A woman was left mortified when her pals, rather than congratulating her for her weight loss, decided to call her derogatory names and even made a cutting five-word comment
Every body is a bikini body, but sometimes, there are tweaks you may want to make before you wear a swimsuit – it’s personal to everyone.
When one 40-year-old woman made the decision to get a personal trainer and go to the gym five times a week, she thought she was in the “best shape” she’d ever been in, so she felt confident enough to rock a bikini while on holiday with pals.
However, when she and her three best friends and their husbands and kids went on holiday together, she was left horrified at the five-word diss one of her mates made about what she was wearing.
“Before this week I had gone shopping for new bathing suits and I bought my first ever two-piece bikinis. I had never had the self-confidence to wear a two-piece”, the woman explained on Reddit’s ‘Am I The A**hole’ forum, explaining that she’d always “been on the heavier side” and hadn’t wanted to wear anything but a swimsuit.
“The house has a pool and we all rented a boat for tubing and a couple of jet skis. So Monday everything was normal and we spent the day outside in the pool, in the lake and on the boat and jet skis. Everything seemed normal”, she shared.
She said that things went downhill though when her friend told her, out of any context, that she needed to tone it down. “At first I didn’t know what they were talking about, so I made a funny comment about nothing”, she said – but that’s when her three besties tore into her.
“They said that I need to cover up and that I’m making their husbands feel uncomfortable”, she fumed, and she proceeded to ask what was wrong with her bikinis.
One of her friends then said: “No one wants to stare at your a** and t**s!”, but a scathing comment from her other pal left her reeling, when they said: “Stop acting like a sl**”.
She finished the post by sharing: “I replied by telling them they are just jealous because they are wearing one pieces. After that, I was so hurt that I stormed off to cry in my room. I couldn’t even tell my husband the reason I was so upset. I spent the rest of the night in my room. Now this morning, I’m the first one awake, and I’m wearing another two-piece.”
In the comments, people assured her that she’d not done anything wrong except feel comfortable in her own body. One wrote: “Sounds like they are jealous that you put in the work to lose weight (congrats btw) and their husbands are boys if they ‘feel uncomfortable’. What’s the difference between going to the beach and seeing women walking around in two pieces or whatever else? We go to the beach to have fun, who cares what people are wearing or sometimes not wearing?
“Unless you are actively trying to flaunt and flirt with the husbands and show off. Then I’d say they are insecure and projecting their insecurities onto you. You didn’t do anything wrong and it’s not up to them to say what you can and can’t wear. You’re there to have fun, spend time together, and relax.”
Another shared: “To be honest, they probably need some time to adjust [to her weight loss] and I’d cut them a little slack. If they continue being this c***py, though, you might need some new friends”.
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