I don't think we men can truly know what our women are thinking.
Many years ago, during my first marriage, I was much more "immature" when it came to such things. My then-wife, after initially being very shy, went through a phase where she decided to not by shy anymore - at all.
We were lounging by the pool. I went to the bathroom; and when I came back, I saw her bent over, applying sunscreen to her legs with one leg hiked up on the lounge chair. Her pussy and entire ass were completely visible from across the pool, and I saw some guys "admiring the view." So I walked over and said something to her about it, along the lines of "Hey...everyone can see your asshole..." She gave me a dirty look and a tongue-lashing. I realized then that I had made her self-conscious, and she was pretty mad about it.
I learned my lesson that day. I felt I was "protecting her"; but she wasn't looking for protection. It's hard to know whether she was fully aware of oblivious to her exposed posture. But what was clear that the last thing she wanted was for me to bring it up at all.
I should have just kept my big mouth shut!
We were lounging by the pool. I went to the bathroom; and when I came back, I saw her bent over, applying sunscreen to her legs with one leg hiked up on the lounge chair. Her pussy and entire ass were completely visible from across the pool, and I saw some guys "admiring the view." So I walked over and said something to her about it, along the lines of "Hey...everyone can see your asshole..." She gave me a dirty look and a tongue-lashing. I realized then that I had made her self-conscious, and she was pretty mad about it.
I learned my lesson that day. I felt I was "protecting her"; but she wasn't looking for protection. It's hard to know whether she was fully aware of oblivious to her exposed posture. But what was clear that the last thing she wanted was for me to bring it up at all.
I should have just kept my big mouth shut!
I'm pretty sure she knew what she was doing, and wanted to enjoy doing it.
A younger, immature me might have done the same trying to " protect " when it wasn't required.
I'm pretty sure she knew what she was doing, and wanted to enjoy doing it.
Subsequent behavior at resorts would indicate that your assumption was correct.
It did appear that she was "testing the waters", so to speak, in terms of being exposed without seeming to be doing it on purpose. And I made the mistake of bringing it up.
That did not deter her at all. On our following trip, she took it a step further by shaving bald and choosing a lounge chair right by the pool; and laying there with her legs open and her bald pussy in full view of the entire pool area. This time I kept my mouth shut and never brought it up again. Best to indulge her in her "experimentation."
I think for some women - especially when raised conservative - indulging in a bit of "low-key exhibitionism" is a way to liberate themselves from a "taboo" they've carried their entire lives. They just don't want to seem "obvious" about it.



