I’m trying to do all the rules of being a good wife to a Muslim man, but I’m seeing people at the pool wearing normal things, like bikinis, and it’s frustrating. I feel like this dress is almost like a straight jacket. Like, I can’t even breathe.
It’s very constricting. In the past, I fought really hard to get out of what felt like a controlling relationship, and I told myself that I would never go through those experiences again. A situation with the swimsuit, it’s too much, so I just want to, like, nip things in the bud now before it gets out of control.
When you said that, I didn’t know you meant this. You didn’t say you’re not going to be able to wear a swimsuit at the beach. You’re not going to be able to.
You didn’t say anything. You might have said, okay, your life will be changing, but I thought you meant, like, you would be so romantic, and so our lives would be changing together, and we’d be happy. I thought you meant, like, that’s how our life would be changing.
It’s hard, I know, but then you can’t wear bikini. You don’t have a choice.