Mum in bikini told to 'dress more modestly' when swimming with husbands and kids

25 February 2024 , 13:00

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The woman did not take kindly to being told to cover up (stock image) (Image: Getty Images/Glow RM)

When you attend a baby swim class, the last thing you expect is to be body-shamed.

That's exactly what happened to one mum, however, who was left baffled when another woman approached her and told her to "dress more modestly" after she was spotted chatting to the woman's husband. The mum was wearing a high-waisted two-piece bikini from Amazon, which left just three inches of her stomach exposed, so she was stunned when the woman approached her. And to make matters worse, her pal did not back her up.

The woman was at a baby swim class where, she explained, she is often one of few mums who enter the pool with their babies while most couples have the dad enter the water while the mothers sit on the sidelines.

The woman was wearing this swimsuit (Amazon)

On the day of this particular incident back in 2020, when she took her six-month-old to the class, there was a new baby. The mum said hello to the dad of the newcomer, and that's when all hell broke loose with the man's wife.

Explaining the situation, the woman said: "Today, there was a new baby at swim class! He looked to be about the same age as my son. As the father got into the pool, he said hi and I returned the greeting. I then asked him how old his son was and we made about 30 seconds of small talk before the class started.

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"After class was over and my son and I were leaving the pool area, this man’s wife approached me and said 'You know, if you are going to continue to swim with husbands and fathers, you should really dress more modestly'."

Stunned, the woman explained there was only about three inches of her stomach showing and it was not like her "voluptuous curves were a distraction or anything". But in the moment, she did not have time to think and in her shocked state she simply replied: "Thank you for your opinion."

She walked off but, unable to shake off what had happened, she asked her friend about it later. But instead of sharing in her horror at the body-shaming at the pool, her mate told her maybe she should think about her swimwear fashion choices.

"She said that I should invest in a one-piece (which I personally don't like because I have a long torso and no curves, so most of the time they don't fit right, and when they do, I don't pull them off well)," she added in her post on Reddit. "She then continued that she would also be uncomfortable with a swim class that had other women who were showing off too much skin to her husband and children."

The woman herself said she finds it all "ridiculous" and the woman must have had an "insecurity problem'. However, she admitted she was worried about being the "inappropriate pool mum".

Joseph Wilkes