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"Has anyone ever used/heard that expression? Why the term dadbod became so popular? Does becoming a dad impacts on your body shape?
Be nice. "
Heard it the first time tonight on a thread...i quite like it tbh and i think 'mumbods'are sexy.
Yes becoming a dad does have an impact...well for me it did lol x |
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"Has anyone ever used/heard that expression? Why the term dadbod became so popular? Does becoming a dad impacts on your body shape?
Be nice. "
I hope not. I’ll be one soon. Need to read the small print.   |
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"Not a clue.. but I definitely have a mum body
Stretch Mark's, c-section scars to boot Lol"
All the things i find sexy on a woman...something about the mother nature of it and beauty of what a womans body is capable of |
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Becoming a dad impacts on everything.
It makes the world a more magical place. One where a child's future matters more than everything in the world. One where love changes you in every way..... |
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"It's a body
Its just another way to be derogatory towards people.
But then I always had a thing for milfs as a teen.
A body is just a story of your past sometimes with added art work  "
See.. I really dislike term milf!  |
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"Becoming a dad impacts on everything.
It makes the world a more magical place. One where a child's future matters more than everything in the world. One where love changes you in every way....."
I know Hine.. just wondering what's the roots of the dadbod term and who nobody calls post pregnancy body a mumbod? I dont have feelings on it either way. More wondering about the whole naming/labelling thing..  and its roots. |
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I think it’s a good thing that if ‘mumbod’ is a term, that it hasn’t caught on. It’s not very nice and would bring up lots of problems. My opinion by the way. Not fact |
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"P.s
I think it’s a good thing that if ‘mumbod’ is a term, that it hasn’t caught on. It’s not very nice and would bring up lots of problems. My opinion by the way. Not fact "
So dadbod isnt nice too then? |
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"Becoming a dad impacts on everything.
It makes the world a more magical place. One where a child's future matters more than everything in the world. One where love changes you in every way.....
I know Hine.. just wondering what's the roots of the dadbod term and who nobody calls post pregnancy body a mumbod? I dont have feelings on it either way. More wondering about the whole naming/labelling thing.. and its roots. "
Dadbod, mumbod, and lots of other labels on fab, and in life, are usually just shallow misrepresentations of our shared humanity used to stereotype people without ever taking the trouble to find who hides behind the label they have been tagged with....
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"It's a body
Its just another way to be derogatory towards people.
But then I always had a thing for milfs as a teen.
A body is just a story of your past sometimes with added art work
See.. I really dislike term milf! "
Yes. But depends how you look at it. I see it more as a maturity/experience. Than someone who has given birth and i want to fuck.
But I matured from that way of thinking / terminology.
C section scars etc are just beautiful reminders of the life you created. I used to kiss my exes as she was self conscious about them.
Why the hell that would put anyone off who knows.
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"Not a clue.. but I definitely have a mum body
Stretch Mark's, c-section scars to boot Lol"
All that shit is sexy as anything lady, it makes you real. C scar is hot xx |
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"P.s
I think it’s a good thing that if ‘mumbod’ is a term, that it hasn’t caught on. It’s not very nice and would bring up lots of problems. My opinion by the way. Not fact
So dadbod isnt nice too then? "
I don’t think it is, personally. I could talk for hours about why but I won’t bore. |
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Dadbod, mumbod, and lots of other labels on fab, and in life, are usually just shallow misrepresentations of our shared humanity used to stereotype people without ever taking the trouble to find who hides behind the label they have been tagged with....
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But what if people need these labels to define themselves or help them find who they are seeking? If body type matters to them? |
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"P.s
I think it’s a good thing that if ‘mumbod’ is a term, that it hasn’t caught on. It’s not very nice and would bring up lots of problems. My opinion by the way. Not fact
So dadbod isnt nice too then?
I don’t think it is, personally. I could talk for hours about why but I won’t bore. "
Please do. Dont think it's boring. Somehow dadbod description gained so much popularity and I dont understand the phenomenon. |
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Dadbod, mumbod, and lots of other labels on fab, and in life, are usually just shallow misrepresentations of our shared humanity used to stereotype people without ever taking the trouble to find who hides behind the label they have been tagged with....
But what if people need these labels to define themselves or help them find who they are seeking? If body type matters to them? "
How does it define a body type?
A mombod with a 6pack and a c section scar?
A dadbod with a 6pack covered in a beer gut?
It's all ambiguous until you define your interpretation of it all. |
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Dadbod, mumbod, and lots of other labels on fab, and in life, are usually just shallow misrepresentations of our shared humanity used to stereotype people without ever taking the trouble to find who hides behind the label they have been tagged with....
But what if people need these labels to define themselves or help them find who they are seeking? If body type matters to them?
How does it define a body type?
A mombod with a 6pack and a c section scar?
