The bikini

Do you remember being young and having summer off school.  Lying on the beach, being with friends, having fun.  How was summer in your house?  Do you remember laying out in the sun trying to get the ultimate tan?  Do you remember the first time your DAD saw you in your bikini?  Can you remember what he said?  Well I'm here to tell you it was not pretty.

I can remember going to buy my first bikini.  Mom and I went shopping for a bathing suit that summer.  We spent a lot of time finding just the right one.  I had finally got the ok to get a bikini, as long as it was not some slutty looking nothing.  We shopped and looked for some time till I found the one that I loved.  I still can remember seeing it for the first time. There it was, hanging on the rack was the bikini of my dreams.   Blue and white checks, ruffles around the waist and the top.  I can still see it.  It was to die for, and I almost did the first time my dad saw me lying on a towel on the grass. 

All I heard was "who the hell do you think you are wearing something like that.  Your not going anywhere looking like that".   Crying ensued.  Dad left for work.  Mom told me that it would all be fine.  Dad just needed a little time to deal with the fact that his "little girl" was not so little anymore.  I left for the beach making sure to be home before dad.   Funny, you get boobs and the father turns into an ogre, that is not letting you out of his sight.   Mom ran interference for a while till the heat was off.   Dad finally gave in, as long as I covered up while on the way to and from the beach.... Ya Right... "what he did'nt know won't hurt me"

The kids all loved the bikini, especially the boys.  I thought it was fantastic to finally be able to tan my belly.   I don't remember seeing any pictures in that specific bathing suit.  Not sure if any are around.  

Now over the years, bikinis have come and gone.  Now there are suits, that don't cover much of anything.  I think that bathing suits should be comfortable, but leave a little something to the imagination.  Dental floss up the butt, little triangles that cover as little as possible... What happened to modesty?

Sometimes I think father's had the right idea in trying to stop the trend that was coming.  Most would have rather their little girls stay little and covered up.  Maybe they were right.  Oh well, those days have come and gone.  The blue and white checked bikini has been replaced with a full body bathing suit that covers all the lumps and bumps of being older and having children.  We stare at the ones in bikinis now and long for the body that goes with them.  Time is passing and things have changed...Oh for the days when life was simpler, bodies were firm and tawt and we fit into "the bikini".