The Sacred Nipple
Mr Boo has this frequent Mandarin saying: “Fertile water should not flow into other people’s fields”. What this means basically is that he does not like me to dress too sexily and to expose too much skin as it may attract unwanted attention from the men out there. The wonders of my sacred body should be confined within the four walls of the bedroom (any bedroom). Mr Boo is conservative in that manner. As am I for different reasons (no good body, no exposure).
While on our vacation in Phuket, we went snorkelling around Phi Phi islands (or rather I did, while Mr Boo stayed on the boat - he was a worse swimmer than me). Although I am a crap swimmer, I swore that I had to see the coral reefs and fishes for myself. So for much of the time, with my life jacket securely strapped on, I hung on for dear life on the rope attached to the speedboat, and got my first glimpses of underwater life (beautiful by the way). At that time, I was wearing a bikini, and the fact that I did not have the most fullsome breasts on earth meant that the bikini was not too secure. Added to the fact that the waves were very strong at that time meant disaster was about to happen. And so it did.
As I stepped up onto the boat, the above combination of factors shifted the top out of place, and out popped a breast.
Oops, wardrobe malfunction.
Mr Boo was stunned. Thankfully only he and one of the local guides who helped me up witness this momentous event. Hurriedly, but as nochalantly as I could, I covered up. Mr Boo turned red (embarrassment, not anger), but I was relatively ok. I was more grateful for the fact that the bunch of Caucasians who were with us, especially the well-endowed ladies did not see my disgrace. Imagine them thinking, “Huh, so small???”
This was not the first time it happened.
During our last trip to Bali with our gay pals S & J - the same thing happened while we were swimming (in the case of Mr and I - floating) in the luxurious pools in Ritz Carlton. When my nipple popped out accidentally, three pairs of eyes were staring at me. Mr Boo looked horrified and looked as if he did not know whether to lunge over and cover the offending tit (with his hand) or pretend that nothing happened. J looked vaguely disgusted but started giggling, and whispered something to S (hopefully not pointing out the mole on my tit). Strangely enough, I was calm and cool even though this was the first time someone else other than Mr Boo saw my sacred nipples, and went about leisurely adjusting the damn bikini (same one) back to the right place. Afterall, unlikely that either S or J would be titillated by my tits right? S confirmed my suspicions with his next words. After staring for a while, he burst out.
“Is that all? My nipples are much bigger than yours!” He started heaving his monstrous chest and played with his jiggly breasts.
Indeed, his nipples (and breasts) were substantially larger than mine.
And I don’t know if I should be amused or offended.
P.S Mr Boo thinks I should change the bikini. But I don’t think I would be going swimming anywhere anytime soon……
