Attire for Pool/Beach

You guys crack me up...thanks for all the responses! A part of me was secretly hoping i had to toss the bikini so i could skip the gym later. Shouldn't have devoured that cheesecake (sorry- thanks to QL, i now know you guys are deprived of that in doha so i won't rub it in...oh who am i kidding, it was delicious!) Well, now that the bikini's in, the pigging out and excessive laziness are out. Just when i was starting to see the advantages of a burkini...well, sort of... :=)

miss m p...just getting to grips with all this shorthand text chat natter malarkey...fun though!

miss m p...just getting to grips with all this shorthand text chat natter malarkey...fun though!

re: web terminology...

i used to think that 'lol' was a friendly term of endearment everybody was using...

izzie, i think the verdict is.......bring your bikini, & sit back and enjoy the stares. you won't be alone.

x mp

All better now thanks. The wonder of little children's ability to bounce back so quickly.

Have a good evening.

P.S. I'll actually be in (conservative)designer duds with Jackie O shades;)

You really had me laughing out loud that time :D - I was just telling my husband about the cube in an abayah at Wimbledon when I saw your post and ROARED with laughter.

On that happy note I shall bid you adieu. Hope your little angel is feeling better now.

Take care

x

that'll be me..feel free to curtsey...

but I wont be actually AT Wimbledon - I shall be curled up on my sofa at home watching it on TV.

I will look out for a little op-art, floral, pink, yellow and white cube, dressed in an abayah and sitting in the best seat on Centre Court

Won't be able to miss you ! ;)~

I'll look out for you...I think you used to have a pic of yourself posted with your signature line, correct?

ooer, gosh I'm really having an off evening re brain function...was plain dumb on another thread...thought the l was an i above. I get it now!

so I should get to see the Mens final on Sunday

lmao = laugh my A off

rofl = roll on floor laughing

lmfao = you can sort that one out yourself, diamondgirl lol

I like being allowed to stay on QL :D

gotcha...

I can outski my husband, mind you he can thrash me at tennis!

I see you are a tennis fan like me...I'n off to Wimbledon in a few days for the finals...now if only the rain would stop.

another tack...seen people use 'imao' like you just did...what does it mean?

I think what I was meaning was that I personally, as a non-muslim, don't feel obliged to wear full neck to toe bathing costume when I swim in a Hotel pool in Qatar.

Same same for shorts at their tennis courts.

hee hee I didn't mean that as a muslima you are physically disabled and so can't run, jump and swim lmao

Bit tired, so my brain isn't functioning too well. Hope you understand now what I meant.

... if I turn even ONE male head I feel good lol (well provided it's nothing really ghastly)

I better get off here, I'm really tired - nite nite

Hi there Jauntie...I'm a sportsperson and a Muslima!!!!! It is possible to be both...maybe I misunderstood?

I forgot my trunks so they lent me a pair of disposable ones.

There is no way on gods earth they were trunks in any shape or form.

It was a mansize nappy. :-(

when I go to The Ramada!!! lmao

of COURSE it's ok to wear a bikini or swimming costume around a hotel pool. To be by the pool in the first place you have to either be a resident at the hotel (guest) or a member of The Ramada's Cabana Club.

I swim with ladies who are almost fully clothed whilst I and others are wearing a costume or bikini and we chat away competely unconsciously.

I natter to the Asian lady's husband in the pool with his children whilst she is seated in the shade in her sari.

I will wear shorts when I play squash or tennis.

I'm not a muslim ! I'm a sportsperson...

If you are going to be living in a compound & using the pool there you should feel comfortable in your bikini.

I try and avoid wearing mine in public places (except the 4seasons, which has a women's section anyway) ... there's always other options if you really wana avoid the stares!!

I think it's fine to wear a bikini(not thong bikini!) at the pool(except dip club)...noone really stares cause everyone who would actually go to the pool would open-minded and normal(ie not perv). As for shorts in the health club, I've seen women in shorts in mixed gyms, it was fine.

Whatever you wear you will be stared at in Qatar specially if you are good looking.

Make sure to go to all female health club if you dont want to get unwanted attention and stares.

I just started going to gold gym and even there people raised eye brows when they saw me in shorts.

So I have switched to long trousers just to avoid the unwanted attention

I think some people here in Qatar have a serious problem of staring specially at the female gender.