With the help and support of my wife - I purchased and then wore a 1 piece swimsuit out in public.
We started at the river in a secluded spot, swam for about an hour, just enjoyed the feeling. Relaxed after about 10 minutes and really began enjoying the experience.
As we're swimming, I look up toward the river bank and see a man and woman standing there ... staring. So ... as casually as possible I swim to our spot on the bank, pick up my towel and dry off. Pull my shorts and tshirt on, and start picking out things up. The whole time the woman is smiling and the man looks like he is ready to burst out laughing. As my wife and I walk past them the woman smiled at me and said hello - nice day for a swim huh, hello back - yeah it is .. the guy .. starts chuckling and asks me if the water was wet - yeah it is, feels good too. Walked as casually as we could back to the car and drove off .. my wife and I both laughing. Busted, in a one piece ... in the middle of the woods .. what are the odds?
So, we get up the next morning and decide to try the beach. It's a weekday, no one will be out until the afternoon ... so we pack a cooler, grab the towels and I put on my one piece again and off we go. We find a nice quiet spot on the beach oon the sound side .. parked and then walked wayyyyyy down the beach. Figure, OK, now we're good. Start swimming, playing in the sand, just enjoying ourselves. From where we were you could cars on the bridge, people on the other side of the bay setting up .. but we're all alone and its nice n quiet ... we go for a walk, come back and wade in and swim some more to cool off ... as we're in the water .. I kid you not .. here comes a group of older women, and they set up about 10 yards from our stuff.
Two times in two days .. I sat there in the water thinking .. NOW WHAT? My wife offered to go up and get my shorts and tshirt so I could come out of the water .. and I thought .. no .. they'll see it any way. So .. we wade out and the ladies smiled and said hello. Hello back ... alot of double takes and some quick whispers when they see what I am wearing. Nobody said a word to me, but they were looking at me standing there, in a one piece swim suit, right out in the open. We dried off, sat down and then just enjoyed the sun for awhile. Ate our lunch, sat around some more and then left. On our way out the ladies all smiled and wished us a good day, one lady said that the week days were the best time to come out and ... swim ... and they had never seen anyone in that area during the week except themselves and they hoped to see us again. I acted as calm and natural as I could, even though I was terrified out of my mind for a little bit there. But it all went well.
My wife said I handled it great and was glad I got to go out and enjoy myself. We're already planning our next beach trip.