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Only knickers in the Co-op

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1981RickyVilla · 12/04/2026 18:02

A teenage girl (aged 15 or 16, roughly) in front of me in the Co-op was wearing a crop-top and a pair of knickers only. Not bikini bottoms, not short shorts but cotton M & S midi style knickers. I didn’t say anything (none of my business and she probably wouldn’t have approved my sartorial choices either). If I had been her mother, seeing her before she left the house, I would have said that it looked unhygienic and wasn’t an appropriate way to go to the shops.
YABU: People of whatever age can dress how they like when they go to the Co-op.
YANBU: A mini-skirt or pair of shorts are a minimum requirement when you’re off to the shops.

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ThePoshUns · 12/04/2026 18:22

I always remember being at a friends house with DH, their then 16 yr old daughter came down in an outfit which was a bra top , thong and some sort of mesh trousers over. My poor DH didn’t know where to look and found it uncomfortable as did I to be honest.
There need to be some boundaries for what is acceptable and decent and having your arse hanging out in public is going too far IMO.

NotAnotherScarf · 12/04/2026 18:18

Yep. See this regularly where I live on warm days. As a 57 year old man I feel uncomfortable (been told on mn "don't look then" in the past). But if you're walking behind someone..

I was out with a group of friends from school on Friday night and the women all commented on the amount of boob on display by some of the youngsters in the pub

People can dress how they want but I just think it does impact others...

Classiclines · 12/04/2026 18:14

I really despair.

Quite seriously the way a lot of girls and young women chose to dress has got to the point of being ridiculous.

How do they they honestly ever expect to be taken seriously?

I don't see it as body positivity - no matter how much those of us who dislike seeing virtually naked girls and women in our day to day lives are told that it is.

I see it as desperate attention seeking and it smacks of a total lack of self worth

dizzydizzydizzy · 12/04/2026 18:07

How awful! Is it the latest trend on TikTok?

Ilikewinter · 12/04/2026 18:06

YANBU. But your right, I can have a good guess at her response if you'd made a comment - can't say anything to anyone any more without being accused of something.

DollopOfFun · 12/04/2026 18:06

Sounds like the channel Five version of Only Murders In The Building.