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Bingo wings

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NonnaAnnie Thu 07-Apr-16 12:26:02

The No more t-shirts? post got me thinking............

I have the skinniest arms but still have bingo wings which restricts what I can wear. Is it just me that feels the need to keep my flabby upper arms out of the public domain, even on the hottest days, or do you not worry about such things?

ninathenana Thu 07-Apr-16 13:03:25

I confess, even though I'm plus size I don't even think about it. Maybe it's because my arms are not slim anyway I don't feel I have obvious bingo wings. I practically live in short sleeved T-shirts in summer, I even dare to wear vest tops shock only ones with wide shoulders though.

morethan2 Thu 07-Apr-16 16:39:56

I carry all my weigh on 'top'. My arms are really really awful. I search high and low for light weight cardigans and use shawls to hide them. If it's really hot or I'm on holiday I throw caution to the wind and let them flop about but I hate it. It's when I look at old photos I can see lovely firm arms. I didn't appreciate them at the time. Looking at the old photographs I tell everyone "oh look at my lovely arms" they think I'm mad because their normally laughing at the clothes, hair, wallpaper or suchlike. Oh but they were lovely [ big big sigh]