Aaahh!! My daughter wants a thigh gap!!!
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Get her involved in something meaningful...go with her to a homeless shelter to serve soup, have her work on a habitat house, let her spend some time at an animal shelter or helping the elderly...she obviously needs to find something bigger than herself to focus on.0
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so much hate and stupidity in this thread. You are concerned about this kids body image, yet you are all hating on women who naturally have thigh gap. Such hypocrites.
oh and women can have thick legs and a big butt and still have thigh gap btw.0 -
I am built a bit like your daughter whereby all over she's thin and "normal" (not fat at all) yet her legs are chunkier? I was worried about this for a couple of early years in high school till one day I realized that my legs were bigger because they were muscly. So I used them. I ran a lot and at school athletics carnivals, I trained and won all my running races :-D.
U'll probably find that a lot of the girls with thigh gaps are all skin and bone on the legs, an not much muscle at all. Tell her she's been born that way, and there's a reason why her legs are like they are.0 -
Running will get you a thigh gap. If you can get her out running that will keep her out of trouble.0
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I am built a bit like your daughter whereby all over she's thin and "normal" (not fat at all) yet her legs are chunkier? I was worried about this for a couple of early years in high school till one day I realized that my legs were bigger because they were muscly. So I used them. I ran a lot and at school athletics carnivals, I trained and won all my running races :-D.
U'll probably find that a lot of the girls with thigh gaps are all skin and bone on the legs, an not much muscle at all. Tell her she's been born that way, and there's a reason why her legs are like they are.
wrong! I have 21.5 inch thighs and still have thigh gap. at my heaviest, i probably had 24 inch thighs and still had thigh gap. it is very possible with big thighs.0 -
I have a thigh gap, its filled to the brim with my bawls. hahahahahahaa.
my bad. I had to.
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When I was in high school, thigh gaps were considered a sign of promiscuity...at least the way the guys saw it. While I'd definitely like to not have my thighs chafe in the summertime, a "gap" has never been something to aspire to in my book. Now, outwardly curvaceous quads, with an incurving lower thigh is totally hot in my opinion. I'd love to have my legs get back to that....and if my thighs don't rub as much, great...gap not needed.0
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Well, there could be worse fads she's into. And yep, even I can get a gap between my thunder thighs when I stand like a constipated duck.
Ha ha ha, love this! Thank for the laugh!0 -
In a world of only thigh gaps, this would not exist.
That world would suck.0 -
omg that is pretty much the grossest site i've ever seen! i'm obviously not healthy, but i would rather have my rubbing together legs than chopsticks to teeter around on.
it works for some women, like pretty much everyone else has already said, because of body type, etc. and a little gap is one thing, but where your thighs are 5 inches apart? ugh. a majority of those on that site? sick, waaaay too thin, no more than skeletons, really.
show your daughter some pics of someone like robyn lawley, an australian supermodel, who has legs that touch. she's gorgeous and i bet more men would want some of that than a woman with a big ol' gap.0 -
so much hate and stupidity in this thread. You are concerned about this kids body image, yet you are all hating on women who naturally have thigh gap. Such hypocrites.
oh and women can have thick legs and a big butt and still have thigh gap btw.0 -
When you talk to your teenager, she acts like she is not listening to you, but she does hear you. And when she is thinking things through, she does have your voice in her head. She places more value on what you say than you know. And when she is going through a tough time and she can see that her peers are wrong, and she wants to listen to her own inner wisdom, she will remember the things that you have said. Don't be pushy. Just tell her and be loving. She hears you, even though it seems like she doesn't. She will outgrow this.0
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I'm not skinny at all, yet I have a thigh gap - wanna know what else I have? Bow legs.0
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Here's another great pic and expiation on how to fake it: http://thriftdee.com/2013/03/the-thigh-gap/0
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90% of the thigh gap pictures she's looking at will be the faked pose kind as described before.
The rest is genetic. I'm not exactly a skinny teen girl and I have one, lol.0 -
I'm not skinny at all, yet I have a thigh gap - wanna know what else I have? Bow legs.
sexy legs0 -
What the heck is a thigh gap? I have been reading about this a lot. My thighs never met so I dont get it. And also doesnt it depend on the bone structure of your legs? So confusing!!!
Lots of pics of "thigh gaps" so you understand...
http://****yeahthighgap.tumblr.com/
A lot of those girls looks dangerously thin and sickly. But notice how you can't see the lower half of their legs? Probably because they would be standing funny0 -
What the heck is a thigh gap? I have been reading about this a lot. My thighs never met so I dont get it. And also doesnt it depend on the bone structure of your legs? So confusing!!!
Lots of pics of "thigh gaps" so you understand...
http://****yeahthighgap.tumblr.com/0 -
So, if you're not a gapper, you're a flapper?0
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This isnt very politically correct, but I've never been one to be PC. If it was my kid I'd say sure you need a thigh gap. I've seen lots of pictures of people with thigh gaps then I would proceed to show her pictures of starvation and concentration camp victims. I'd probably also make a big stink that women's bodies all come in different forms and this stupid media hype is unrealistic. Show pictures of how thigh gaps are photoshopped.0
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