To ask if I look ok?

[LSE27]

Feeling a bit shit about myself...

She's full of shit about her age !

I see this thread is suffering from more "anything not the same as me is bullshit-itus"

Of course it's possible for OP to be 42, especially given she's had no children.

I've seen stomachs like that on mother's in their 40s. I'm sure it's not the norm but it's certainly not so unheard of as to elicit calls of bullshit.

Have you had a tummy tuck? The red line across your hips looks just like a fading tummy-tuck scar.

No, although I have a scar from having had my ovaries removed.

Or you pulled your bikini bottoms down for the photo, which feels a bit...

No, I definitely didn't do that.

She's full of shit about her age!

She's full of shit about her age !

Why would you think this? The OP hasn't been pregnant / had kids.

How would you expect her tummy to look...?

Don't really believe you are 44 to be honest.

She's full of shit about her age!

Why?

I looked just as good as the OP at the same age even though I had 2 children. I was lucky to have good genetics and a very busy lifestyle to keep me slim.

Nearly 10 years later after the ravages of the menopause and a more sedentary lifestyle I sure don't look like it any more!

Frankly, lots of mean comments here. Op, this isn't the place to come for approval of how you look. You've got a great figure. I now feel pretty shit about my own in comparison though, but that says more about me than anything else. I'm horribly envious of petite figures on slightly older women and have a complex having compared myself unfavourably with my two sisters throughout life. Sigh.

But you look great.

It's quite possible to have a good body in your 40s.

This is me aged 45. I have 2 children. I am naturally slim and I do run (and other stuff)

You look good, try not to worry.

I have body issues (past ED) and some days feel like I look like shit, I'm slim, others tell me I'm pretty, but its just difficult some days

Have a lovely (v attractive too) friend who is single and mid-forties, just hasn't met the right person , just circumstances sometimes.

Enjoy your holiday!

This thread is weird.

I agree, very odd

I’m 50ish. I used to have a great figure like you. I would literally kill if I could have your waist line and boobs. Go flaunt!

You look fine OP. Just to make everyone else feel shitter, this is JLo.....at 49!! Think she is absolutely amazing, gorgeous and sexy! I want to look like her when I grow up!!

I'm 35 and I don't look as slim as you but I am good at other things and that's great.

You look amazing!!!

Can’t beleive how jealous people can be and why people don’t beleive the OPs age.

I’m 36 and a similar shape, I work hard to stay slim, I plan on looking the same when I’m 46, there’s no reason I can’t as long as I don’t stuff my face with rubbish food and stop exercising.

Op posted for a confidence boost? For attention? We all need a bit of that sometimes don’t we? Being single you don’t often get compliments (because you have no partner to reassure you that you look amazing).

OP you look great, you should be happy that you have a nice figure. The people that are saying they are jealous, only you can change the way you feel about yourself, if your not happy with your figure then only you can change it, if you can’t change it then you need to accept they way you look and be happy with the skin you are in. Op hasn’t had children so her body hasn’t been through what most of ours has, she may have a great body but she has to live with the fact she will probably never carry a child.

@lovemusic33

Thank you.

I genuinely can't understand why some people think OP can't be in her 40s. There are hundreds of thousands of women if not millions who look like she does.

Aren't you bored of talking about your body yet?
Enjoy your holiday and get off MN. You look great. Bugger off.

Don't waste time feeling like the world is coupled up - do you know how many of them are in miserable couples, or desperately trying to find a way out and get back to single life? Flippin' loads. Nothing more lonely than a bad relationship.

I'd bet my right arm that their are plenty of women there that spot you sunning yourself alone and feel envious of you.

The grass is always greener. Your situation isn't perfect, but then nobody's is

It’s both funny and sad that people are so offended by this!
I don’t understand why op is receiving such horrible replies! And not believing her age?! She can’t be attractive as she’s over 40? People are vile.

I'm 27 and my body isn't as good as this. Got saggy boobs and a stretch marked saggy mum tum. You look great OP.

It’s good genes not good genetics. Lol

Another who is at the 'bullshit is she in her 40's' crap

I'm 45 and have a son in his 20's

OP you look fab - but you do not need validation from some randoms on the internet. You need to work on your self-esteem - an amazing personality is what draws prospective partners, looks fade.

Enjoy your holiday

OP I'm 29 and I look like absolute SHIT compared to you