My friends told me to wear less revealing bikinis because it made their husbands “uncomfortable.”
I laughed it off—until I overheard one of the men say, “It’s working. She really thinks we’re uncomfortable.” My stomach dropped.
Later, I saw a group chat on one of their phones:
“Watch, she’ll ‘accidentally’ bend over again 🙄”
“Let her play. We know the wives they’re coming home to.”
They weren’t protecting their marriages—they were mocking me.
So, I invited them to a “lake event” that turned out to be my cousin’s wedding. They showed up in flashy cocktail dresses, totally overdressed. And guess who was there? Vira’s husband—the same one who’d made that comment. When he saw her, he muttered, “Guess she thought she could let loose without me around.”
The fallout was instant. They stopped talking to me, and months later, Vira’s marriage fell apart.
When Maelin later apologized, she admitted, “We got jealous. You didn’t deserve that.”
Now, I wear whatever I want—especially that red bikini my sister gave me. I don’t shrink myself for small-minded people anymore.
Lesson: Insecure people will always criticize confident ones. Don’t dim your light—be the sunlight, and let them squint.
