to ask you this personal question about yourself?

[NarniaSha]

What is your favourite feature on your body and why?

We put so much pressure on ourselves and concentrate deeply on our insecurities that we often forget about our good bits (I think so anyway).

Mine: my eyes. I'm mixed race with dark skin, but my eyes are bright green/blue. People comment on them a lot but I forget how unique they are when I look at myself...

Your turn!

My birthmark, it’s on my leg and looks like a giant freckle, it’s about the size of my hand.

No one else has got one exactly the same so it always makes me feel a bit special.

Anything above my neck is o.k. by me. The rest I'm still working on after nearly 80yrs.

O yes, and the interior life seems to be doing all right too... most days...

Nothing really. That's not a 'poor me' statement, but there's nothing I particularly like really. I used to be really pretty, but stress and grief have put paid to that. I'm OK now, but it's all gone.

My eyes. So I can close them and not see my body...it's not a nice sight.

Dainty feet. The rest is shocking.

I'm happy with my slim figure generally, but particularly like my curvy bum & small perky boobs with big nipples. Nice green eyes, too.

My small waist (which is rapidly decreasing as am 19 weeks pregnant!)

There are plenty of things I hate, but I have thick auburn hair between bra strap and waist length, and am told I have good skin.

My big lips

my eyes, one is aqua and the other one turquoise, and they seem to change depending on what I'm wearing/lighting/make up. Close second is my hair, its very thick and long enough to sit on. I also really like my skin, i'm very pale, almost porcelain colour, and I have a nice nose.

I see people on this thread answering the question and then saying 'But I hate X!' as if we're just programmed to feel bad about complimenting ourselves so we have to add a negative. :(

A professional, younger woman who obviously felt sorry for me (I assume due to my being in a 'looked down upon' profession) told me I was stunning recently in a 'Aww I'm sorry you're having to do this' sort of way. I replied 'Yeh I know' and she looked as though I'd walked into her house and pissed on her carpet. We need to accept compliments and who we are.

I generally don't mind the way I look at all. I'm slimmish, I have a fairly pleasant face, muscular arms and legs.

This may sound odd but I really like my midriff. As a young teen I'd lock myself in the bathroom with knives and contemplate cutting it off. It's relatively flat when I am standing up, I have muscle tone, and I am proud of myself for getting to where I am now.I appreciate my body now.

Eyes and teeth!

My eyelashes. They're seriously long and dark. I still got bullied into buying mascara at the makeup counter, and wore it for an important interview. Every time I blinked I got streaks of it on my glasses lenses, I had to keep taking them off and wiping them!

My boobs! ( . )( . ) They got bigger when I got pregnant, stayed bigger and didn't sag afterwards, so I was really lucky!

So agree ranty. I complimented a colleague on her pretty jacket last week and said how she always has such nice clothes. We chat often so it wasn’t an odd thing to say. She looked horrified and said “I only shop in the sales” and scurried off.

margot

I have tidy, if lopsided ears.

It has to be my breasts, I went through years being small chested and feeing very insecure about them. I had surgery last year and now they are perfect.

I like my eyes and my legs.

Good thread! Over a few years, I have lost nearly 4 stone so I like my body shape much more ( although I always liked my boobs). My legs are quite shapely & I have rather sensual lips. DH loves my bum!

Bum and legs. Muscular, toned and shapely ( not through being particular athletic just genetic) decent thigh gap and no cellulite in my late thirties. Dh loves them.

My feet are lovely. Not boney or veined or bunioned. Just nice. It’s a pity they don’t get out on show much.
Not much else really. Oh, I don’t mind my pert 34Bs. Again, these aren’t on show much.

My waist. It's quite small so makes me look smaller than I am.

My nose. I've had plastic surgeons comment that people pay to get a nose like mine.

My lips. Very full and Cupid now-like.

That's cheered me up - feeling old and chubby and tired after dc2 was born a few months ago!

for those of you who chose nothing. Today, I feel able to choose something so it's a good day. My thick, curly hair and shapely legs.

Strong shoulders and well-defined collarbone, combined with very small waist. I'd rather not have the hips to match the shoulders, though!