‘Thigh gap’

givingupimdone · 2026-08-09T18:28:03+00:00

Bit random but do the youth of today still obsess about weight and having the much sought after ‘thigh gap’ ??? I hope not as it’s caused me a lifetime of troubled eating. I was born in the 80’s and teen in the 90’s

ninja · 11/08/2026 07:27

I have bow legs and despite having large thighs they don’t meet (I had to look - hadn’t considered that’s why I don’t need chub run shorts. Now I know!

WhatAMarvelousTune · 11/08/2026 06:38

Breadlegs · 10/08/2026 23:27

Isn't a thigh gap mainly attainable by trans women who tuck?

Odd opinion.

Plenty of women on this thread have said they have a thigh gap.

Trans women would presumably have narrower hips, and thigh bones which are closer together (because they are male), making a thigh gap much much less likely.

SpanielsAreChaosDemons · 10/08/2026 23:39

Breadlegs · 10/08/2026 23:27

Isn't a thigh gap mainly attainable by trans women who tuck?

And the award for the most random shoe-horning of ill-informed trans comments into a thread goes to...

Breadlegs · 10/08/2026 23:27

Isn't a thigh gap mainly attainable by trans women who tuck?

PickAChew · 10/08/2026 23:24

IlikethoseBalenciagas · 10/08/2026 23:03

Strong thighs support you and store fat.
I've been just underweight, active and didn't have a thigh gap as I don't have any hips. Only had a thigh gap after a God awful stomach bug when travelling and went down to 7.6 stone. The rest of me was tiddly.

Even as a 7 stone teen I didn't have a thigh gap and wore through the inner thighs of my jeans. As a 9 1/2 stone middle aged women I still have both chub rub and prominent collar bones.

PP is bang on the money about these things being made an issue of to generate £££££ for cosmetic surgeons. This is quite revolting in the deliberately mixed message that it gives.
Hip Dips Symptoms & Causes https://share.google/VctPBvtVhlbDAoVTg

IlikethoseBalenciagas · 10/08/2026 23:03

Strong thighs support you and store fat.
I've been just underweight, active and didn't have a thigh gap as I don't have any hips. Only had a thigh gap after a God awful stomach bug when travelling and went down to 7.6 stone. The rest of me was tiddly.

Crwysmam · 10/08/2026 22:59

Just googled “hip dips”, it’s OK you can have plastic surgery to get rid of them. Part of me suspects that many of these minor ( natural anatomical) flaws are an invention of the cosmetic industry created to encourage cash flow.

Crwysmam · 10/08/2026 22:52

Aren’t “hip dips” supposed to be the result of the pursuit of the “huge glutes” that have been the must have for the last few years.

I have a wide pelvis so even at my heaviest my thighs struggle to touch. I was totally unaware of “chub rub”, it was quite a revelation that a whole industry has grown around them. Even the sweaty boob problem has passed me by since my ample boobs have not sagged.

I do not have a perfect figure by any means, my problem area is my c section overhang but since I’m of an age where no woman should subject the public to vast areas of crepey slightly saggy skin it is easier to deal with.

I also missed out on the big lips craze. I had very plump lips in my youth but they were hugely unpopular and we often used makeup to make them look thinner😂.

I would definitely have been a “Beauty” in the 18th century when buxom was fashionable.

330ml · 10/08/2026 22:51

Beingseenisneedy · 10/08/2026 22:22

The diamond shape.

I'm lucky not to have ever been bothered by it, or a big bum.
Was only ever interested in having dimples and would sit through class drilling my cheek with my finger 🤣.

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No, it’s the other one.

If you google “thigh gap” you get lots of pictures of thighs that don’t touch and no diamond shapes.

Mmmm19 · 10/08/2026 22:39

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 09/08/2026 21:09

I understand that “hip dips” are now cause for concern, after listening to some much younger friends. I googled this new (to me) phenomenon and I’m not that much wiser.

Same! I couldn’t work out if I had the desired or is it undesired hip dips

Beingseenisneedy · 10/08/2026 22:22

JahanaraBegum · 10/08/2026 21:08

Is a thigh gap the same thing as that little diamond-shaped gap at the top of your thighs? Or are we talking thighs that don't touch? I have neither.

