Wilmslow WAG wannabes

[UppermillSarah]

I visited a friend in Wilmslow today and we went out for a coffee. I know the warm weather brings out a range of clothing but eberyone we saw looked like they had their outfits spray painted on. There were many plastic fantastics around too. What's wring with liking your natural body? Am I being too judgemental of all the fakery?

OP what do you think of your patients / clients? You sound very unpleasant.
And hypocritical. A few people have mentioned that but you seem to be ignoring it.

You obviously missed the 90% of perfectly normal people having coffee in Wilmslow. And if I was your client I’d be very uncomfortable knowing you’d be judging me for having the very procedures you give.

And no, I don’t do fillers, Botox or any other surgical procedures but I don’t judge anyone who chooses to either

I'm often in Wilmslow and can't say I've noticed what you're describing, @UppermillSarah.

There's also a certain irony in a person who is paid to provide beauty treatments being so critical.

So people think I'm clearly being unreasonable and I'm nasty and a hypocrite. I'll go with hypocrite as I hate my job but I'll struggle to find another that pays as well so I'm a bit trapped. I'm not nasty though, I just don't like surgical enhancements. I don't see how that makes me nasty?? Anyway message received.

It’s nasty because you’re judging other women.
You don’t like surgical enhancements and that’s fine, don’t have them, but don’t judge, belittle and criticise the women that choose them.

So you're a trained nurse? But you work as a beauty therapist? And women with tight clothes and cosmetic surgery are legitimate targets for online abuse? Ok

As a nurse I'm sure you won't struggle to get a job?

When people react like this to someone else's appearance it's usually a reflection of their own insecurities and/or jealousy. All the women looked like WAGs, you don't, therefore you felt insecure about not fitting in, therefore you react by criticising them and coming up mumsnet in the hope that others will agree and you will feel validated.

I don’t like the way that a lot of women feel they have to aspire to look like porn stars in order to be considered attractive. I don’t believe it’s a healthy attitude and what’s worse is it’s filtering down to children too. It must be the result of the availability of porn and the belief we have to be instagram ready. I don’t judge anybody but I do worry about it and don’t apologise for that.

@Waxonwaxoff0 south of Manchester, just in Cheshire - very near Manchester airport. A lot of footballers live in the area.

What's wring with liking your natural body?
I do non-surgical treatments
So you'll judge them but are also happy to profit off them? Hypocrite.

Should everyone remain neutral then?
According to your original point, yes.

Your opinions on this really are all over the place.

What is wrong with liking your natural body though?

@Jahebejrjr

What is wrong with liking your natural body though?

What's wrong with doing what you want to do with your own body? By your reasoning people shouldn't change their body in any way - no piercings or tattoos to start with.

I'm not interested in cosmetic surgery or fillers but I will absolutely defend people having the option to get them. If you don't love your natural body then why shouldn't you be allowed to modify if you want to without judgement or criticism. It doesn't affect me if someone else chooses to change their own appearance, I may not necessarily like the way it looks but it's literally nothing to do with me.

A lovely women judging women thread. Just live and let live.

I’m sure all of those people walking around who’ve put effort into looking how they want to look really care what a bitter onlooker thinks of them.

This is not about women exercising choices to do what they want with their own bodies. This is about women having to conform to a fucked up beauty standard set by the porn industry and Instagram culture. Body dysmorphia among young women is becoming (if it isn’t already) an epidemic. Commenting on the tragedy of this is not ‘body shaming’ or being ‘jealous.’

Oooooor we could let women do what they want.

And not be a hypocrite, since you make money from an industry that's designed to make people think they need things doing to look better then criticise women for dressing in a way that they clearly think makes them look good.

@Jahebejrjr

This is not about women exercising choices to do what they want with their own bodies. This is about women having to conform to a fucked up beauty standard set by the porn industry and Instagram culture. Body dysmorphia among young women is becoming (if it isn’t already) an epidemic. Commenting on the tragedy of this is not ‘body shaming’ or being ‘jealous.’

There have been beauty standards since the dawn of time. This isn’t anything new. The culturally prized beauty standard may morph and look different but it’s really not a brand new moral panic.

It’s pretty patronising to assume that people dressing in line with the current fashion are ‘having to conform’ to be honest.

@ChangePart1 I am sorry but you are so very wrong.

Maybe they are WAGS?

Where do you live, OP? I’m sure we can think of so fun stereotypes about it.

I'm with you OP. I don't like surgical enhancements either. I remember seeing a girl I was in school with, a mutual friend was still in touch with her (I wouldn't have recognised her)... She had a nose job and possibly fillers. I expect she loved the outcome but I thought she was much prettier and more unique with her old nose. She just looked samey now. I also think having surgery is a bad example to set to children, that your natural looks need to be changed. It also puts too much emphasis on appearance.

Also, we grow old and wrinkly, so what. I'd rather have wrinkles than toxic substances injected into my face.

When I was at university I didn’t have a single friend with body dysmorphia. Dc is in his first year at university and is shocked at how many of his female friends suffer from it. Girls who believe they aren’t attractive because they don’t look like the beauty standards set by porn stars and Instagram influencers are becoming younger and younger.
Women with inflated lips and bottoms aren’t women making healthy choices about their bodies. Women who worry about these trends aren’t ‘jealous’ or ‘bitter’ as poster after poster has said on here.

That's so hilarious that you give fillers and botox to people every day and yet you have an issue with cosmetic surgery and tight clothes 🤣🤣 that's really made me laugh, thanks op 😁