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This guy has a nice thigh gap.
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Yesterday, I had to explain to someone what a thigh gap was.\u00a0 This poor father of a young teenaged girl had overheard her saying that she was hitting the gym to work on her thigh gap.\u00a0 And he was confused and concerned.<\/p>\n

I will be honest, I do not understand the obsession with the thigh gap. Okay, so it’s more attractive if your thighs do not touch.\u00a0 Fine, whatever.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure my thighs have always touched.\u00a0 I mean, there may have been a growth spurt somewhere in my life where they didn’t, but for the most part, my thighs have been very close friends.\u00a0 I am so glad corduroy pants aren’t in right now.\u00a0 Anyone else remember that sound?<\/p>\n

I’m also pretty sure that no matter how much weight I lose, my thighs will always touch. It’s a function of how I’m shaped.\u00a0 And the same is true for a lot of women.\u00a0 It has to do with hips and bones and other anatomical things that I don’t know a lot about.\u00a0 And there are women who will always have a thigh gap because of how they’re built.<\/p>\n

I have seen photos online where people are clearly photoshopping their legs so that they give themselves a gap between their thighs or they stand so that it looks like their thighs naturally don’t touch.\u00a0 Seriously?\u00a0 Why is this a thing?<\/p>\n

So this dad is now worried that his daughter is obsessing over something she can’t control.\u00a0 My suggestion was just to keep an eye on her.\u00a0 Nothing wrong with a teen going to the gym to workout.\u00a0 Nothing wrong with working on your leg muscles.\u00a0 In fact, I should do more to strengthen my inner and outer thighs to help with knee stability.\u00a0 But if it starts to become an obsession, that’s maybe when it’s time to start asking questions.<\/p>\n

Adults do it too.\u00a0 Obsess over whether their thighs touch and how to make them not touch. No matter what I do, my thighs are always going to be the bestest of friends.\u00a0 And I just have to accept that.\u00a0\u00a0 Accept what you can’t change and change what you can.\u00a0 And don’t let what is popular determine your self worth.\u00a0 Who knows, next year we might be obsessed with pointy elbows or perfectly straight fingers.\u00a0 Trends are weird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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