Modest Women?

Personally I prefer skirts and shorts below the knees. Some of my shirts and singlets are tight, but I don't like low cut.
If I reach my goal I am going to wear a bikini next summer, but only while in the water (singlet over the top while out) with my below the knee board shorts.
No reason, just personal preference. I don't like to see others in nearly no clothing, so I can only presume they don't want to see me like that.

Last summer I ended up 'accidentally 'wearing a bikini at our annual camping trip. Thankfully it was just family there...

I say accidentally because the swimsuit I brought didn't fit me!!!! It was horrible... haha. But I was determined to swim and not in my clothes so I said 'what the heck!" only family present anyway so may as well go all out. Literally.

Tip: if you want your daughter to be modest and demure, DON'T send her to Catholic school for the majority of her life. It has the opposite effect you'd think it would.

Eight years of Catholic school gives me the authority to validate this statement! :laugh:

All jokes aside... I let my daughters express themselves however they wish... and believe it or not both are still quite modest. Though, I do have one quickly approaching the teens so we will see if that changes.

"A woman's clothes should be tight enough to show that she's a woman, but loose enough to prove she's a lady" Chanel.

i dress more for my body issues. i'm sure how i dress will change some as i lose. but i am also aware that i'm over 30 now, and even when i have a rockin bod i don't want to be "mutton dressed as lamb".

I hear ya sista. I'm probably the most modest broad on this site! Unite against T&A!

^^^This is an honest clam

I'm not modest at all.

I wear what I feel good in, which is mostly jeans and a t-shirt. I love flannel shirts as well.

I'm a very modest dresser. I do wear pants but they are always loose.

I've just never been fond of tight or revealing clothing.

To respond to Meredith - I'm not a modest dresser because I'm insecure about my body. I'm quite confident.

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I totally agree. When I was young and very insecure, I flaunted my body. Now I know my body is not for anyone but my husband to see. That doesn't mean I don't want to look nice. I want clothes that flatter my figure without flaunting it.

I don't take modesty to the extreme that you do. I generally go by the rule of thumb: "If I wouldn't want my SO's head to turn at some other woman because she was wearing something like this, I probably shouldn't be wearing it in public either." My reasons for modesty do have more to do with biblical convictions rather than insecurity, or mere prudishness, or any other reason. Men are easily turned on by what they see, and I wouldn't want to be responsible for causing someone to lust after me instead of their wife because, according to God's Word, for a man to even have a lustful thought about any woman other than his wife is considered adultery. Look at the story of David and Bathsheba. Their affair started with a single lustful thought in David's mind. That's just my belief/opinion on the matter. You asked, so I answered. I don't expect anyone else to agree with me or even understand my point of view. This isn't meant to stir the pot in any way.

Jeans and a t shirt type here, but I have a friend who's very into that, and she very much enjoys maintaining her appearance according to her style preferences, actually the most of anyone I know.

Ha! Yeah, I was thinking more about the slacks I wear to work, not camel toe inducing pants...

OOOOooooh you went there!!! BAHhahahaha!!