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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/pikachenea on 2025-07-14 00:42:37+00:00.

I was on vacation in the Turkish Riviera and didn’t pack a bathing suit since I didn’t have room, thinking I’d just buy one when I got there. Instead of going to a proper store, I got lazy and grabbed one from the convenience store next to my hotel.

During a group kayak tour to see some sunken cities and an old Turkish castle, I stretched to step into the kayak that was on a dock and the swimsuit completely split open. I mean full rip. Thankfully I was the last one to get into a kayak so. The only one to maybe get a view of the initial tear was one unfortunate guide.

I panicked, tied my shirt around my waist to cover up, and forgot to grab my water bottle off the dock. I was stuck like that for six hours in the sun, paddling around in 90 degree heat. I was so preoccupied I didn’t even put sunscreen on the rest of me, just my arms and face. I ended up with the worst sunburn of my life.

TLDR: Bought a $5 swimsuit, maybe flashed strangers, forgot my water, and got the worst sunburn of my life.

Edit: a lot of people are hung up on the fact that I couldn’t fit the swimsuit. I was traveling to Europe for 3 weeks and I only travel with carry ons so something had to be sacrificed and since we were only on the coast for 3 days I figured I could just buy a swimsuit and then throw it away when we left.