GRANNY IN BIKINI

At a 19th birthday pool party, a 67-year-old grandmother showed up in a two-piece bikini, and by the end of the day, her own daughter was telling her it was inappropriate "in front a bunch of college-aged youngsters."

The grandmother's side of the story starts a few days earlier, when she and her granddaughter Kelsy, 19, went shopping for Kelsy's birthday outfit. Kelsy found something for herself first. Then she turned to the grandmother and started trying to pick something out for her too.

That's where things got unusual.

According to the poster, every suggestion Kelsy made for the grandmother was a two-piece bikini.

The grandmother says the answer was obvious, but Kelsy pushed back. She told her grandmother that her generation, especially those in their state, "isn't that judgemental." The poster says Kelsy also pointed out that she herself was fine with the idea, and that younger people in their state were less likely to make a fuss.

So when the birthday came around, the grandmother wore the two-piece bikini to the pool party.

The choice was not made in a vacuum. The poster says they were flattered that Kelsy thought they should wear it. They also did not want Kelsy to feel like she would have to hide herself when she got older. The swimsuit, in the poster's telling, was part of that message: age did not need to mean covering up.

The party itself was hosted by Kelsy's mom and the poster's daughter, Brigitte, who is 44. The gathering included college-aged guests, and that's where the situation shifted from awkward shopping trip to family dispute.

After the party, Brigitte said the bikini was inappropriate for a woman the poster's age to wear in that setting, specifically "in front a bunch of college-aged youngsters." Brigitte also noted that she had chosen to wear a one-piece instead of a two-piece.

That left the grandmother caught between two generations and two very different reactions to the same outfit: one granddaughter who encouraged it, and one daughter who said it crossed a line.

The poster's question is simple enough: after wearing the bikini at Kelsy's birthday pool party, were they the asshole?