The Swimsuit Issue

I am revealing a dirty little secret. I have been looking at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue for at least 30 years. That is how long I have known my husband. He has always had a subscription to the magazine no matter what our financial situation. So in the early years I dug right in looking for bathing suits that might flatter my flat chested skinny frame. Remember this was before internet shopping so you only had the brand name of the suit to go by. We did have mail order catalogs but not for bathing suits worn in the swimsuit issue. Of course I never found or bought a swimsuit worn by the models. But I had lots of fun thinking I would look just like those girls if I wore one of those suits. I returned from NYC Sunday and headed for the bathroom to retrieve the magazine. (All of our magazines are stored in a basket in the bathroom. We aspire to a higher standard of living than the average family.) I thumbed through not even considering a suit that would compliment my body. None of the models were wearing a full length, heavy duty spandex wet suit.That is my style now. I have too much hanging over or dotted like swiss cheese. Besides the girl on the cover went to high school with a friend of the son at Georgia Tech. You know what that means? I could have birthed that child.