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‘Thigh gap’

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givingupimdone · 09/08/2026 19:28

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

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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

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 🤣.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Breadlegs · 10/08/2026 23:27

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

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...

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.

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!

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