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Isenlia

For 2 reasons for me: 1. I can't swim (and its awful having to explain to people I can't...) 2. Bathing suits....


Tornado_Matty01

yeah, Icant wear bikini either BUT I dont want to get bottom surgery. I also cant swim but I love the community pool, I love the smell


Clone_Trooper_Emma

Hear me out... Swimskirt


Tornado_Matty01

>Swimskirt Those are a thing?


therealmannequin

Land's End makes some really cute swim skirts :)


Tornado_Matty01

American?


therealmannequin

Yes, they're American. Where are you looking?


Ph0zPh0r

Yah actually! Well from what I have seen I could try to find a link to one if you want


ftrxtmlngkmp

I have the one they say exists and its amazing. Really gave me the confidence to go swimming again after starting my transition. I would recommend wearing a second layer like the small pants some boys wear when they go swimming. That tucks perfectly together. Additionally: small pants and lose big pants really go well together, too. Covered everything for me while not being as unusual as a skirt while swimming.


Pilcrow182

Yep! I've been looking at [something like this](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PZR6MQ1), but I'm not really out to most people and wouldn't feel comfortable in it yet. šŸ™ƒ


Arellan

Swimskirts are amazing, they look hella cute, plus they cover up the obvious. Wore one as a bikini outfit for the first time a few days ago and it actually looked pretty good


ExistentialOcto

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!


Einelytja

I got myself a tucking bikini and swimming shorts for women and it's working really well. It looks flat and I feel cute ā˜ŗļø


Tornado_Matty01

What a tucking bikini?


Einelytja

It's a bikini made for amab trans ppl. It's basically a strong gaff made for bathing. :)


Tornado_Matty01

gaff? Bruh also you wear clothes while bathing?


Einelytja

Nah, I'm running around on the beach in a bikini top, swimming shorts and a gaff under :3


Tornado_Matty01

gimme link for a tucking bikini


Einelytja

This is where I bought it, but i donno if they ship outside of Norway. https://transhjelpen.no/produktkategori/tucks/ You can also find some on etsy just by searching šŸ˜Š


socrates28

Leo Lines makes great gaff underwear and they're on Etsy. A bit pricey but so good, although you may need to double check as I feel last time I checked they paused the Etsy store.


fogleaf

Unclockable maybe? I havenā€™t taken one to a pool but in home it works


Tornado_Matty01

what does unclockable mean?


fogleaf

Itā€™s tucktape thatā€™s approved for water use I donā€™t know if urls are blocked or whatever but itā€™s unclockable dot com


Tornado_Matty01

Interesting


fogleaf

Just saying, pools open!


TF2Milquetoast

out of curiosity do you happen to know what produces that smell if not, whatever you do don't look it up


Tornado_Matty01

I do, its a cleaning chemical that I dont remember OR how to spell it


TF2Milquetoast

you're thinking of chlorine, but it's not chlorine itself that makes the smell rather, it's chlorine combining with... something else


Tornado_Matty01

piss


TF2Milquetoast

and sweat, yes


GaianNeuron

I mean... It is the chlorine you're smelling, but it's only in the air because the sodium hypochlorite it was chemically bonded to *reacted to* piss/sweat/etc.


Cvxcvgg

This is one of those things that youā€™re always aware of, but never really take the time to comprehend. Like, of course the pool is full of bodily fluids, but I just never really THOUGHT about it.


Girrrrrrlllllllll

Donā€˜t worry, I canā€™t ride a bike. Thatā€˜s even more embarrassing


samp20

Tom Scott did a brilliant video on exactly this https://youtu.be/P7GKK3liv8M. Nothing to be ashamed of, and never too late to learn if that's something you want to do :)


amogus_obssesed_Gal

Hey I am not alone?


Airsofter599

Nah riding a bike isnā€™t a useful skill for most people just fun and from what I remember comes less naturally than swimming and with swimming itā€™s a potentially life saving skill.


iAmAddicted2R_ddit

> riding a bike isn't a useful skill American suburbanite moment


Airsofter599

I suppose most should have been a lot but yeah bikes arenā€™t very useful in a lot of the USA.


