Can I just say something?
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When I was a teen I looked at my mom and thought - Im never going to be like her
When I was in my 20's I couldnt imagine fat, rolls or ever not being comfortable in my clothes, bathing suit or naked
When I was 30 and pregnant with twins I gained a lot of weight (62 pounds) had the babies and took the weight right off - I couldnt imagine why others couldnt do this too
In my teens, 20 and early 30's I never ever thought about what I ate or drank. I never worried about calories, fat or carbs. I didnt blink at cookies, dessert was an everyday thing,
When I was 33 and pregnant I gained weight (51 pounds) and after my son was born I took the weight right off again - I couldnt imagine why my friends were complaining about how hard it was to lose weight
When I was 36 and pregnant with my youngest daughter I barely gained any weight (27 pounds), I figured that after the baby came I would be thin without worry....
At 37 years old (4 young children) I gained weight AFTER my baby came (who does that). I used to be able to eat anything, now anything I ate stayed on me. I would look at a cookie and gain weight, pepse was my best friend and now it turned against me. I started back at the gym and didnt lose anything.
At 40 years old I had extra weight, family, work - life to worry about and although I knew that my weight was creeping up there was nothing I could do except "diet" - I never thought it would happen to "me"
Now at 41 Im here --
When you get to be "like ...35" - you may want to rethink your position. When you are in your teens you cant imagine your 20's, in your 20's you cant imagine your 30's, when in your 30's you cant imagine your 40's and Im sure this will go on and on
There is a reason for the saying "If I knew then what I know now"...0 -
I think that 2 piece is sexy and sexy isnt the message that i want to send to my 10 year olds...so my 41 year old body wont be wearing a 2 piece any time soon -- maybe when Im 50
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and another thing....
I feel this way about tatoos -- when these sexy, beautiful young women get a tatoo on their lower back or around their belly button...they look amazing, sexy and awesome -- but let me tell you those tat's DON'T look good as you get older and stretch marks occur and fat rolls come and go....I want to cream at these girls -- think!!! Go get a belly button piercing you can at least take that out when you are 7 months pregnant!
PS...I have nothing against tatoo's - love them in fact -- but again what you think in your 20's isnt the reality in your older years and unfortuneately we dont realize that until we get older.
As someone who's GOT a belly tattoo and has had two children I have to say... my tattoo still looks good.
Actually I have several tattoos, and all of them look awesome. I got them all young, too. For those of us who are truly into the craft, it's not ABOUT what it's going to look ten or twenty years in the future- it's about what they mean to us. It's about capturing a moment. The tattoo on my belly may not look like it once did, but neither does any other part of my body. Doesn't mean I needed to be 'screamed at'' or didn't 'think'.
I think it's hard to understand when you don't have tattoos yourself. Having tattoos is part of a lifestyle. They're not like piercings- they're a part of our body and a reflection of our personal taste. So when people have something bad to say about our tattoos, you may as well insult our breasts or the shape of our nose, or our stretch marks. It's a real insult to someone to have someone criticize their tattoos.
Though, personally, I've NEVER gotten a tattoo because it looks 'sexy or awesome'. I get tattoos to celebrate great moments and people in my life. And while I know they won't look as good 20 years from now as they do now, I'll tell you this: I'll be proudly rocking my tattoos when I'm an old lady. While I'm on the beach in my bikini. I'm sure I'll traumatize and offend many people, but.... well, like I said before, they don't have to look.
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Like did you seriously like really post this and like totally offend every woman over the age of like 35? lol
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I'll never be able to wear a bikini, but, believe me, if I could, I would. When I see a 35+ celeb like Jennifer Aniston in a bikini, I'm not thinking, "she has no business wearing that", I'm thinking, "I hate her because she looks too good".
What I hate is how some young people think the world belongs to them, and that once you're 30, life is over. :happy: I'll be a kid 'til I die- guaranteed.0 -
Please! stop "quoting" that (is it a woman?) picture of the leathery bikini person. There is a string around the chest, but where did its breasts go????????
