Ladies!!! What do you consider "skinny" for a guy?

AZTrailRunner
AZTrailRunner Posts: 1,199 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
I just read another thread about preferred body types, and I kept seeing "not too skinny", but seldom a qualification for that term.

I know this is going to be across the board for answers, but I was just curious what you considered "too skinny" for a guy.
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  • sweetpunani
    sweetpunani Posts: 86
    Skinny-Guy-Flexing-e1313339349425-223x300.jpg
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    Skinny-Guy-Flexing-e1313339349425-223x300.jpg


    ewwwwwwwww

    but perfect.


    Or also think Michael Cera.
  • run4yourlife
    run4yourlife Posts: 379 Member
    ^^^Exactly! :laugh:

    Scrawny with no muscle tone
  • erzsebet_1560
    erzsebet_1560 Posts: 166
    Skinny-Guy-Flexing-e1313339349425-223x300.jpg

    LMAO!!!! This.
  • AZTrailRunner
    AZTrailRunner Posts: 1,199 Member
    Where did you ladies find my old picture?!?!?!?!
  • allie1904
    allie1904 Posts: 248
    I like a good 32" - 34" waist on men :)

    I hate scrawny men, I like them to be able to give me nice cuddle and keep me warm. Not vice-versa.
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    Well, the guy I'm talking to is 5'9" or 5'10" and about 140. I like 'em skinny. :) But he wants to gain 10 or so to which I have no objection.
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    I like a good 32" - 34" waist on men :)

    I hate scrawny men, I like them to be able to give me nice cuddle and keep me warm. Not vice-versa.

    Yes perfect size.
  • Iamfit4life
    Iamfit4life Posts: 3,095 Member
    I'd go for a bigger guy over a "scrawny" one.

    Women like to feel safe, we like to feel small.


    I do not want to feel like I'm going to crush some dude.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    I just don't want to feel like I'm going to break the guy.....:noway:
  • fragilegift
    fragilegift Posts: 347 Member
    I just don't want to feel like I'm going to break the guy.....:noway:

    This^
  • Justjoshin
    Justjoshin Posts: 999 Member
    I like a good 32" - 34" waist on men :)

    I hate scrawny men, I like them to be able to give me nice cuddle and keep me warm. Not vice-versa.


    I just recently broke into the sub 32" waist category. But I have a 46" chest.
    Although my mother now calls me skinny, I highly doubt anyone else could consider me "Skinny" at 6'1" 197.
  • zenchild
    zenchild Posts: 680 Member
    Muscle tone is key here. Skinny and flaccid is not hot. Skinny and toned, hot. A qualifier, my type has always been "tall, skinny and weird."
  • DiamondRubyMom
    DiamondRubyMom Posts: 147 Member
    I prefer the soccer guy look, some muscle definition but not ripped.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I have issues about my own frame. Even when I weighed 128lbs I still had broad shoulder and wide hips. I like to be with a man who makes me feel smaller. It all goes back to that primal, can he save me from the wild animals, thing. We are slaves to our DNA whether we wish to admit it or not.
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    I like a good 32" - 34" waist on men :)

    I hate scrawny men, I like them to be able to give me nice cuddle and keep me warm. Not vice-versa.


    I just recently broke into the sub 32" waist category. But I have a 46" chest.
    Although my mother now calls me skinny, I highly doubt anyone else could consider me "Skinny" at 6'1" 197.

    You sound perfect to me, I know you look d.a.m.n. good in your jeans. :wink:
  • mcadams1
    mcadams1 Posts: 47
    Edward Cullen aka Robert Pattinson
    Skinny but not scrawny
  • HeelsAndBoxingGloves
    HeelsAndBoxingGloves Posts: 916 Member
    I just don't want to feel like I'm going to break the guy.....:noway:

    exactly!
  • SmartFunGorgeous
    SmartFunGorgeous Posts: 699 Member
    I have issues about my own frame. Even when I weighed 128lbs I still had broad shoulder and wide hips. I like to be with a man who makes me feel smaller. It all goes back to that primal, can he save me from the wild animals, thing. We are slaves to our DNA whether we wish to admit it or not.

    This, this, this.

    And also the one that mentioned muscle tone... Whoever said soccer player was good. Not skinnier than that. A lot of avid cyclists and runners are too skinny. (no offense to the OP, as I'd say you're definitely in the "just right" category. :wink: )
  • drvvork
    drvvork Posts: 1,162
    my first husband.... 6'4" and 160#! Skin and bones....
  • SimplyShanRunning
    SimplyShanRunning Posts: 885 Member
    I like a good 32" - 34" waist on men :)

    I hate scrawny men, I like them to be able to give me nice cuddle and keep me warm. Not vice-versa.

    Yes perfect size.

    This!! I want strong arms around me!! He can not be thinner than me!
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    anyone skinnier than me ;) LoL
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Perfect to me is 30-32" waist and fairly broad shoulders and nice arms, chest, and shoulders. "nice" meaning not scrawny or flabby, but not solid sculpted muscle either, I don't want to cuddle a rock.
  • pussycat626
    pussycat626 Posts: 129 Member
    I'm a husky chaser :) I like my guys to have broad shoulders big arms big hands feet calves you name it. Although my husband was VERY skinny when we first started dating so I fattened him up real quick lol. Now he is overweight but he looks healthier than before.
  • bonnynblithe04
    bonnynblithe04 Posts: 123 Member
    I just don't want to feel like I'm going to break the guy.....:noway:

    Co-sign! I like it rough sometime, LOL!
  • Avalonis
    Avalonis Posts: 1,540 Member
    Muscle tone is key here. Skinny and flaccid is not hot. Skinny and toned, hot. A qualifier, my type has always been "tall, skinny and weird."

    Hahah.... you said flaccid ;)

    Damn. My 12 year old humor is showing again.
  • lwhitman4
    lwhitman4 Posts: 144 Member
    Honestly, I have always been attracted to larger men. But "skinny" for a guy would be anything smaller than me, and that encompasses a wide range of body types!
  • jlsAhava
    jlsAhava Posts: 411 Member
    Edward Cullen aka Robert Pattinson
    Skinny but not scrawny

    Are you saying that Robert Pattinson is a good size, or too skinny?

    To me - Pattinson is borderline too skinny. I tend to like stockier guys, but I have always had a thing for soccer players :love:
  • beckyhope
    beckyhope Posts: 104 Member
    I actually prefer skinny guys. :) My husband is one of those skinny guys, just enough muscle tone but he's always weighed less than me (not now though since i"ve lost weight). Too skinny means you can see the ribs very well, where you can tell they definitely don't take care of themselves. I've finally gotten my husband to eat regularly and he's at a healthy mid-range BMI finally. He was on the too skinny side when we first met, had to love 'em so he'd eat more. ;)
  • ziggylove
    ziggylove Posts: 57
    Hmm.. looks like I need to post since I think the 'ideal' male body is lean but not skinny. :) That basically means lean muscle (i.e. moreso from aerobic activity than body building) but not to the point where you can see knobs or bones poking out.

    That said, for me, a body akin to that of Maksim Chmerkovskiy-- a little 'meatier' than lean-- is quite masculine and attractive, teheh. :bigsmile:
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