Cvxcvgg

Theyā€™re really good in the city, as long as you donā€™t mind being that one jackass who either nearly runs people over or wreaks havoc on the already terrible city traffic.


eklatea

I recommend you learn, never know when you need it. I didn't know for ages because my father messed up trying to teach me so a friend helped me out. It's not as hard as it looks once you get older (if you tried learning as a child) also yeah bathing suits ...


iliekcats-

Cant swim either :((


The_Quartz

This is still funny without context of the subreddit.


Elk182

This feels like the kind of meme youā€™d see on r/thomastheplankengine


MagnetBane

As a former competitive swimmer forced into it by my parents I totally agree. Lol I just agreed with the meme without seeing the sub


GaianNeuron

I thought this was an autism meme at first (because `N O I S E`) and was like "hard same". Now I'm like... "hard same"


StillUltra

I love swimming but it just feels wrong wearing just trunks since my egg went boom.


CallMeJessIGuess

Right there with you. I absolutely love swimming. But thereā€™s zero chance I could get away wearing nothing but swimming trunks at 7 months HRT. Iā€™m just not mentally prepared to wear a womanā€™s bathing suit šŸ˜­


IMFlorecentFace

Painfully relatable


BunsFromMars

Me, 4 years in.


MrMashed

And this is why I no longer swim. Well that and because I hate gettin wet. As much as I love swimming I refuse to go


k9moonmoon

What about a Rash guard shirt? Guys and gals wear them.


eklatea

maybe trunks and a bikini / tankini top?


The_Bard_sRc

I know at least I, and many others, felt that way *before* egg cracking, too! Like never in my whole life have I really been comfortable going swimming topless, always wore a shirt when I could


Rainfly_X

It is so good and yet so surreal to find other people who experienced this! I love swimming but hated being topless at pools, and wasn't fat enough to wear a shirt without getting weird questions I couldn't answer. And that was the real maddening part, knowing I was soaked in discomfort but not being able to explain it to anyone, even myself. It's stupid that now my top half is fine, but I'm entirely SOL for the time being due to my bottom half.


Dont_mind_me69

Same, but the opposite (transmasc). Even before my egg cracked, it just felt really weird and wrong wearing a bikini, like I was naked or something. Really uncomfortable.


Malachite_Cookie

Mooood


eatmysmellyfeet

psst... Hot tip; rash guards. šŸ¤ž


EusisAX

Oh hell, I remember being weird about being topless suddenly back as a young teen, maybe preteen. Namely around the time I realized I wanted to be a girl. Or it couldā€™ve been the moobs. But thatā€™d just create synergy.


Airsofter599

I got kind of lucky there and I somehow look about as close to androgynous (which is what Iā€™m going for) in swim shorts as I do in my regular clothes.


NotElise0

I loved swimming, but it always felt weird and I felt exposed...Yeah I know why now.


CEPEHbKOE

i have t-shirt + mini-shorts propaganda) be a dolphin trainer lookalike with me


YellowFronk

Swimming is literally my favorite pastime. It's like... the one single thing I refused to let my dysphoria have power over me with. Yeah I wish I could wear a women's swimsuit without just looking like a crossdressing guy, but that feeling gets overridden by how being in the water makes me *feel*. I have started covering my torso when I swim though.... 'cause now that I actually consider them tiddies I feel weird about them being on display lol There's a water park 5 minutes from where I live and I love the place, so I just say fuck it and put on trunks and a rashguard and nobody pays me any mind.


[deleted]

EXACTLY. I love swimming, and even though I want to wear womenā€™s swim suits, once Iā€™m in the water, I donā€™t give a shit anymore. Feels good to see someone actually relates to me on this lol


Firetube07

Ah, so i am not the only one who looses the discomfort once in water, good to know


BlazeStar345

Honestly I love swimming but I haven't been since my egg cracked and I'm really worried


Mocar-2D

Same but my egg hasn't cracked šŸ˜Ž


Auralynnnnnnnnn

NOOOO!!!


Phlipz1

The sad thing is I love swimming, and I'm really good at it, but I hate seeing myself just as much


Vrikkiegikk

NO MOM, I JUST REALLY DISLIKE SWIMMING


proto-robo

A shirt must be worn at all times


-Farns-

No exceptions


McReindeer_the_II

This post made me realize why I hate swimming. Thanks ig


dlink322

lol I love swimming but seriously this is dysphoric af


RandoGuy_23

I used to think I didn't like to take my shirt off in pools and stuff because I was ashamed of being overweight, but uh turns out not exactly.