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this thread is cracking me up....0
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I have to disagree. If you've got the body for it, then feel free. That goes for any women. I think the message needs to get out that two piece bathing suits are a privilege not a right.
I agree!! I am not quite 35 yet, but almost...and I still wear a bikini! I work hard on keeping myself in shape and I'm too proud of all the hard work that I put in to cover it up! It shouldn't matter what your age is, but what your body looks like. If you've got it, flaunt it!
I don't think anyone's going to look at you in that bikini and say you have no right to wear it. Just sayin'. lol0 -
I have to disagree. If you've got the body for it, then feel free. That goes for any women. I think the message needs to get out that two piece bathing suits are a privilege not a right.
I agree!! I am not quite 35 yet, but almost...and I still wear a bikini! I work hard on keeping myself in shape and I'm too proud of all the hard work that I put in to cover it up! It shouldn't matter what your age is, but what your body looks like. If you've got it, flaunt it!
I don't think anyone's going to look at you in that bikini and say you have no right to wear it. Just sayin'. lol
Thanks Brenda!
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Please! stop "quoting" that (is it a woman?) picture of the leathery bikini person. There is a string around the chest, but where did its breasts go????????
ROFFLE :laugh: I was trying to figure that out too, but then became so digusted I had to stop looking.0 -
Please! stop "quoting" that (is it a woman?) picture of the leathery bikini person. There is a string around the chest, but where did its breasts go????????
ROFFLE :laugh: I was trying to figure that out too, but then became so digusted I had to stop looking.
Hence my desparate plea to not have the picture make it to page 6.......
fingers crossed.....0 -
What I hate is how some young people think the world belongs to them, and that once you're 30, life is over. :happy: I'll be a kid 'til I die- guaranteed.
Can I please just request that you don't put me in any category anywhere near the OP? :laugh:0 -
Please! stop "quoting" that (is it a woman?) picture of the leathery bikini person. There is a string around the chest, but where did its breasts go????????
LMAO! I was JUST thinking that! *shudder* that is one of the most awful things I've ever seen!!0 -
Please! stop "quoting" that (is it a woman?) picture of the leathery bikini person. There is a string around the chest, but where did its breasts go????????
LMAO! I was JUST thinking that! *shudder* that is one of the most awful things I've ever seen!!
Terrifying, so glad I stay out of the sun0 -
Helen Mirren can rock a two-piece, and I'm hoping to do the same this summer.0
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Helen Mirren can rock a two-piece, and I'm hoping to do the same this summer.
Helen Mirren is freakin' hot.
She's old enough to be my grandmother, but Jeez Louise!!0 -
agreed she has a great body! and if I were her I'd definately be flaunting it.0
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To the OP and to the person who made the remark about tattoos... I have some REALLY simple advice for you. If you don't think bikinis are okay on people over 35 years old, then DON'T WEAR THEM. If you don't think tattoos are a good choice for young women... THEN DON'T GET THEM. Leave the rest of us the hell alone.0
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Do you know how tempted I was to "quote" the picture again - just because?! :devil:0 -
This thread is making me so angry right now, though I know I shouldn't let it. That photo is sickening because of the skin cancer but why are we all making fun of it? She is a human being, let's stop pointing and laughing at her.0
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Do you know how tempted I was to "quote" the picture again - just because?! :devil:
LOL. We all have that little kid in us who wants to push the button when the sign clearly reads DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON *giggle*0 -
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Do you know how tempted I was to "quote" the picture again - just because?! :devil:
LOL. We all have that little kid in us who wants to push the button when the sign clearly reads DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON *giggle*
PUSH IT! 0 -
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Do you know how tempted I was to "quote" the picture again - just because?! :devil:
May visions of SUGARplums dance in your head, chrissy. :grumble:0 -
and another thing....
