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Bums hanging out of the bottom of teeny tiny shorts

488 replies

Noodleschicken · Yesterday 20:42

Don’t know if this really AIBU or a question!
AIBU to think that shorts have become way too short ?
I have seen a LOT of girls in shorts today - with their bum cheeks hanging out the bottom ! Personally I wouldn’t let my daughter out like that. And I wouldn’t were them myself (I would give everyone nightmares !).
so what’s the consensus on bums hanging out of shorts ?

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AurielleBaies · Yesterday 21:47

oviraptor21 · Yesterday 20:50

Yep. And I don't want to sit on a seat that someone's naked bum cheeks have been on. Or sweaty thighs.

I’m sure there’s been much worse on public seats than skin. Especially on public transport

AgnesMcDoo · Yesterday 21:47

I wish I had the bottom to pull it off

Jealous

shuggles · Yesterday 21:47

@PintofFizz No sport going on in the cafe though.

Cyclists stop at cafes during long cycles.

Did you seriously think men were randomly showing up at cafes wearing lycra shorts for no reason...?

XelaM · Yesterday 21:48

IkeaMeatballGravy · Yesterday 21:34

Ergh I hate it to OP, I don't want to see anyone's arse. I also hate when men walk about without t-shirts on, especially in places like the supermarket. It just looks grim.

Nipples, arses, vulvas and penises should all be covered up as a minimum.

YES to all this! It looks awful and so off-putting

nomas · Yesterday 21:49

PintofFizz · Yesterday 21:19

They just look like short shorts though - lots of leg and no bum cheeks. The kind of shorts the OP is talking about are cut away like Brazilian knickers so they show half of people's buttocks.

The 1970s one show buttocks too.

People upthread said they wore even shorter in the 70s.

Bums hanging out of the bottom of teeny tiny shorts
Bums hanging out of the bottom of teeny tiny shorts
LittleWaterRabbit · Yesterday 21:49

A woman got on the bus yesterday in what I could only describe as underwear, it was a bra im sorry to be crude but they were absolutely spilling out and what could only be described as knickers it was shocking cant believe people think it’s ok to walk around like that

Isittimeformynapyet · Yesterday 21:49

PancakeCloud · Yesterday 20:43

If you don’t like it, don’t look.

How do you know you don't like something if you haven't seen it?

JustSetFireToIt · Yesterday 21:49

I dont like it and hope to god that men's fashion doesn't follow suit!

nomas · Yesterday 21:50

Ilovegolf · Yesterday 21:47

Because, in general, people don’t defecate or urinate from “naked legs or naked arms”

People don’t defecate from their buttocks either.

MidnightMeltdown · Yesterday 21:50

youalright · Yesterday 21:45

Is this what where talking about as I see nothing wrong with this or are you meaning something different

Nope, the ones I saw were shorter and more revealing than that. They were denim, not close fit.

MasterBeth · Yesterday 21:50

AlmostAJillSandwich · Yesterday 21:04

Are their genitals and arsehole covered? As long as the shorts are covering the area normal swimwear or knickers (full, high leg, bikini etc, not thong/string) would cover, then they aren't indecent.

It is a fashion choice i certainly wouldn't make myself, but a bit of lower/side bum cheek is hardly obscene, its not labia or bum crack/hole.

Agree entirely with this.

You are free not to like it and not to wear it, but there's nothing indecent or insanitary about it. It's just a buttock!

BridgetJonesV2 · Yesterday 21:51

I believe women should dress exactly as they chose.

I also believe that they should consider the people who have to look at what they're wearing.

ThunderKlapp · Yesterday 21:51

It’s just a display of youth . I can remember as a teen wearing shorts and tucking my T-shirt in to my bra to show off my flat tummy

PintofFizz · Yesterday 21:51

shuggles · Yesterday 21:47

@PintofFizz No sport going on in the cafe though.

Cyclists stop at cafes during long cycles.

Did you seriously think men were randomly showing up at cafes wearing lycra shorts for no reason...?

You are taking my post too seriously and getting your gusset in a tangle over nothing.

youalright · Yesterday 21:52

MidnightMeltdown · Yesterday 21:50

Nope, the ones I saw were shorter and more revealing than that. They were denim, not close fit.

Oh i haven't seen them the pic I put on is like what my daughters wear and I see nothing wrong with but my opinion might be different if they where shorter then that

MasterBeth · Yesterday 21:52

Ilovegolf · Yesterday 21:47

Because, in general, people don’t defecate or urinate from “naked legs or naked arms”

Do you defecate from your bum cheeks? You should join the circus!

Isittimeformynapyet · Yesterday 21:52

Nofeckingway · Yesterday 20:45

I don't like it , I wouldn't wear it but it is not my place to judge anyone else.

You don't need a "place" to judge. You don't need any particular status. Just go ahead and judge like everyone else does.

BashfulClam · Yesterday 21:53

I saw a beautiful young girl yesterday and she had the shortest nylon skirt on that kept riding up and showing bum cheek and pants every few steps. She had to keep pulling it down. It just seemed a faff and uncomfortable. My line was always that my Fanny and arse were covered at the very least and I had a banging figure in my early 20’s.

PintofFizz · Yesterday 21:53

nomas · Yesterday 21:49

The 1970s one show buttocks too.

People upthread said they wore even shorter in the 70s.

Those are obviously 'poster girl' shots.

We're talking about people wandering around Lidl on a Thursday afto.

nomas · Yesterday 21:54

PintofFizz · Yesterday 21:53

Those are obviously 'poster girl' shots.

We're talking about people wandering around Lidl on a Thursday afto.

But that was the fashion of the time. There was a hotpants craze in the 1970s.

People upthread said they wore them.

canklesmctacotits · Yesterday 21:54

I sort of admire girls wearing this sort of thing, especially when they don’t have the bodies of lithe models but have the confidence anyway. That’s a style in and of itself, and it’s really about the girl in question enjoying her body and clothes at an age/in a place when it’s ok to do that.

The 50+yo mother in me is absolutely horrified. I tell my DD straight: you go out like that and you’re asking for trouble. No, wearing this or that gives nobody permission to assault or harass or follow you or chat you up or do anything at all to you. But until she and I are living in a perfect world where that never happens, the reality is that it will happen and whoever is at fault makes no difference to the fact that she will be the one to suffer.

AurielleBaies · Yesterday 21:54

BridgetJonesV2 · Yesterday 21:51

I believe women should dress exactly as they chose.

I also believe that they should consider the people who have to look at what they're wearing.

So they can dress exactly as they choose, but they have to consider the opinions and feelings of everyone else around them? Got it.

PintofFizz · Yesterday 21:55

JustSetFireToIt · Yesterday 21:49

I dont like it and hope to god that men's fashion doesn't follow suit!

Especially after all the threads on here about poster's DHs who don't wipe their backsides properly.

MidnightMeltdown · Yesterday 21:55

AlmostAJillSandwich · Yesterday 21:04

Are their genitals and arsehole covered? As long as the shorts are covering the area normal swimwear or knickers (full, high leg, bikini etc, not thong/string) would cover, then they aren't indecent.

It is a fashion choice i certainly wouldn't make myself, but a bit of lower/side bum cheek is hardly obscene, its not labia or bum crack/hole.

Glad we’ve got you here to dictate to rest of us what should and shouldn’t be considered indecent or obscene 🙄

JillThePlantKiller · Yesterday 21:55

Of course if all of us middle aged mums started wearing them, we could kill the trend stone dead in a week.