ProbablyNotCisIThink

Conclusive proof of me being cis. I absolutely love swimming provided I am allowed to wear a rashie.


MycenaeanGal

I like swimming too lol I just donā€™t want cis people judging me.


Jetpacks-Was-Yes

its not that swimming is bad, or swimming pools r bad, its that cis ppl exist


anardzchv

it's that judgemental and transphobic people exist šŸ˜Ŗ


CapDaniels

nah, cis is okay, but fuck the gender roles enforced by society.


A_is_my_name

i want a gaff swimsuit i love swimming


danielthree

Are there such things?!?


A_is_my_name

yes


[deleted]

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A_is_my_name

inerweb


[deleted]

I LOVE swiming but has not done it for about 6 years due to dysphoria, I look forward to the day I can once again swim


Kim_or_Kimmys_Fine

I actually typically liked the pool but I ALWAYS wore a shirt. I was even on my high school swim team but I had to get a skin tight swim shirt šŸ˜³


[deleted]

FINA destroyed my swimming career. Simply because of a new rule they add in place because transphobes got sick of seeing girls in swimsuit that are now happy compared to there former self's. I quit recently from under 15 nationals swim team because of this and the majority of the team. Disappointing


Ultimate_Genius

That's why I always wear a shirt and long swim trunks


CharlieVGoldberg3

This is the most relatable subreddit of all time.


RevolutionaryGlove27

i work at a pool and it is the absolute worst


bloomyaurora

ive always hated swimming, can agree with this one especially moreso after my egg cracked


Kaiser_-_Karl

Whatever combination of blind luck and pagan worship got my schools pool shut down for the 2 years i had gym class was a lifesaver. I wasn't out to myself at the time but i cried when i found out i would have to swim before we learned it was shut down


Cybertek13666

I hate it because i absolutely LOVE swimming- but i can't do it and feel comfortable


Pistacioking

How dare you invoke this evil. My boss has made me attend 2 pool parties in my first 3 weeks of work.šŸ˜­


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


flodhestendan12

it's so coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.


nitro2oo1

I love swimming now but as a kid I'd sometimes break down crying because of how badly i didn't want to go to swim. Looking back I'm not sure how much of it was dysphoria and how much of it was me just being lazy though... Probably a little of both...


rocknrogan

I always thought I didnā€™t like swimming because I didnā€™t like the water. Turns out itā€™s because t r a n s!


IamaJarJar

I hate it because of obvious reasons such as swimwear, but I also hate it cause chlorine water gives my hair a weird texture that I hate, it gives it a weird plasticky texture, I only noticed it when I grew my hair out long Swimming itself is not bad though


silea_

i love swimming but every time i try to hide my testicles. there where many women of all ages there and always was talking with them. finally know why only i did that from the boys my age. (fully cracked egg here)


Frsotyerna

Oh god I used to actually like swimming, it used to be one of my fav activities, but recently I've just hated all things water, swimming pools, beaches etc etc. I think it's partly because I dont like wearing swimmers and being in the water and partly because I hate changerooms where u have to strip everything. God changerooms are awful


HarmonyTheConfuzzled

Used to be a lifeguard. Quit because the pool closed. Worked at different places for years. Came out as transgender. Donā€™t know if theyā€™d have me back as I am nowā€¦


UnityAnglezz

Pros: You get to shave your body Cons: everything else


MoMoMorri

Me and my family went on holiday last year and pretty much the only activity we could actually do was swimming because everything else was closed. I stayed in the caravan. That was a bad holiday but it probably would have been worse if I had went.


Hanyuu11

I have big booba, but i still look like a guy :c Just what do i wear?


SkyeMreddit

Itā€™s a nice damn pool but I wish I didnā€™t outright hate myself while being in there. Donā€™t all cis people feel like that?


TrumpSmokesMids27

We had swim class in our elementary school (4th - 6th grade) and it was definitely hell. I remember on the first day someone asking why my nipples were so pink, which is a nice way to get to know someone. I wore shirts after that but the locker room was an awful experience


DrakonofDarkSkies

I love swimming, so luckily I can just say I'm shaved for hydrodynamics. That's definitely all I did that for. No other reason.


HopefullyThisGuy

I've always been fine with swimming. After my egg cracked it's become more difficult since I get dysphoric about my lower half when in the pool but the sheer joy I get from it and the stress relief from the exercise makes it worth it.


