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Which body shape would you prefer?

51 replies

HereLiveIAmNotACat · 11/08/2021 01:18

Out of curiosity which of the following would you choose:-

  1. Top heavy, long slim legs, big boobs, flat bum, larger belly, wide shoulders, larger back.
  1. Bottom heavy, flat stomach, flat chest, large hips/bum, chunky legs.
  1. Large chest, larger belly, average legs, standard sized bum.

Realise it’s an odd question, just asking following a debate with a colleague today Grin

OP posts:
knackeredcat · 11/08/2021 12:50

I'm 3 with a bigger bum. I'd like a waist and a flat belly, but even at my thinnest I never managed either.

BigButtons · 11/08/2021 13:13

I am slim all over with small boobs and long legs.
If I had to pick one of yours it would be 1. I don’t mind my shape but would like a bit more cleavage.

freelions · 11/08/2021 13:18

From the options I would choose 2

lazylinguist · 11/08/2021 13:45

No. 2. Partly because it's almost certainly the healthiest of the 3, and partly because I have big boobs and they are a pain. I'd love a flatter chest and flat stomach! I can't quite decide if I'm a 1 or a 3 in your descriptions. Probably a 3, legs not long and slim enough to be a 1.

Cookiebox · 11/08/2021 20:49

As an hourglass with big boobs they are so annoying. I have always desperately wanted to be a classic pear shape like my sister. Id love tiny boobs and I find that shape the most attractive, especially the petite upper body.
Isn't it amazing how you always want what you can't have.

HelenHywater · 11/08/2021 20:53

2 I suppose - I wouldn't want big boobs. I think you look slimmer overall.

But if I had to choose, it would be straight up and down and very athletic.

WhereAreWeNow · 11/08/2021 21:20

2 please! I'm fairly slim on top and have wide hips and I'm happy that way.

fairyhouse · 11/08/2021 21:24

I yearn for long slim legs so would choose 1 and happily take the other bits that come with it. Instead I am stuck with short chunky hams for legs. Hey ho.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 11/08/2021 22:11

Any of them are better than looking like you've melted from the ribs down.

That means you have a smaller top half, no matter how broad the shoulders, not enough boob to stop it looking like the clothes are wearing you when they're large enough to fit your rib cage, the bit in the middle simultaneously takes up too much space for tops or bottoms to fit whilst there is enough of a gap at the back of the waistband to store a stray cat and three tins of Whiskas and your legs never see the light of day because they're stumpy and muscly at the front and calf so slim cut things are too tight but squishy and wrinkly at the back so wider legged things make you look like a slab of concrete.

happydays2345 · 11/08/2021 22:24

None, I'll stick with my petite hourglass 💚

Youcunnyfunt · 11/08/2021 23:54

2, only because that's what I'm used to dressing... although I'd like a flat tummy ... definitely not what I currently have Grin

I'm not sure I'd trade chunky legs for a larger belly. Even though I hate my legs, I prefer a smaller belly, just find it more comfortable day to day.

Youcunnyfunt · 11/08/2021 23:56

Oh, and yes, sometimes I'd love a flat chest. So 2 definitely sounds nice! I'm of the big bum and big boobs variety. Waist is the last place I gain weight - unfortunately as I'm very short it doesn't take much. Grin

Coogee · 12/08/2021 08:59

None of those appeal. I’ll stick with how I am.

Anyway OP, are you going to divulge any more details of the debate with the colleague?

SirenSays · 12/08/2021 10:53

Hmm not the best options are they? If I had to pick I'd say 3, because I definitely wouldn't want a flat chest or a flat butt.

goose1964 · 12/08/2021 11:32

I'm a mixture of 1 and 3,I think I'd rather be 1 as I've never not been top heavy and wouldn't have a clue what to wear

EL8888 · 12/08/2021 14:54

3
1
2 most likely would be my preference. In real life my legs are in great shape, cleavage is passable and my stomach is a mess. Even when l was slim then it was never great

Vitallyli · 12/08/2021 15:07

I'd choose 2 a thousand times. I'm close to 3. Don't like 1.

Happy36 · 12/08/2021 15:18

2

Would least like 1... looks like a robin

GalaxyGirl24 · 12/08/2021 15:40

2!

I'm 2 but without the flat belly - but I would absolutely love my figure if I could flatten my tummy and keep the bum!

RampantIvy · 12/08/2021 15:43

I'm nearest to 2 but would like bigger boobs.

SuperSketchy · 12/08/2021 15:52

I think I'd go for 2 please, if you could guarantee if keep the flat tummy please and thank you Grin

The women I know who were that shape have ended up with a belly as well as they get older and have DCs etc. I know, I know, it is no guarantee that you'll get a belly at any age, but that's been the experience of women I knew who had very slim torsos and bigger bottom halves. They still look great to me btw and I'm not being snarky, but just taking this totally hypothetical, fantasy question very seriously indeed and giving it serious thought Grin

SuperSketchy · 12/08/2021 15:53

If the question is what shape are you, then I'm none of these!

Lovemusic33 · 12/08/2021 16:32

I don’t really fit into any of them 🤔, ideally I would like to be a athletic build, average boobs, flat tummy and average but shapely bum. At the moment I have average boobs, a bit of a fat tummy and flat wide bum 😬.

SquirryTheSquirrel · 12/08/2021 16:35
  1. I am closest to 1 although my legs are slim but not long.

It's absolutely awful being a 1. My chest measurement is 5 inches larger than my hip measurement. I look like Desperate Dan.

Miseryl · 12/08/2021 16:37

None of them! Slim hourglass for me.