A dadbod with a 6pack covered in a beer gut?
It's all ambiguous until you define your interpretation of it all."
I guess it's a similar discussion to curvy term and what it means to people. |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
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Dadbod, mumbod, and lots of other labels on fab, and in life, are usually just shallow misrepresentations of our shared humanity used to stereotype people without ever taking the trouble to find who hides behind the label they have been tagged with....
But what if people need these labels to define themselves or help them find who they are seeking? If body type matters to them?
How does it define a body type?
A mombod with a 6pack and a c section scar?
A dadbod with a 6pack covered in a beer gut?
It's all ambiguous until you define your interpretation of it all.
I guess it's a similar discussion to curvy term and what it means to people. "
Haven't read that one.
All depends how comfortable you are in your own body and how you define yourself.
Not how others define you.
Perfect imperfections (by society standards not mine)
It's like saying misshapen fruit and veg will taste any different to those that are not misshapen. |
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"P.s
I think it’s a good thing that if ‘mumbod’ is a term, that it hasn’t caught on. It’s not very nice and would bring up lots of problems. My opinion by the way. Not fact
So dadbod isnt nice too then?
I don’t think it is, personally. I could talk for hours about why but I won’t bore.
Please do. Dont think it's boring. Somehow dadbod description gained so much popularity and I dont understand the phenomenon. "
Eeek. Okay sorry in advance. By the way much of what I’m saying is just my on assumptions but there’s some stuff I’ve read that guides it. But I think terms like Dadbod reinforce often classist ideas about weight and gender and they often intersect with desirability in that sense. Although there’s been an increase in the popularity of the dadbod and it’s actually become a desirable body type, I think it’s not universally accepted as so. Generally I think the idea is that as a dad you don’t have time nor care to keep up with the maintenance of the perfect body as sold to us and you then slip into a ‘dadbod’. And I think it’s classist as I think generally most conversations about weight can tend to be, because class generally will impact on ones ability to maintain a certain body type, regardless of being a parent or not.
I’m taking some stuff I read by Susan Bordo on weight and the female body and I’m theorising here so I am probably wrong and as I said, it’s just my opinion. Don’t hate me for it. |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
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You should edit my OP.. my poorly worded one which had similar thoughts behind it but didnt want to stir discussion in one definite way. Why dadbod is ok and desirable...? |
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I'm a mother so by definition I've got a mother's body. Is the term mumbod a euphemistic way of saying not perfect? I'll own up to that but I don't like using terms that are self deprecating to describe myself |
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"I'm a mother so by definition I've got a mother's body. Is the term mumbod a euphemistic way of saying not perfect? I'll own up to that but I don't like using terms that are self deprecating to describe myself"
I guess I'm trying to find out why people would see it as self deprecating. But dadbod doesn't seem so? |
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"I'm a mother so by definition I've got a mother's body. Is the term mumbod a euphemistic way of saying not perfect? I'll own up to that but I don't like using terms that are self deprecating to describe myself
I guess I'm trying to find out why people would see it as self deprecating. But dadbod doesn't seem so? "
Dadbod is self deprecating to me. There's so much self deprecation about. The term is often followed by things like "but trying to get back in shape".
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Oohh I know just how you feel. Just checked you out you look hot. Love the tats xx"
Thank you xx i had a full leg one booked before the lockdown happened so i cant wait to eventually get it done and get my back finished.
But yeah the mirror is my enemy at this present moment in time |
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You're sexy as.
Own it.
Wipe away the tears.
Make yourself happy.
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"I have a mum tum, stretch marks, c section scar and alien belly button and i honestly hate my stomach and wobbly bits with a vengeance. Im going back doing weights and eating properly because ive just had enough now and im sick to death of crying every time i see myself naked in the mirror.
Oohh I know just how you feel. Just checked you out you look hot. Love the tats xx
Thank you xx i had a full leg one booked before the lockdown happened so i cant wait to eventually get it done and get my back finished.
But yeah the mirror is my enemy at this present moment in time "
Ah it's been mine for years love xx |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
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I see this. And women being shamed for changes their bodies go through during and after pregnancy is definitely a terrible and real thing. I know you know that so sorry if that doesn’t read well. But I also think on the Dad bod thing, that generally there are still impossible physical beauty standards for most men to attain. I think the acceptance of a man’s ‘realistic’ body if I may call it that and rejection of a woman’s is largely to do with misogyny. Again, I’m getting a lot of this from a single theorist in Susan bordo but her work is well respected and I can only recommend.
But what I wanted to finish saying is that I think men are allowed to not be perfect and still be desirable and still feel as through they’re entitled to feel desirable. Women are not allowed that same space. Society pushes unrealistic body images, pushes the idea of losing baby weight quickly because celebs do it (for career maintenance often) and the idea of the ‘real, average’ woman being desired is not as accepted by men societally. Of course on fab every man will tell me they don’t care which I don’t dispute at all but we are not representations of women’s experiences.