I feel this way about tatoos -- when these sexy, beautiful young women get a tatoo on their lower back or around their belly button...they look amazing, sexy and awesome -- but let me tell you those tat's DON'T look good as you get older and stretch marks occur and fat rolls come and go....I want to cream at these girls -- think!!! Go get a belly button piercing you can at least take that out when you are 7 months pregnant!
PS...I have nothing against tatoo's - love them in fact -- but again what you think in your 20's isnt the reality in your older years and unfortuneately we dont realize that until we get older.
As someone who's GOT a belly tattoo and has had two children I have to say... my tattoo still looks good.
Actually I have several tattoos, and all of them look awesome. I got them all young, too. For those of us who are truly into the craft, it's not ABOUT what it's going to look ten or twenty years in the future- it's about what they mean to us. It's about capturing a moment. The tattoo on my belly may not look like it once did, but neither does any other part of my body. Doesn't mean I needed to be 'screamed at'' or didn't 'think'.
I think it's hard to understand when you don't have tattoos yourself. Having tattoos is part of a lifestyle. They're not like piercings- they're a part of our body and a reflection of our personal taste. So when people have something bad to say about our tattoos, you may as well insult our breasts or the shape of our nose, or our stretch marks. It's a real insult to someone to have someone criticize their tattoos.
Though, personally, I've NEVER gotten a tattoo because it looks 'sexy or awesome'. I get tattoos to celebrate great moments and people in my life. And while I know they won't look as good 20 years from now as they do now, I'll tell you this: I'll be proudly rocking my tattoos when I'm an old lady. While I'm on the beach in my bikini. I'm sure I'll traumatize and offend many people, but.... well, like I said before, they don't have to look.
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AMEN! I've got 8 tattoos. My mom took me on a fluke on my 16th birthday, so my first one is 16 years old. Does it look faded and bled out? Hell yes it does. I am planning to get it redone or covered with something else. But what I can tell you is this, I have NEVER regretted getting any of them. Nor my nose piercing. Love each and every one.
And yeah, there is a story behind each one. And personally, I can't wait to be the crazy grandma with the tattoos!0 -
This thread is making me so angry right now, though I know I shouldn't let it. That photo is sickening because of the skin cancer but why are we all making fun of it? She is a human being, let's stop pointing and laughing at her.
Honey.... take a deep breath.... The longer you are here, the more posts you will find that DO anger you. Then after you see the same topic, over and over and over again, they will start to bother you less.
I posted that pic in order to bring some brevity into a topic that was starting to get too heated. Once the thread takes a twist for the worse, Mike will lock and delete it. I was hoping to move away from that, as were some others who made some light hearted comments.
In my heart, I feel for that woman, but I also question whether it's photoshopped or not. I hope to God it is. Then again, maybe it IS a weird suit she was wearing.
Just try not to take anything from these boards to heart. It's a public message board and topics always get heated surrounding morals, politics, religion, etc. :flowerforyou:
EDIT: Crap, I said 'brevity'. I was thinking about 'levity'... the opposite of what I meant, and now I can't think of the word I was looking for.... haha.... brain fart?? ..... I was trying to lighten things up! There, that'll work in a pinch.0 -
I think that picture should be on the door to every tanning salon in the world. Kind of like a Surgeon General's warning. Poor woman,,,0
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To the OP and to the person who made the remark about tattoos... I have some REALLY simple advice for you. If you don't think bikinis are okay on people over 35 years old, then DON'T WEAR THEM. If you don't think tattoos are a good choice for young women... THEN DON'T GET THEM. Leave the rest of us the hell alone.
You don't have to attack the OP. It's her opinion. I don't compleatly agree with her but I understand why she's saying what she said. People who are out of shape or wear a XL just shouldn't wear bikinis. I wear a one piece due to the fact that my entire stomach is covered in stretchmarks and I don't want anyone to have to endure that. Plus- the sun and I don't get along...I love being pale...and I need to cover the tats (tats don't like the sun either).0 -
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Do you know how tempted I was to "quote" the picture again - just because?! :devil:
LOL. We all have that little kid in us who wants to push the button when the sign clearly reads DO NOT PUSH THE BUTTON *giggle* PUSH IT!