The diamond shape.

I'm lucky not to have ever been bothered by it, or a big bum.
Was only ever interested in having dimples and would sit through class drilling my cheek with my finger 🤣.

Fizbosshoes · 10/08/2026 22:19

I remember a female teacher (unfavourably) comparing me to another (taller, thinner) girl at school when I was 11. The other girl had a thigh gap, I didnt. Ive only had one when I had an eating disorder.
DD is 20, she's never mentioned a thigh gap

Beingseenisneedy · 10/08/2026 22:15

Pancakesandcream33 · 10/08/2026 20:40

That's interesting as I'm also tall (5'7), 12 stone, chubby (not big boned), but a size 12/14 and have only just started to get chub rub now I'm at my biggest. One stone lighter and I've got a thigh gap and thick thighs. Strange how all bodies are different!

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It's so fascinating! We're the same, but not alike 😅.

ithinkilikethislittlelife · 10/08/2026 22:11

I’m 55 and have lost stones and have a thigh gap and collarbones and the sensible me says “so what” the teenage me says “wow”. Magazines of the 80s had me 🤦🏻‍♀️. We are all poisoned.

likeitshard · 10/08/2026 22:00

Wow Iwould have on brand had that look been fashionable 30 years ago. Unfortunately it was all heroin chic back then

climbintheback · 10/08/2026 21:46

It was around in the 60s

SquirrelGG · 10/08/2026 21:42

Pancakesandcream33 · 10/08/2026 20:40

That's interesting as I'm also tall (5'7), 12 stone, chubby (not big boned), but a size 12/14 and have only just started to get chub rub now I'm at my biggest. One stone lighter and I've got a thigh gap and thick thighs. Strange how all bodies are different!

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They sure are different. I'm the same height and weight as you and am a size 16. I might get into a 14 depending on the brand, but no way could I fit into anything in a 12! No chub rub though (and no thigh gap).

JahanaraBegum · 10/08/2026 21:08

Is a thigh gap the same thing as that little diamond-shaped gap at the top of your thighs? Or are we talking thighs that don't touch? I have neither.

northernballer · 10/08/2026 20:45

No thigh gap but I do have visible collarbones which I think are also down to build rather than weight.

Someone told me about hip dips the other day and I wanted to give up to be honest, I mean who comes up with this shit?

Pancakesandcream33 · 10/08/2026 20:40

Beingseenisneedy · 10/08/2026 03:52

That's interesting as I'm tall, 11 stone, big boned like you, but a size 10 with no thigh gap and no thigh rub either.

All I see OP are scrunch bums.

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That's interesting as I'm also tall (5'7), 12 stone, chubby (not big boned), but a size 12/14 and have only just started to get chub rub now I'm at my biggest. One stone lighter and I've got a thigh gap and thick thighs. Strange how all bodies are different!

Beingseenisneedy · 10/08/2026 03:52

RedRiverShore6 · 09/08/2026 20:12

I also have one, I'm tall and large boned, size 14, I weigh around 11 stones and it's just the way my bone structure is, I have reasonably big thighs, there are a lot of women thinner than me that have no gap, it is handy though as I never get that thigh rub that people get

That's interesting as I'm tall, 11 stone, big boned like you, but a size 10 with no thigh gap and no thigh rub either.

All I see OP are scrunch bums.

Sugarbuckley52 · 10/08/2026 03:22

Yes they obsess about it and being thin. I work with alot of 20 yr olds and have a teen niece. Crazy and sad it is.

Thecows · 10/08/2026 03:18

If

utahsainthood · 10/08/2026 00:57

I’m mid 40s and I’ve always had a thigh gap, I had no idea I had this or that it was a thing until a few years ago when I was on a local mums netball team and someone complimented me on it! I was bemused. It’s just my body shape. I also have a huge tummy after children so we can’t have everything.

XenoBitch · 10/08/2026 00:34

canuckup · 10/08/2026 00:32

Depends on how wide your hips are. If you're slim hipped, you've pretty much no chance of a thigh gap

I am wide hipped (never been smaller than 14 on the bottom since I was 16), and have never had a thigh gap.