I just got a swimsuit today in the mail that I spent hours looking for on Amazon. I wanted a bikini style top and skirt style bottom. I also found a cut and color that I thought was very flattering on me and that I thought was absolutely adorable. I was thoroughly excited as I tried the suit on and the cover up I ordered that went perfectly with it. I was really excited. So much so that I showed my mother, who's response was to cringe at the site of the halter style bikini top. She commented that "you'll be fine as long as you wear your cover up at all times" and that "Plus sized ladies shouldn't show their stomachs like that".

I had severely struggled with accepting that I'm no longer going to ever be the 98 lbs I was in high school, now that I'm properly medicated, and that I am now officially deemed "plus sized" according to the fashion industry. I'm average, to be honest. Not toned and fit, not morbidly obese. I mean, my stomach doesn't hang down or anything, and I can wear stuff off a conventional store's rack fairly easily, though shopping for "plus sized" clothing is easier for me as it fits better. Besides, the swim suit looks cute on me and I feel sexy and feminine in it.

To be honest, I was tired of wearing tankinis and skirtinis and swim dresses all the time. I wanted to wear something that makes me feel like the young, vibrant and sexy woman I want to be. It's not like I bought a string microkini or anything, though, according to my mom, you'd think I did. It's just that I'm 32 and I felt it was high time that I shopped for myself without my mother looking over my shoulder and offering her "advice". I think I'm plenty old enough to do that by now.

EDIT: Here's what I bought, so you can see for yourself that it it's cute and tasteful. This is the top:

http://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Cole-R...ilpage_o01_s00

And here is the bottom:

http://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Cole-R...ilpage_o03_s00