming the bottoms don't fall off in the waves. And the girls probably appreciate not being paraded in front of any and all.
I'm reminded of the words that met Elisabeth Hasselbeck upon her return to "The View:"
"It doesn't look like you've had a baby, it looks like you've had a massive breast implant."
Oh, except that I will look like I've had a baby.
shokufeh, i think even girls reading are going to have a hard time focusing on your face. sometimes you just gotta look.
Posted by: meisa at May 20, 2005 09:28 AMI'm glad you found something you liked. :-) By the next summer you'll be back in your regular suit!
Posted by: Hannah at May 20, 2005 12:24 PMhehe you said jessica simpson ;)
Posted by: Linda at May 22, 2005 01:44 PMMy "girls" still look about the same... maybe a bit fuller. And I am at 9 months! :)
Posted by: Jess at May 24, 2005 06:24 PMLucky you, Jess.
Meisa, you're probably right, but there's something less creepy about girls doing so.