For not wearing summer shorts

I own 1 pair of boyfriend shorts which very rarely get worn. I wear 3/4 linen trousers when it's hot. They're nice and light and only the very bottom of leg is showing. I'd love to be confident enough to wear long floaty dresses but just don't feel I look right on them somehow. I'm 5"7

YANBU

@BexAubs20 it's worth investing in some long underwear for under dresses. I avoided dresses for years cos of chub rub. Then I wore cycling shorts but some were hot and felt heavy. Only two years ago I got long john type underwear, I'm not sure what it's called but its really light and it's a game changer. I feel so much lighter and happier in the summer since buying them.

I never wear shorts. Really unflattering on me

YABU. It should be compulsory to wear shorts when the temperature gets above 23 degrees. Anyone caught wearing trousers, a skirt or a dress should be given an on the spot £1000 fine and made to do 100 hours of community service. I would happily volunteer to be part of any organisation keeping the streets free from these wholly unreasonable gangs of shorts refuseniks.

I love the freedom of a nice floaty summer dress, but I must take the shorts for a spin every so often. If anyone doesn't want to see my legs, they can close their eyes 🤷🏾‍♀️.

My legs are my best feature, so I’m flashing them in shorts whenever the sun shines! Wear whatever you feel comfortable in, but don’t be afraid to wear shorts just because you’ve turned 40!

I only wear shorts on holiday sometimes. Shorts just don’t suit me, they didn’t even when I was young and slim! I just look better and am more comfortable in dresses or skirts, or loose summer trousers.

Im over 40 and shorts do not look good on me. I prefer dresses/tunics with cotton cycling shorts underneath if I want bare legs

I bloody love this weather as I can just slip on a dress and some sandals and go! Nothing, absolutely nothing is more comfortable (and I think flattering) or easy to wear than a cotton summer dress. It's a one stop hit. You don't have to faff around trying to match anything up or tucking things in either.

Don't do it to yourself.

I wore shorts today but they are down to my knees. Wouldn’t dream of short shorts. I find them more comfortable in hot weather than dresses because otherwise my legs rub together 😭 I’m 5ft 1 and 11am one for reference so quite the little chubby barel

I live in shorts once it’s over 20 degrees! I just feel they suit me better than dresses/skirts which are always an awkward length for my height (5ft2)

Eventually tiktok will get bored and stop trying to convince us that shorts are standard summer wear for women. They aren't and they never have been.

Just wear what feels comfortable and works for your day.
I've worn both shorts and dresses this week. I'm currently wearing a dress and will change into shorts later for an exercise class this evening.

There may be some "frumpy" dresses available but most dresses are not in that category. Same with shorts, nothing particularly stylish about a cargo pair with multiple pockets on the sides but plenty of nice ones available too.

Me too.Shorts or a dress are not the only choice!
I haven’t worn shorts since PE about 30 years ago. Occasionally put in a dress but much happier in my usual jeans and T-shirt/ blouse.

I haven’t owned a pair of shorts since I was about 7. I have terrible legs. Potato knees and Snow White skin. Give me a dress any day. The longer the better!

I'm doing the school run in 10mins, wearing a swimming costume with a dress over the top because we're going to the beach after school.
The other mums might be thinking you look lovely in your dresses and wishing they had the confidence instead of boring shorts and tshirt.

I see plenty of women of all ages wearing shorts, me included. Just wear whatever you like and feel comfortable in. Nobody is actually caring about what you're wearing - life's too short (no pun)

All the teachers at the kids school are in long maxi dresses at the moment. They all look lovely.

I tend to wear shorts as I feel that I'm always on the go. I might do on a night out but not for every day.

I think this is a class/regional thing. When I visit my sister in the Cotswolds literally everyone of my age is wearing printed dresses.

Here it's all cut off denim, vests and bra straps for older women (up to say mid 50s) and cycle shorts and crop tops for young ones. I went away with DSis last weekend and wrote my smartest denim shorts and presentable tshirts, but she thought they were much too short, whereas they feel a bit middleaged at home.

Neither is better or more "trendy" than the other IMO, but if fashion means what's most commonly worn, it's different in different places.

It’s relevant to a post in which an OP asks whether she looks frumpy and mumsy if she doesn’t wear shorts. Shorts look awful on everyone, so it’s likely that what she usually wears looks better. I mean, I don’t wander the streets stickering shorts-wearers for offences against my taste or anything..

I live in shorts or playsuits, I own very few dresses. I find dresses uncomfortable and do feel a bit frumpy in them.

I have not got the legs for shorts so never wear them.

I have never worn shorts since I was about 10. I also don't get how they are cooler, surely all that extra material is significantly hotter than a dress or loose trousers. To me they exist solely to show off legs, which is fine but i have awful legs so wouldn't show them off if you paid me. I don't see why this is even an issue OP, most people I know are not into shorts.