Shorts or not?

The eye rolling and rude comments were probably me

Esmay

I'm not a fan of shorts .Some women look terrific in them and I don't .
I have to be a six 10 and get a really good fake tan to wear them .
Out shopping , I saw lots of pretty slim teenage girls looking good in them and a few middle aged ladies who looked unattractive in shorts .
Their legs were fat ,wobbling with cellulite and pale .

Lovely as these ladies are - enjoy sporting them on the beach or garden and please wear a dress , skirt or trousers /jeans when shopping !
I think that they'd go home and change if they'd seen the eye rolling and heard the rude comments !

Or maybe they'd just have thought - so what (I'm being polite here!), I'll wear whatever I want! Eye rolling and rude comments say more about the person making them than those to whom they are directed, quite frankly!

I hesitated in writing my last comment ! I thought that it might cause offence .
And does it really matter what we wear ?
I certainly wear what I want these days .
If I liked myself in shorts I'd wear them .
I think that you have to have a good body to wear them .
I've been told that I'm an overgrown hippy though my style of dress seems to be back in .
A couple of weeks ago , someone made some derogatory comments about my long skirt and described me as "that foreign woman " at church .
Years ago , I would have felt uncomfortable .
Now I don't really care what she thinks !

I was about 14 the last time I looked good in anything. I developed HUGE boobs (K-cup now but back then the largest size was DD so you just had to spill over and droop) and at only 5 foot 3 (and weighing 7st 4lbs) I looked stupid. After two children (unable to breast feed) I looked like a slob. I gradually increased in weight till I was 13 stones and developed back and other problems. My teenage daughter developed bulimia and my own shape/size was suddenly unimportant.

After 5 years of stress she got the help she needed and is thankfully now a fit, healthy, happy and successful 44-year-old mum and I was eventually able to address my weight problem such that (after a year of successful cancer treatment - not to be recommended) I am down to 10 stones and size 14. The boobs are still K-cup and I still look a slob but for some reason at the age of 73 I simply don't care.

For our 50th wedding anniversary we treated ourselves to a World Cruise (previous hols were in our touring caravan) and despite previous worries about my appearance we were thrilled to meet people from all walks of life, all sizes and shapes and all personalities, having a great time like us. Some ladies looked like film stars, most like the "girl next door" and lots like me! Nobody gave a hoot what others looked like and we made friends for life.

I am more than happy with my appearance now that I've beaten cancer. I can even fit into the lovely outfit I wore for my daughter's wedding 15 years ago!

Life is wonderful as a short, dumpy, large-breasted grandma and I will wear anything I want!

BTW, I hate shorts cos they make me look even shorter, so crops are ideal.

My opinions of adults wearing shorts are absolutely my own and say exactly what I think. Just as shorts wearers don't seem to care what people might think of them I really don't care what people think of my opinion on shorts wearers.

I am 76, short and overweight, but it’s sunny and I have my shorts on now. I usually wear them on holiday or in the garden, but generally make some effort if I go shopping. No one is looking at me, they are too busy worrying about how they look to be looking at me, and if they are I really don’t care too much, if at all.
When we have been abroad in Europe some really big women wear bikinis - which I don’t,- but I don’t judge and think Good for Them.
Because we are old and a bit wobbly that shouldn’t stop us wearing what we want.

Of course wear shorts on holiday. I’m 73 and have never had second thoughts on wearing them.

I saw a lady probably late 70s in the briefest ever shorts in M & S food hall this morning. OMG I looked away, ok for the privacy of your garden or maybe the beach but not for early morning food shopping😂

I once saw Jimmy Saville in very brief satin shorts. Maybe that's why I can't stand adults in shorts!

Urgh!!!

I agree with the poster who said older flesh should be covered up. I wouldn’t want anyone to see my knees or my arms.

Dress to suit yourself, no one else matters same at the hairdressers style to suit yourself and be proud of your decisions

I wear shorts all the time in summer (this year jeans in the morning and shorts in late afternoon as we've had multi weather during each day!) Mine are mostly knee length. Wear cropped trousers if going anywhere posher or I'm not sure what the weather will bring. I don't really care what it looks like, just need to be comfortable.

Skydancer

I agree with the poster who said older flesh should be covered up. I wouldn’t want anyone to see my knees or my arms.

I wouldn’t want anyone to see my knees or my arms.

So many people have senior members in their family, I'm sure "older flesh" wouldn't surprise or bother them - that's assuming they're even looking...

Wear whatever you want and feel comfortable in.Anyone who doesn’t like it doesn’t have to look.
I wonder why men don’t seem to have the same dilemma about wearing shorts.

M0nica

MissInterpreted

Exactly, Dickens. I've never seen a man being criticised for wearing shorts. It may have taken me the best part of 60 years to realise it, but life is way too short to worry about what other people think. If people are judging what I'm wearing, that's their problem and not mine.

I have seen many men criticised for wearing shorts, comments on flabby well-known men on the beach big tummies bared, all those short legged men in below knee shorts that make them legs look even shorter.

People are so convinced that only women are criticised, they do not see the comments about men. Remember Rishi and his short trousers?

It wasn’t his shorts that made me look askance at a man the other day - it was his enormous gut bursting over the top of them, not to mention the singlet and tattoos.

The point is that I doubt men need to seek reassurance from other men before putting shorts on.
Well, I don't think they do.

MissAdventure

The point is that I doubt men need to seek reassurance from other men before putting shorts on.
Well, I don't think they do.

Got it in one MissAdventure!

And I'd wager that the majority of men don't take too much notice of other men in shorts either.

MissAdventure

The point is that I doubt men need to seek reassurance from other men before putting shorts on.
Well, I don't think they do.

I doubt many women do either. I am sure that some men and some women seek reassurance before they wear all sorts of garments.

Well, there's this thread seeking opinions.
Mens forums talk about cars, who's likely to win the footy, and all sorts of other things.

I havent seen one asking "should I wear shorts".

Not that I'm an expert on forums or men.

I've got 2 easy to wear shorts ie cheap and cheerful which I wear when its warm and there's noone else around. They're very comfortable but not suitable at all in my book for going out even just to the local shop!!!

MissAdventure

Well, there's this thread seeking opinions.
Mens forums talk about cars, who's likely to win the footy, and all sorts of other things.

I havent seen one asking "should I wear shorts".

Not that I'm an expert on forums or men.

Not that I'm an expert on forums or men.


I guess there might be the odd few men who are insecure about their appearance, but nowhere near the extent that women are.

And when we're out in our shorts, I bet the majority of critical comments are from women!

Elbow, elbow... "Oh, for Pete's sake, would you look at her!"

"Who?"

"Her over there, with all that flesh on show."

"Which one?"

"Shhhhh! Don't make it obvious... what does she look like?"

"Erm... comfortable?"

More like, 'OMG what does she look like?'

Luckily we dont get too many hot days up north. Pedal pusher length is ok. My legs are so so white i would scare everyone in shorts.