No swimsuits allowed at Swiss spa. What does a uni-boober do?

Thanks for the answers, everyone! I had to laugh at the picture of a double fallen souffle!

I have sent the hotel a query so we'll see what they answer. I imagine that in answering, they may be caught between wanting to accommodate me, a potential customer, and considering the sensibilities of their other customers. 

My husband says I am making too much out of it and that I should just go uni-boobed naked. It's interesting how worked up I have gotten about this question. In spite of the fact that I feel myself to be "normal", I guess I am afraid of seeing from other people's reactions that they don't consider me normal and that they think I should feel embarrassed. 

Through my job, we have a masseuse that I have been going to for years. Pre BC, I used to take off my bra for the massage. Post BC, I asked her what I should do and she told me to just keep my bra on. She was trying to be nice, thinking that I would be too embarrassed to take it off. But the fact is, I had been hoping she would have said to take my bra off like always, that it makes no difference to her. It is a complicated psychology behind it all.

Good to hear, Starwoman. Sounds like it may be equal opportunity nudeness in Germany then.



I got an answer from the hotel and they said I could wear my bathing suit or that they could start the spa early if I wanted to be alone. I secretly wished that they would have said "No problem. Go naked. All shapes and sizes welcome" but they probably also thought I wouldn't want to. I don't know either that I would dare....



At least I have a solution to using the spa now. The next challenge is getting hubby into the spa with me. Though he thinks I should just walk in uniboob naked, it seems he is a tad shy about showing it all himself. Go figure.

Hey, everyone- thanks SO much for all the feedback!! Lots of interesting points being made. Just some comments:

cookiegal-  "You could wear just a top? " I thought about that, but then I figured it would look strange enough that I would feel compelled to explain to everyone why! If I wear a suit I may have to explain anyway (if I get strange looks), but I may get away with it as the "modest American".

greenfrog- "As far as I know the German spa culture has a focus on health and wellbeing (rather than beauty and leisure) so they attract a large number of people with different physical conditions" If I do dare to bare it all, that will probably be the argument that will allow me (in my head) to do it. There is a long tradition for going to a spa when you have an ailment, so that must mean that "different" physiques are allowed. 

crystalphm- "*any* missing body part would be acceptable in such a spa, they would not make a woman cover her arm if half was missing..." I read a discussion here on the boards once where it was discussed whether a missing breast is more "shocking" than a missing limb, because of the sexual connotation. The ironic thing about that argument is that a missing breast really doesn't have sexual connotation because, of course, it is missing! I'm not sure what to think about that. But at a spa where EVERYTHING is hanging out, I suppose the sexual connotation argument loses validation;-) 

With all you saying that you think it would be fine to go naked if I felt like it, I *may* try it! I wish I could take you all with me and we could raid the sauna together naked! But those that want to wear their suits could still come along;-) I'll report back when I return and tell you all what I ended up doing!