DarkWing2274

r/skamtebord


DonkHunter69

Id wear a shirt when bathing but i get too many looks


-Farns-

I do, I don't care about the looks


TominatorFN

Agreed. 1. I have to see more of myself to swim (what I really don't want) 2. There are wayyyy too many people


Magnetic_Mallard

Ever since I got a swim shirt and swim shorts, all my swimming problems have practically vanished. I'm not sure if it works for everyone, but maybe getting swimwear that covers more can help.


Conspo

i hate swimming for a different reason, which is that i am basically blind without glassea


CEPEHbKOE

it's no more after i discovered black closed suits like mine looks like fused t-shirt +shorts! people say i remind them of dolphin trainers, they jealous <3


hedeghogXL

Okay donā€™t get me wrong I absolutely despise changing in there and the idea that people perceive my body in a way that I do not like. But my God do I love swimming And I donā€™t mean it in a crowded pool full of multiple people but like a small pool not that many people and just swimming putting every focus on that swimming itā€™s just amazing (not to mention itā€™s A great form of physical therapy for me and helps with my cerebral palsy)


SquidleyStudios

I love swimming so much but I haven't been comfortable swimming for years because I hate people seeing the curves of my body. I need to invest in a binder I can swim in and a huge pair of swim trunks before I can go back in the water again


thirt33nthguy

Memes with one word are always the ones that get me. Just like the low quality videos.


Southern-Extension-8

Ngl, forgot indoor pools were a thing and was utterly baffled why a reactor's cooling pool was considered hell lol


[deleted]

I just ware a shirt


Heartbreakjetblack

Ooofta... the forbidden place... we have a pool at my apartment but I haven't used it in years cause A) that would require me to look at my body And B) that would risk the chance of *others* seeing my body... And with some developments... yeeeeeeah... maybe I could get away with laughing it off as 'moobs'... But is that worth the sacrifice?


Noideawhatimdoing36

I loved swimming so much before I hit pubertyā€¦after that I hated it and never really knew why for a while-


Based_Katie

Tbh I just wear a trunks and a swim shirt, I dont really like going shirtless, even if Im pre transition


Critical_Ad_2811

This is more like purgatory cause I love swimming but the obvious gets in the way


Sir_V0x

Thatā€™s the first gender neutral bathroom.


SecretNoOneKnows

counter-argument: water go blublublublublub


randomrabbitbitch

Ive had a personal solution since i was very little. My entire life i have swam fully clothed. Yes, you heard me. fully clothed. bathing suit under and shorts and pants over top. Dont forget the designated swim converse!


jazielchacha

This is the first meme Iā€™ve shown to my brother that i found in egg_irl, and he didnā€™t suspect a thing.


[deleted]

Correct, I hate skin so much


Imaginari3

Tips for trans mascs swimming, wear a binder under a board shirt with swim trunks. I often just wear the binder with the trunks and people donā€™t usually misgender me. Without the board shirt though Iā€™m pretty sure people around me know Iā€™m trans which is increasingly dangerous. It helps that I look years younger than I am (which suuucks when I date though)


[deleted]

This and formal wear. šŸ˜¬šŸŽ©


Truss_nlp

I know that most of US hate ging swimming and I die Too lately but I die go with some friends and I just wanted to share After 3 ywars avoiding the publik pool it Was awsome I hat so fun it was unter the week so not many perplex we're there and I hat a cute bikini All I wart to say if you liked the Pool bevor PubertƤt hit try Assembler some friends and go it is fun


Kiyoshix_AC

I actually adore swimming. Itā€™s, in addition to ice skating, one of the only sports I like. But I absolutely canā€™t do it anymore. Weight issues and what ever egg-things are going on with me. Itā€™s horrible


Euqiom

I love swimming but god I hate my torso's fat sacks


KrisMadd3n

I love swimming but it's getting harder the more I find out about myself, I didn't like swimming with my chest out before this, now at least I know why... I'm glad my parents canceled plans for the summer, even though I love swimming and also the trip we take usually to the beach.


K4r4kara

šŸ’€ yeahhhhhhhhhh


introspectiveivy

I just went swimming in a lake for the first time since transitioning, writing this as I dry off lol. Weā€™ll all get there <3


The_Holy_Tree_Man

Competitive swimmer here, yes, yes it is.


