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Be honest... do you think being a size 10 is more attractive than a size 14?

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WhateverTheySay · 13/01/2021 20:18

Just that... no offence intended it's just to settle an argument I'm interested in people's views. Let's say specifically you have an average / reasonably attractive looking woman of average height, do you think she will look better as a size 10 than she does a 14?

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WiseOwlRelaxing · 13/01/2021 21:43

Im only 5'1 and im a size 12 and that's with ADF!
DEPRESSING THREAD INNIT!

Ithinkim · 13/01/2021 21:44

Yes.

AriesTheRam · 13/01/2021 21:48

On me definitely

LittleTiger007 · 13/01/2021 21:52

It depends on the individual. I’m on the larger side and my husband LOVES my curves. He’s never been attracted to someone with a small bum and no breasts. He’s not alone.
Then there’s my brother who married a tiny woman. To him she is perfection.
Just be who you are, the size you are and wear it with confidence.

MerryGoRoundBrain · 13/01/2021 21:54

In general, probably yes.
I, however, have never been smaller than 12 at the bottom. I’m 5ft10, large hips, boobs, relatively broad shoulders. At my skinniest, I was a small size 12. Needless to say, lockdown diet is not conducive to maintaining this size Grin

frumpety · 13/01/2021 21:55

Depends where you carry the weight and how that weight makes you feel.

user1471423151 · 13/01/2021 21:56

To me as a bloke size is irrelevant (within reason). A good looking, confident woman is very attractive- her size just doesn’t come into the equation for me. Women can be attractive at any size, to answer the OP: if I had the chance to date identical twins but one was a 10 and one a 14, I’d go for the 14 every time.

Bluntness100 · 13/01/2021 22:00

Body wise yes. But there is more to being attractive than your body. Your face, hair, and even personality come into it.

But on purer visuals, a beautiful face on a size fourteen will always be more attractive than an average face on a size ten.

Cameleongirl · 13/01/2021 22:01

I do t see how someone with a big chest could be a size 10 on top though? I’m an 8/10 and if my DD borrows one of my tops she stretches it due to her DD cup chest. Unless she has a breast reduction, how could she fit into a size 10 dress?

She’s an athlete, size 12, broad shouldered and several inches taller than me. I don’t think she’s meant to be a 10 really.

ginandwineandbaileys · 13/01/2021 22:09

Yes, I'm a size 8 and prefer to be. But I'm curvy, and my waist is size 8, my boobs fit into a size 12, and my hips a size 10.
I also like fit men. Round faces aren't attractive to me at all. It's just my preference.

RoosterTheRoost · 13/01/2021 22:09

I’m currently 10/12. I hate it, the size is too much on me. My body is hideous

PontyberryMassive · 13/01/2021 22:09

It all depends on your waist-hip ratio. I think we unconsciously know what "healthy" looks like, and as this paper shows, looking at all cause mortality as the outcome, in women the greatest risk factor is higher waist-hip ratio, followed by waist circumference. Percentage body fat is much less important than these.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2007.622

grassisjeweled · 13/01/2021 22:09

Oh yes. World of difference.

OhWhyNot · 13/01/2021 22:11

I was a 30f and a size 10 on top

Fitted blouses would never fit (until I started to buy ones made for a big bust) but jumpers, jersey tops, T-shirt’s etc would fit

Siw2020 · 13/01/2021 22:12

Yes

MolotovMocktail · 13/01/2021 22:13

I think size 12-14 is more attractive than 8-10 for a woman of average height.

bridgetreilly · 13/01/2021 22:13

Attractive to whom?

We are all attracted to different things and different characteristics. And, frankly, if the only thing that makes you attractive to a person is your dress size, you need to walk away.

LittleOverwhelmed · 13/01/2021 22:13

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GrumpyHoonMain · 13/01/2021 22:14

@WhateverTheySay

Just that... no offence intended it's just to settle an argument I'm interested in people's views. Let's say specifically you have an average / reasonably attractive looking woman of average height, do you think she will look better as a size 10 than she does a 14?
At average height (5 ft 4) size 10 or even an 8 looks healthy and better no matter shape. But 14 can look amazing on hour glass shapes if you’re 5ft 6 and above.
BettyAndVeronica · 13/01/2021 22:14

Yes. Almost always.

Cameleongirl · 13/01/2021 22:16

@OhWhyNot Really?

Perhaps it’s the broader shoulders stretching them then, because my tops never fit right again on me after she’s borrowed them!

PurpleDaisies · 13/01/2021 22:17

Yes, on my own body.

Labobo · 13/01/2021 22:18

Yes, definitely. I'm currently 12-14. Was 10 for years and much much happier at 10. At size 16 I was truly miserable, as in, shy of leaving the house, meeting new people etc. (I'm short, so 16 really was big for my height.)

Bilgepumper · 13/01/2021 22:18

Generally I think women look better at a 14 than a 10 but you have to factor in height.

peboh · 13/01/2021 22:19

For myself personally, yes. I look much better at a size 10 than a 14.

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