I can turn on the TV and see big, average looking men with beautiful, slim, slender women but hardly the reverse. And it pushes the myth that men *can* be average and still be desirable but women cannot. (in my opinion) |
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"I have a mum tum, stretch marks, c section scar and alien belly button and i honestly hate my stomach and wobbly bits with a vengeance. Im going back doing weights and eating properly because ive just had enough now and im sick to death of crying every time i see myself naked in the mirror.
You're sexy as.
Own it.
Wipe away the tears.
Make yourself happy.
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I will be when my wobbly bits are gone. Ive accepted i wont have my 6 pack of my 20's but ill get back into my damn jeans |
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"I have a mum tum, stretch marks, c section scar and alien belly button and i honestly hate my stomach and wobbly bits with a vengeance. Im going back doing weights and eating properly because ive just had enough now and im sick to death of crying every time i see myself naked in the mirror.
Oohh I know just how you feel. Just checked you out you look hot. Love the tats xx
Thank you xx i had a full leg one booked before the lockdown happened so i cant wait to eventually get it done and get my back finished.
But yeah the mirror is my enemy at this present moment in time
Ah it's been mine for years love xx"
Well for what its worth i think youre gorge xxxx id love your boobs xx |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
You should edit my OP.. my poorly worded one which had similar thoughts behind it but didnt want to stir discussion in one definite way. Why dadbod is ok and desirable...? "
I'm glad you can see where I am coming from!
I see dadbods glamourised so much in the media, well I used to when I would buy magazines and read gossip websites a few years back. But even now I see the odd thing every now and then that shows me this is still happening. You're right, a dadbod is desirable. But how does being a dad change your body compared to how it changes ours?
I carried and gave birth to my daughter I fed her, that changed my breasts. I grew her in my stomach and that caused small stretch marks. I've never gained weight as easily I have now, I have no time to myself, especially that first year where every hour was committed to her. And let's not even talk about my vagina because I'm sure that's a little bigger these days and we are shamed for not being tight enough. And I am a woman who had it easy when it came to giving birth.
I know of women who could barely move for weeks due to c-sections, infections, huge painful tears.
I'm not saying a dad can't be shamed for his body, because I know it does happen. But it's like you get more of a free pass as a dad even though you don't go through nowhere near as much as the mother. |
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"I have a mum tum, stretch marks, c section scar and alien belly button and i honestly hate my stomach and wobbly bits with a vengeance. Im going back doing weights and eating properly because ive just had enough now and im sick to death of crying every time i see myself naked in the mirror.
You're sexy as.
Own it.
Wipe away the tears.
Make yourself happy.
I will be when my wobbly bits are gone. Ive accepted i wont have my 6 pack of my 20's but ill get back into my damn jeans"
So get into your Jean's with a 20yo with a 6pack.
Job done |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
I see this. And women being shamed for changes their bodies go through during and after pregnancy is definitely a terrible and real thing. I know you know that so sorry if that doesn’t read well. But I also think on the Dad bod thing, that generally there are still impossible physical beauty standards for most men to attain. I think the acceptance of a man’s ‘realistic’ body if I may call it that and rejection of a woman’s is largely to do with misogyny. Again, I’m getting a lot of this from a single theorist in Susan bordo but her work is well respected and I can only recommend.
But what I wanted to finish saying is that I think men are allowed to not be perfect and still be desirable and still feel as through they’re entitled to feel desirable. Women are not allowed that same space. Society pushes unrealistic body images, pushes the idea of losing baby weight quickly because celebs do it (for career maintenance often) and the idea of the ‘real, average’ woman being desired is not as accepted by men societally. Of course on fab every man will tell me they don’t care which I don’t dispute at all but we are not representations of women’s experiences.
I can turn on the TV and see big, average looking men with beautiful, slim, slender women but hardly the reverse. And it pushes the myth that men *can* be average and still be desirable but women cannot. (in my opinion) "
No I think what you are saying reads very well! It's horrendous living in this world sometimes, especially once it all gets a little too deep inside of your head. |
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What I see so often on here is others defining another as bbw, dadbod, curvy, fat, ugly, ( yeah I know that one well), thin, etc etc. Much of the time they are used by others as a lazy way to categorize others, often with negative connotations.
Often they are almost a thread a day and whilst attraction to another does include physical characteristics, like much else in life those attractions start in the mind or wherever our emotions exist.
There's enough body shaming on fab that we can live without adding mumbod to the list....
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Oohh I know just how you feel. Just checked you out you look hot. Love the tats xx
Thank you xx i had a full leg one booked before the lockdown happened so i cant wait to eventually get it done and get my back finished.
