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Astounded by trip to shopping centre today

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Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 20:52

I usually do my shopping online these days, but went shopping with a friend today to a big centre about 30 minutes away from us (I won’t name it incase outing).

Is it me, or has the minimum size stocked by the majority of shops gradually increased in recent times? I was asking shop assistants whether they had any size 6 stock and received blank stares half the time!

No wonder physical shops seem to be on the way out.

Needless to say, I’ll be sticking to online.

A pleasant experience aside from that though and lovely to see my friend so it wasn’t a wasted day.

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DrowningInSyrup · 04/10/2025 23:43

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 21:46

Apologies for anyone I’ve offended…I wasn’t expecting to read the digs and I appreciate MN deleting one of the worst comments.

If you are insecure about your weight, then rather than take it out on people online, you could always try to do something about it. Diet, exercise and discipline. Heck, there are even jabs available now!

You've not offended me, but I think it's hilarious to say apologies to those I've offended, and then go on to be really offensive, in a wonderfully superior, derogatory manner 😆😆

clipboardz · 04/10/2025 23:43

people forget about height which is very relevant to size.
A size 6 at 5ft 2 looks very different to a 5ft 10 one.

WannaFOffOnHoliday · 04/10/2025 23:42

You might be better off looking for the bigger childs sizes

I dont think i have shopped anywhere that sells a size 4 or 6.
I think the smallest iv seen is an 8

Rosedreaming · 04/10/2025 23:40

FlyMeSomewhere · 04/10/2025 23:29

You are deleting posts so I think you know you that aren't coming across well. Society stopped the glamourising of having clothes in size 4 and 6 because it's not healthy to set an expectation that women should have skeletal frames! You've no right to moan at the bigger sizes being on offer and saying there should be less of those and more for unhealthily thin women?

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Got to say that I'm a 6 and not close to skeletal, I'm actually very curvy, I'm just short / petite. Bodies are all very different - my BMI is 22 so I'm not close to being unhealthy.

Vaguelyclassical · 04/10/2025 23:40

I wonder if the OP is in fact a Yank. Size 6 in the states is size 10 in the UK and thus small but not crazy small.

ninjahamster · 04/10/2025 23:40

My daughter is a size 6 and doesn’t seem to have an issue finding clothes!

DrowningInSyrup · 04/10/2025 23:39

PaellaPan · 04/10/2025 23:25

wow, but this thread brought out all the jealousy. some people are slimmer than others, no need to insult them any more than there is to insult those who are larger.

Each to their own. I would hate to be a size 6, but would love to be a size 10.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 04/10/2025 23:38

When I was a teen (90s) you often couldn’t find a size 8 - which I was at that time - never mind a 6.

Apparently going even further back, there was a general sense of “here’s 10, 12 and 14, take your pick”.

Now you find various shops going down to a size 4, whilst others go well up into the 20s. I think there’s more choice than there was.

Vaguelyclassical · 04/10/2025 23:37

GeorgeClooneyshouldhavemarriedme · 04/10/2025 20:56

It's been many years since I lived in the UK, but I don't ever remember seeing a size 6 in clothing stores.

ditto

DrowningInSyrup · 04/10/2025 23:36

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 20:57

It’s not rocket science is it - if they stocked less of those sizes, they’d have space for smaller ones? Have I missed something, sorry if so.

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Yes you have missed something. They don't sell enough size 6's to warrant selling them in store. There is no point reducing larger sizes that sell well, to replace them with small sizes that don't. It's not rocket science is it.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 04/10/2025 23:32

Oh yay 🙌 it’s a teeny tiny thread. Heads off to Reddit…….

(Reddit MNTs that is….)

FlyMeSomewhere · 04/10/2025 23:29

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 22:52

Where have I said that? Forget the gym, I think you need a trip to Specsavers!

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You are deleting posts so I think you know you that aren't coming across well. Society stopped the glamourising of having clothes in size 4 and 6 because it's not healthy to set an expectation that women should have skeletal frames! You've no right to moan at the bigger sizes being on offer and saying there should be less of those and more for unhealthily thin women?

SpaceRaccoon · 04/10/2025 23:27

PaellaPan · 04/10/2025 23:25

wow, but this thread brought out all the jealousy. some people are slimmer than others, no need to insult them any more than there is to insult those who are larger.

I'm not big (and definitely not jealous 😂) I just think the OP is stealth boasting and their subsequent unpleasantness confirms my original impression.

nomas · 04/10/2025 23:26

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 20:58

Clothing - with the right brand/style I can sometimes get away with a 4 but there was no change of finding that today! The joys of being a teeny size I guess, I’ve got genetics to thank for that!

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I don’t think I’d want to thank anything for being size 4 / 6. I like my boobs and arse.

Sidebeforeself · 04/10/2025 23:25

DreamTheMoors · 04/10/2025 22:08

Unnecessary and rude.

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I suppose all comments on MN are unnecessary. I’ve explained the context of my comment. I think it’s flippant rather than rude but hey ho you can’t please everyone

PaellaPan · 04/10/2025 23:25

wow, but this thread brought out all the jealousy. some people are slimmer than others, no need to insult them any more than there is to insult those who are larger.

Flossflower · 04/10/2025 23:23

In the UK, I don’t think size 6 has ever been common. I know when I got married, over 40 years ago, an aunt, who was a size 6, went to a specialist shop to get an outfit for our wedding.

Sidebeforeself · 04/10/2025 23:23

bumbaloo · 04/10/2025 23:12

Weird statement. It is very frustrating to not find clothes to fit. Why is this challenging you?

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It’s not challenging me at all.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 04/10/2025 23:22

Some sizes sell fast and often not enough are ordered.

plsdontsitthere · 04/10/2025 23:21

Wow you’re so teeny! Shall we throw a party? Should we call Bella hadid?

FlyMeSomewhere · 04/10/2025 23:19

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 20:58

Clothing - with the right brand/style I can sometimes get away with a 4 but there was no change of finding that today! The joys of being a teeny size I guess, I’ve got genetics to thank for that!

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Not many adults have the body that small. You seem to be angry fat shamer! Are you expecting all adult clothes to be made in children's sizes? It wouldn't sell!

nomas · 04/10/2025 23:18

Harrietta82 · 04/10/2025 20:57

It’s not rocket science is it - if they stocked less of those sizes, they’d have space for smaller ones? Have I missed something, sorry if so.

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Shops put out all the stock they have, so if there weren’t any size 6 there, why would you ask for them?

Fiftyandme · 04/10/2025 23:16

It’s order online then

Purplebunnie · 04/10/2025 23:15

You can't get above a size 16 in our local FatFace or a size 18in a lot of shops We call it the fat tax as we have to order everything online

Unsuurisweird · 04/10/2025 23:14

bumbaloo · 04/10/2025 23:13

I’m a size 6. I’m not skinny. I’m strong. They aren’t mutually exclusive

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Perhaps. That kind of physique isn’t something I’d aspire to though now. I think times have changed

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