I can be a little kid too, Ms Gracie.
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This thread is making me so angry right now, though I know I shouldn't let it. That photo is sickening because of the skin cancer but why are we all making fun of it? She is a human being, let's stop pointing and laughing at her.
Honey.... take a deep breath.... The longer you are here, the more posts you will find that DO anger you. Then after you see the same topic, over and over and over again, they will start to bother you less.
I posted that pic in order to bring some brevity into a topic that was starting to get too heated. Once the thread takes a twist for the worse, Mike will lock and delete it. I was hoping to move away from that, as were some others who made some light hearted comments.
In my heart, I feel for that woman, but I also question whether it's photoshopped or not. I hope to God it is. Then again, maybe it IS a weird suit she was wearing.
Just try not to take anything from these boards to heart. It's a public message board and topics always get heated surrounding morals, politics, religion, etc. :flowerforyou:
EDIT: Crap, I said 'brevity'. I was thinking about 'levity'... the opposite of what I meant, and now I can't think of the word I was looking for.... haha.... brain fart?? ..... I was trying to lighten things up! There, that'll work in a pinch.
Here, here! I agree with you, PR.0 -
You don't have to attack the OP. It's her opinion. I don't compleatly agree with her but I understand why she's saying what she said. People who are out of shape or wear a XL just shouldn't wear bikinis.
I'm not trying to attack anyone at all. If someone feels comfortable in a bikini, then they should wear it. I know we are all entitled to own opinions, I just think that it's a shame we can't embrace self confidence in a person, "perfect" body or not.
Edited... I'm not sure how to quote, I'm new to this site.0 -
and another thing....
I feel this way about tatoos -- when these sexy, beautiful young women get a tatoo on their lower back or around their belly button...they look amazing, sexy and awesome -- but let me tell you those tat's DON'T look good as you get older and stretch marks occur and fat rolls come and go....I want to cream at these girls -- think!!! Go get a belly button piercing you can at least take that out when you are 7 months pregnant!
PS...I have nothing against tatoo's - love them in fact -- but again what you think in your 20's isnt the reality in your older years and unfortuneately we dont realize that until we get older.
As someone who's GOT a belly tattoo and has had two children I have to say... my tattoo still looks good.
Actually I have several tattoos, and all of them look awesome. I got them all young, too. For those of us who are truly into the craft, it's not ABOUT what it's going to look ten or twenty years in the future- it's about what they mean to us. It's about capturing a moment. The tattoo on my belly may not look like it once did, but neither does any other part of my body. Doesn't mean I needed to be 'screamed at'' or didn't 'think'.
I think it's hard to understand when you don't have tattoos yourself. Having tattoos is part of a lifestyle. They're not like piercings- they're a part of our body and a reflection of our personal taste. So when people have something bad to say about our tattoos, you may as well insult our breasts or the shape of our nose, or our stretch marks. It's a real insult to someone to have someone criticize their tattoos.
Though, personally, I've NEVER gotten a tattoo because it looks 'sexy or awesome'. I get tattoos to celebrate great moments and people in my life. And while I know they won't look as good 20 years from now as they do now, I'll tell you this: I'll be proudly rocking my tattoos when I'm an old lady. While I'm on the beach in my bikini. I'm sure I'll traumatize and offend many people, but.... well, like I said before, they don't have to look.
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Well said Merc....I have had two kids as well and I think my tattoos still look good too. They are definitely personal and I didn't get them because it was the "cool thing to do". I got them because they mean something to me. Agreed, they won't look as good as they did the day I got them.....does anything?? The memories that go along with them are still going to be just as good 20 years from now though. 0
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