Hide or Flaunt?

Ana I was out yesterday after work walking with colleagues to a pub near the South Bank. We passed at least 3 older well-endowed women who were braless in vests or T-shirts and I found myself thinking "Put it away, love!" It's just not a good look.

I've a couple of T-shirt-cotton shift dresses that are just perfect for this weather, I don't really care who sees my arms or legs, they've stood me in good stead for 64 years and they still work. I'm not adverse to a little cosmetic help though - a few quick puffs of "Summer Mist - for a gradual, natural sunkissed look" and away I flaunt!

I have been wearing short skirts and vest tops these past few weeks but I usually change into a top with short sleeves if I am going out in public.

I have to admit that sometimes I mentally criticise other people but usually it's their dress sense rather than their size. I just can't help thinking that wet look leggings look terrible no matter what your size

I don't know about nobody noticing, Ella - I often do and sometimes I think that I wouldn't reveal those legs (it's usually legs!) if it were me!

But that's just a personal thing and I'm certainly not saying that people shouldn't wear as little or as much as they want to, whatever the weather

I like a bit of fake tan before I bare my legs because they have got so discoloured and lumpy with age. I stick to mid calf skirts as my knees have been too fat to look good for years.
I completely ignore my flabby arms as I think my shoulders are still pretty good and make up for the arms.

You only have to look around when out, to see that young people don't always look so hot!
They wear appalling stuff with fat flesh hanging out, and don't give a damn!
So why should we worry? Anyway we're invisible and hardly anyone notices

Go Vampire!

The daft thing is I'm not ashamed of my body. I eat healthily and exercise...this is just what I am...a BBW. But its taken a long time for me to get to this stage of self acceptance. At 79 my mum is still on a constant diet as she has been as long as I can remember. Fat is just not acceptable. I don't want to live like that anymore. 40 years of yoyo dieting was enough. At 48 I decided to learn to love myself.

It took a while. I started wearing trousers 2 years ago. I was brought up to believe that big bottoms should never be seen in trousers. Now I realise how comfortable they are and that they're not only for the size 10s and less.

It's a breakthrough for me uncovering my arms and legs in the house and garden. Perhaps next year I'll be able to do it in public properly (I rolled the sleeves up once at the seaside but it was an incredibly hot day lol).

I didn't wear shorts when I was young so I'm not going to start now; however I think everyone has a right to wear whatever they want to. It always amused me that I was so ashamed of my body and yet, when I used to go on holidays abroad I'd throw off my clothes [not all of them I hasten to add] as if I had become invisible [which, being post menopausal, I now am].

I happily flaunt my flabby upper arms

Out loud.

These replies have made me laugh.

Defo flaunt. Give the young ones an idea of what they are in for

FLAUNT , BIG TIME , YO!!

I love everything about ME .

Why on Gods sweet earth should we be ashamed ?

Poppycock I say

What's skinny then? I speak as one with matchstick arms and legs myself, and OH is the same although he doesn't seem to mind flaunting his veiny pins in flappy shorts...

I have been flaunting all summer. Got to the stage of 'so what' and wearing shorts and low cut backless tops has been quite liberating, in every sense.

Flaunt! Big is beautiful man!

I wish I had the guts to flaunt but I'm too conditioned to do it in public however this summer I have managed to flaunt in my house and garden (provided there is no one around lol).