‘Thigh gap’

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Bit random but do the youth of today still obsess about weight and having the much sought after ‘thigh gap’ ???

I hope not as it’s caused me a lifetime of troubled eating. I was born in the 80’s and teen in the 90’s

I think the objective these days is bigger thighs bigger arse to be honest.

thigh gap is more about shape though, my mum has one despite my legs being slimmer. She has wider hips than me.

I guess I must have a thigh gap, though I've never thought of it in that way. I've lost four stone over the past year thanks to Mounjaro and I know it's shallow but the best thing about it is I no longer get chub rub and haven't needed to wear the dreaded long shorts under dresses this summer. I'm still a stone and a half overweight so I reckon it's down to body shape.

I think that’s really sad tbh.

They are all about the big arses and voluptuous thighs these days.
Hence the ridiculous scrunch bum leggings, butl lift leggings and even padded leggings.
The teens where I live are generally pretty hefty. Slim is definitely not the the norm .

It is really sad. She’s so beautiful but all of her friends are the same. I don’t remember being so obsessed with my looks at her age but maybe I was. Like I said she’s my stepdaughter so I don’t have any say on how’s she’s being brought up but if I did I wouldn’t have allowed social media.

I have lost quite a bit of weight.and I have thigh gap didn't know what it was till dd told me.

I don't think its always linked to weight though I have seen people with thin legs who have been over weight.

Oh thank goodness, I was beginning to think I was odd! I've never had a thigh gap, am slightly overweight, but have never had chub rub either.

Depends on how wide your hips are. If you're slim hipped, you've pretty much no chance of a thigh gap

It's what Barbie dolls have. In days gone by it was a sought after aesthetic, along with calves that look like you never needed to walk anywhere.

I am wide hipped (never been smaller than 14 on the bottom since I was 16), and have never had a thigh gap.

I’m mid 40s and I’ve always had a thigh gap, I had no idea I had this or that it was a thing until a few years ago when I was on a local mums netball team and someone complimented me on it! I was bemused. It’s just my body shape. I also have a huge tummy after children so we can’t have everything.

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Yes they obsess about it and being thin. I work with alot of 20 yr olds and have a teen niece. Crazy and sad it is.

That's interesting as I'm tall, 11 stone, big boned like you, but a size 10 with no thigh gap and no thigh rub either.

All I see OP are scrunch bums.

That's interesting as I'm also tall (5'7), 12 stone, chubby (not big boned), but a size 12/14 and have only just started to get chub rub now I'm at my biggest. One stone lighter and I've got a thigh gap and thick thighs. Strange how all bodies are different!

No thigh gap but I do have visible collarbones which I think are also down to build rather than weight.

Someone told me about hip dips the other day and I wanted to give up to be honest, I mean who comes up with this shit?

Is a thigh gap the same thing as that little diamond-shaped gap at the top of your thighs? Or are we talking thighs that don't touch? I have neither.

They sure are different. I'm the same height and weight as you and am a size 16. I might get into a 14 depending on the brand, but no way could I fit into anything in a 12! No chub rub though (and no thigh gap).

It was around in the 60s

Wow Iwould have on brand had that look been fashionable 30 years ago. Unfortunately it was all heroin chic back then

I’m 55 and have lost stones and have a thigh gap and collarbones and the sensible me says “so what” the teenage me says “wow”. Magazines of the 80s had me 🤦🏻‍♀️. We are all poisoned.

It's so fascinating! We're the same, but not alike 😅.

I remember a female teacher (unfavourably) comparing me to another (taller, thinner) girl at school when I was 11. The other girl had a thigh gap, I didnt. Ive only had one when I had an eating disorder.
DD is 20, she's never mentioned a thigh gap

The diamond shape.

I'm lucky not to have ever been bothered by it, or a big bum.
Was only ever interested in having dimples and would sit through class drilling my cheek with my finger 🤣.