But yeah the mirror is my enemy at this present moment in time
Ah it's been mine for years love xx
Well for what its worth i think youre gorge xxxx id love your boobs xx"
Mine!? Xx |
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I don't hear many people actually say mumbod, not as much as I hear and see dadbod anyway. I do think women are shamed for their bodies after birth, and when people do talk about how your body changes when you have a child it's mostly always in a negative way. Like oh look at her stretch marks, look at how much weight she has gained, she has let herself go since becoming a mum etc.
But, when people do talk about a man having a dadbod, it's always in a positive way mostly I have found. But they don't go through what our bodies do and it does irritate me to see a mother shamed but it's fine for the dad to gain some weight and not be perfect.
Anyone else think this or is this just how I view it?
I see this. And women being shamed for changes their bodies go through during and after pregnancy is definitely a terrible and real thing. I know you know that so sorry if that doesn’t read well. But I also think on the Dad bod thing, that generally there are still impossible physical beauty standards for most men to attain. I think the acceptance of a man’s ‘realistic’ body if I may call it that and rejection of a woman’s is largely to do with misogyny. Again, I’m getting a lot of this from a single theorist in Susan bordo but her work is well respected and I can only recommend.
But what I wanted to finish saying is that I think men are allowed to not be perfect and still be desirable and still feel as through they’re entitled to feel desirable. Women are not allowed that same space. Society pushes unrealistic body images, pushes the idea of losing baby weight quickly because celebs do it (for career maintenance often) and the idea of the ‘real, average’ woman being desired is not as accepted by men societally. Of course on fab every man will tell me they don’t care which I don’t dispute at all but we are not representations of women’s experiences.
I can turn on the TV and see big, average looking men with beautiful, slim, slender women but hardly the reverse. And it pushes the myth that men *can* be average and still be desirable but women cannot. (in my opinion)
No I think what you are saying reads very well! It's horrendous living in this world sometimes, especially once it all gets a little too deep inside of your head. "
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I have both a cesarean scar and a natural birth scar, a loose squooshy tummy, because I prioritised breastfeeding and had my second child at 39 .. my body has been ravaged by those babies!
That's what makes a mum bod. Curvy creator and nourisher.
Women's bodies know about stamina and being pushed to the limit. They know endurance and holding and never ending giving. The softness that comes after is a beautiful balance to all of that. It makes me sad that so many of us are ashamed of our post birth bodies. Like a denial that all of the awesomeness of pregnancy and birth even happened. It's very attractive to me ... mature womanly.
What makes a dad bod? Resting into fatherhood and giving up the idea of looking strong and fertile...a slowing down of metabolism with age and some extra takeaways. Perfect for those kids to balance, bounce and cuddle on. Strong and soft and dependable.
Hurray for those bods
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That's what makes a mum bod. Curvy creator and nourisher.
Women's bodies know about stamina and being pushed to the limit. They know endurance and holding and never ending giving. The softness that comes after is a beautiful balance to all of that. It makes me sad that so many of us are ashamed of our post birth bodies. Like a denial that all of the awesomeness of pregnancy and birth even happened. It's very attractive to me ... mature womanly.
What makes a dad bod? Resting into fatherhood and giving up the idea of looking strong and fertile...a slowing down of metabolism with age and some extra takeaways. Perfect for those kids to balance, bounce and cuddle on. Strong and soft and dependable.
Hurray for those bods
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"I have both a cesarean scar and a natural birth scar, a loose squooshy tummy, because I prioritised breastfeeding and had my second child at 39 .. my body has been ravaged by those babies!
That's what makes a mum bod. Curvy creator and nourisher.
Women's bodies know about stamina and being pushed to the limit. They know endurance and holding and never ending giving. The softness that comes after is a beautiful balance to all of that. It makes me sad that so many of us are ashamed of our post birth bodies. Like a denial that all of the awesomeness of pregnancy and birth even happened. It's very attractive to me ... mature womanly.
What makes a dad bod? Resting into fatherhood and giving up the idea of looking strong and fertile...a slowing down of metabolism with age and some extra takeaways. Perfect for those kids to balance, bounce and cuddle on. Strong and soft and dependable.
Hurray for those bods
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Whilst I can understand how the term came about I'm not a fan of the term "DadBod" although I probably have what would be described as one - so likewise wouldn't be a fan of the term MumBod.
We all have bodies and they are unique to us as individuals, they don't need a term to describe them, yes they're a handy generic descriptor but no more relevant than the athletic/slim/average etc descriptors we see on profiles.
I have a body and mostly I'm happy with it, and there's not a lot I can do to change a lot of it - when I'm attracted to someone it's not because they have a "MumBod" or a "DadBod", are athletic, average or whatever - I'm attracted to them because they are them, the individual person they are regardless of their body type - so celebrate bodies of all shapes and sizes and the individuals that inhabit them and make them the unique thing they are I say. |
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