Swimsuit Dilemma

Now, I don't know that I know of any woman who hasn't had a swimsuit dilemma at least at some point in her life. I have had a swimsuit dilemma pretty much ever year of my entire life from about 5th grade on. But I digress. I have a dilemma currently and I would like some honest feedback from my readers. Hint, hint...=)



So here's the overview. I have been searching high and low, online and in-store for the past few months looking for a perfect swimsuit. So far I have bought and returned 9 swimsuits. Here are my issues: 1. I am short. Therefore I have a short torso. Which means that one piece swimsuits pretty much make me look dumpy and very mom-ish. I despise looking mom-ish. 2. I hate my stomach. And there's not really a whole lot that can be done. When you have triplets, a little something called "stretching" happens. Okay, a BIG something called stretching happens. Therefore I am left with a square shaped section on my stomach that is a little wrinklier and "popped out" than I would like and am not used to. 3. I want to show off my tattoo. Which as you know is on my lower back. Since generally this is a covered part of my body, I don't get many opportunities to show it off.

So here are my options with my pros and cons:

1. A whole one piece
Pros: Covers my stomach, both for my sake and others' sake.
Cons: Covers my tattoo, makes me look dumpy and mom-ish, and let's face it, very unsexy

2. A "newish" kind of suit called a monokini. Basically it looks like a one piece in the front and a bikini from the back. I thought this was going to be my "perfect" solution...
Pros: Covers my stomach (sort of..some of them are cut in so the front section is too narrow to get all the coverage I want), shows my tattoo (sort of..a lot of them that I've tried are not quite low enough in the back to show it all.
Cons: Well, they don't really flatter my shape, I still look kind of short and dumpy, although less mom-ish, and they seem to sort of make me look wider, they're hard to find and I've tried pretty much all the ones that I've found.

3. An open backed tankini
Pros: Comes in cute colors, styles, I think it would give me *most* of the coverage that I want, might be more flattering if I found the right one.
Cons: Difficult to find open backed tankini tops..probably have to buy online, will show a little bit of belly between where the top ends and the bottoms begin..this is where the "ickiest" part of my stomach lives, haven't found one yet that works

4. A bikini that I already own
Pros: I already own it, therefore do not have to spend any money, Matches my tattoo really well, shows off my tattoo, flatters my body shape, makes it seem like the "whole" body looks better than the sum of it's parts...what I mean by that is that when my whole stomach is showing, it almost doesn't seem as bad as when you see a little peek of it, whereas some of the other suits almost draw attention to it b/c of how little of there is showing. I have been working out and I am happy with every other part of my body..and this flatters every other part.
Cons: Shows my stomach to the public

I put on my bikini this morning actually and worked out in it...partially because I wanted to motivate myself to work hard. =) But also because I wanted to watch myself in the mirror and watch and see how my stomach looked throughout the workout. I kind of decided that although my stomach does not look like how I'm used to it looking, and I'm not very comfortable with that particular part of my body. I've certainly seen a LOT worse on the beach. So I am leaning toward the bikini option. So I guess my main question to you all out there as the "public" is, is this okay? Is it okay to put my wrinkled stomach out there for the world to see? Or is that something that I should keep under lock and key? In reality there probably is not going to be very much opportunity to be wearing a swimsuit in public anyway. But when I do....?