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To ask if I look ok?

254 replies

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:48

Feeling a bit shit about myself...

To ask if I look ok?
OP posts:
BastardGoDarkly · 24/07/2018 14:49

Eh?! You look lovely ya nutter!

BerkInBag · 24/07/2018 14:49

Yes you look lovely. I wish I looked that good in a bikini.

mommybear1 · 24/07/2018 14:49

You look great!

Argeles · 24/07/2018 14:50

You look fabulous.

ConciseandNice · 24/07/2018 14:50

I’d post a picture of my own body but I’m one the train. Unless your head is actually that of an elephant or baboon or something I’d say you look gorgeous.

essexmum78 · 24/07/2018 14:51

🙄 you know you look great but this post might have left a whole load of people feeling crap about themselves.

Well done.

And before I get told I'm jealous- I'm not I love my muffin top

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:51

Thank you. On holiday on my own, surrounded by couples and feeling a bit miserable and unattractive. I'm in my 40s.

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longwayoff · 24/07/2018 14:52

If I'd ever looked like that I'd be living on the memory. Sadly not,. You look very good.

downinthedumppppppsssss · 24/07/2018 14:52

I'm 42
And
I think look similar
Apart
From signs of age so be happy as
You won't look like that at 42
Xx

downinthedumppppppsssss · 24/07/2018 14:53

Just read you age you
Look amazing x

NotAsGreenAsCabbageLooking · 24/07/2018 14:53

See... if you felt that bad, genuinely, surely you wouldn’t be on a holiday on your own, in a bikini.

I’d have to be pretty confident to do that.

TeeBee · 24/07/2018 14:53

Unless you've got a head like a gorgon, you look great.

TheGirlWhoLived · 24/07/2018 14:53

Well I am now regretting my second tbsp of peanut butter Grin

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:53

essexmum78 Would gladly swap not to be single and childless in my forties.

OP posts:
downinthedumppppppsssss · 24/07/2018 14:55

I am a bit jealous now so
Shh.

wellBeehivedWoman · 24/07/2018 14:56

@essexmum don't be so mean to someone just because their insecurities are different to yours.

OP, you look lovely and the last thing you should be doing on holiday is fretting about your body! Go and have fun!

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:56

See... if you felt that bad, genuinely, surely you wouldn’t be on a holiday on your own, in a bikini.

Well I suppose I could have stayed at home with a bucket lover my head.

In fact when I went away on my own last year I felt so low that I stayed in my hotel room for about four days. This year has been better.

OP posts:
BlitzingBlaze · 24/07/2018 14:56

I wish I looked like that in a bikini. I'm 39 and 8.5 stone but I've had twins and my body is wobbly. I would love to have a body like yours!

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:57

*over

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Brazenhussy0 · 24/07/2018 14:58

you know you look great but this post might have left a whole load of people feeling crap about themselves.

This^
Your body does not look like you are in your 40s, OP. On body alone, would have said late 20s. Smooth skin, no sagging, no sign of stretch marks...

I'm in my early 30s and I bloody well look it Grin
I also don't go showing my stomach off/looking for compliments on a forum of pregnant or post-pregnant women who might be feeling a bit low about their own bodies.

Take it to reddit love.

NoelHeadbands · 24/07/2018 14:58

You look fine- was there a specific issue you were concerned with (just seems a slightly odd angle for the selfie?)

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:59

You won't look like that at 42.

I'm 44.

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essexmum78 · 24/07/2018 14:59

@wellBeehivedWoman the OP isn't insecure - she's posted a picture of herself half naked on the board with the most traffic for maximum exposure. Was she expecting people to say "no you look awful" - of course not because she knows she looks great.

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 15:00

You look fine- was there a specific issue you were concerned with (just seems a slightly odd angle for the selfie?)

Sorry - just crap at selfies!

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TrudeauGirl · 24/07/2018 15:00

You have an amazing body and the bikini is cute :-) have fun!

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