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bits of your body you used to hate and now dont GIVE A FECK about

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LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 20:38

i used to never show my upper arms - until i was in my late 30s and post natal. I dont give a shit now

what liberating moment have you had?

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blibblibs · 23/07/2013 21:30

I would love to be liberated re my legs - hasn't happened yet.

Looking a bit better with fake tan on them though!

LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:31

take a pic, we liberated someone elses the other day

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yerwan · 23/07/2013 21:33

Getting better with my legs, though not above the knee yet

daftbesom · 23/07/2013 21:36

Don't know if I "hated" any of my body but I used to dress a lot more modestly. Now I happily show my legs and norks (poss my 2 best features) and I am pushing 50. Not all of the norks, obv, just a bit of them ...] Sometimes think of all that wasted time covering them up when I was a young filly! [

yerwan · 23/07/2013 21:39

Getting better with my legs, though not above the knee yet

yerwan · 23/07/2013 21:40

sorry for double post Damn phone

Lizzylou · 23/07/2013 21:42

I used to hate my hops, am hourglass so if I accentuated my waist my hips looked huge.

Now wear belt with tops tucked a lot

Think I have Madmen to thank for that.

AngelinaCongleton · 23/07/2013 21:42

My toes! Am 39 now and will wear open toed sandals. Unthinkable until I had kids. Combination of not giving a toss and realising lots of people have non pretty feet.

Lizzylou · 23/07/2013 21:42

Hops is obv hips

LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:44

ROAR at hops

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coffeeandcream · 23/07/2013 21:44

Stretch marks on my thighs and tummy. Really upset me before DS came along, couldn't give a toss now! My DH calls them my battle scars!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/07/2013 21:46

Well, it was thanks to you that I got myself back into bikinis, post children. So that was v liberating. Happy to get my legs out and care less now about upper arms (unless I am in the company of only bright young things) but I still have major nork paranoia.

Callmedreckly · 23/07/2013 21:46

The boobs! Im a 36a & 39 years old, & I actually love them now, Only in the last 5 or so years.
I could go braless if I wanted & they stay put! Grin

I wanted a boob job for years & years, It used to really bother me, but now Im quite proud of them!

Might not be when I've finished breastfeeding though.

tak1ngchances · 23/07/2013 21:47

My entire skin. I am lily-white, properly pasty, and never used to show even a hint of flesh unless I had fake tan on.
This weather has been so hot and sticky that I've had no choice but to forgo the tan, wear a skirt/dress to work, and FECK the consequences.
And you know what?? No one gives a shiny shite about my legs. Très très liberating

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LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:48

ikwym remus
plain bras are your mate

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LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:49

i dont like a fat boob all hanging out though. thats my own cross to bear

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charitygirl · 23/07/2013 21:50

One calf bigger than the other - mild effect of mild cerebral palsy. I think that people do notice the difference if they really stare but, after years of avoiding skirts/dresses I no longer care. Orange tube skirt tomorrow!

LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:52

i have a mate who is VERY pretty with a bad burn on her body - if she can bare it and not give a fuck then who am I to worry?

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/07/2013 21:53

Go for it re the orange tube skirt, Charity!

I wore my Whistles tube skirt to work today and I felt like I was showing A LOT of leg, once I'd got my heels on - but sod it! I reckon I haven't got many more years left of being able to wear over the knee skirts, so I'm doing it whilst I can (and whilst my legs are still half decent).

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/07/2013 21:53

Plain bras? Like those awful moulded things? I just can't - they terrify me in their oomphiness.

Mumelie · 23/07/2013 21:54

My legs above the knee - a bit of fake tan and they look fine. Then again my big mummy tummy has taken over as most hated part Sad

LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 21:54

they hold you in and shape you. but sheesh the bra thing on here atm you have to scoop back hamsters round to the front , it seems Hmm

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 23/07/2013 21:56

Back hamsters?

LadyMilfordHaven · 23/07/2013 22:08

those bits of chub under an ill fitting bra

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