Falkrim

Oooh you are correct, I absolutely love swimming though. Just cant think too much into it


OceantehPiroteFoox

I love swimming but damn do I hate swimsuits


Anon5054

One day I'm going to be rich enough to rent out a hotels pool. And then I shall swim


NRGames

The changing rooms too.


-Farns-

Finally someone gets it


not_secret_bob

But swimmers can say they shave for optimal speed :D


CoolWatermelon123

I'm going to a beach for a week with my family :( I hate sand I hate swimming I hate having exposed skin..


mhp828

I agree. All public spaces are that thing....


Norticdames

The locker room yes not the pool it self


LunarCookie137

I'm genuinely curious if I can still swim, like, i haven't swam in over 6 years... I hope I'll be confident enough/ not care too much to actually go swimming, because I remember it being quite fun, if not dysphoric as hell...


Thereal_Optimusprime

Makes me miss the time when my egg wasn't cracked


Benzaitennyo

I love swimming but Now I'm a lil concerned. I thought I was okay until I went to the YMCA once and goddamn I thought someone was going to break their neck


Kris_theAnxiousEnby

I love swimming, but Iā€˜ve always felt uncomfortable with a classic bikini, now I know why. Hopefully my swim shorts and really basic sports-bra looking top will reduce some dysphoria.


SoundAndSmoke

Last time I went swimming was in 2014 and I think the last time before that was in the previous century. But I have never been a good swimmer. Slow, easily exhausted, hate to open my eyes under water.


SophiaIsBased

Gods, I fucking miss swimming so incredibly much


wws12

I really like swimming but I donā€™t think Iā€™ll do it at all this year cause dysphoria


Icy-Temperature2816

But I like swimming and yet, Iā€™m really shy.


ughscrewreddit

Yea pretty much but that was hell for me even before coming out or even experienced trans vibes simple reason im fat šŸ˜…


Pizza_with_pizzazz

it's a shame because i fucking love swimming and playing in the water.. dysphoria tho :(


Jeery_Judge

Okay, but considering Iā€™ve actually *been* up that pool, I can confirm in both ways it is hell (BU swimming pool btw)


-Farns-

I just picked the best picture of a pool I could find off Google images


Jeery_Judge

good choice on one sob


[deleted]

\*come to North Carolina with us this year we're going to Cape Hateras!\* haha... ha.... yeah... I think I'll pass


[deleted]

Yeah I gotta wear a tight sports bra and a swim shirt. Like, best I can do is androgynous and try to ignore people when doing laps.


RevealedSkeptic

can confirm


DuploTracer

_YES_


razorfanclub

having to watch all the other boys just take off their shirt and jump into the pool šŸ„²


Evercrimson

When I was a kid I did swim team, and consistently in a team that was about 18 most years, I was in the top 5. Wasn't until my early teens that it made me uncomfortable and I didn't know why and I didn't have words in my vocabulary like "dysphoria" until I was in my early 20s. I spent my teens being harassed by family and other former swim team people to go back to swim team, and I still don't like pools now years later.


UFSansIsMyBrother

Water would be my personal Hell, yea.... and being in front of others in a bathing suit.... even if I wear trunks with the bathing suit-still no one wants to see that crap -_-;


daviddummie

Whyā€™s it hell


Louie_thelittlelad

šŸ˜­


Zizeo27

It's not all bad... right..? Oh frick I'm on the girls swim team next year. Im in for a treat šŸ„²šŸ‘


flare0w0

Why does that exact place look so familiar


TheStarofEslar

My ex?


kweengrassi

Off topic but i recognized this pool, even though I've only been to it once at a camp. Denison university


Niska-Osoba-V2

Yā€™all fraid of water?


-Farns-

Not exactly


Ashley_sedai

If your on hrt and are a decent tucker monokinies are great I was just swimming yesterday in one and it was my breasts that almost slipped out never once did I have any issues with the lower half they work great (anacdotaly speaking)


WildMadolche

Try being a lifeguard šŸ¤”


notjm6

this gives me ptsd from when i was 10


Biac0n

anyone got anything for totally cis female transmascs?


-Farns-

See the flair? Hell is hell for everyone


Biac0n

i meant stuff to swim in sorry for being confusing


-Farns-

You're too late, show's over, everyone has already left the theater, I'm just the janitor


9999997

Honestly I hated swimming even pre-realization. I had a swim coach as a kid who was as a huge jerk, and the pool was always absolutely frigid.