Am I too old for this length shorts?

[zumbamama]

no, you are not too old. IMO

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.[/quote]

oh sure - b/c that's the age when we'll be ready to purchase our burial plot and coffin

Not a coffin- just some sleeves. Only show what's pretty. That's not to say shoulders/back/chest will be especially unpleasant, but there's no way they'll still be pretty.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

Tis a pity for some that their 40s are really their 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

Tis a pity for some that their 40s are really their 80s.

My FIL, who is normally not worth quoting, like to say that "de Nile" is not just a river in Egypt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 39 and wore that length shorts last year. Now, this year, I don't know what happened, but I think I am officially in the "longer shorts" age group. Man, my legs aged. Who knew legs could age that fast.

I'm turning 38 this year and this comment totally depressed me. How did your legs age? What does that mean??

It means, last year, I could look at my legs and think they look fine. This year - I don't know, they just look old (age spots, more cellulite, look less toned even though I work out) I also feel much older, so maybe it is just my outlook and less how my legs actually look. And just because it happened to me, doesn't mean it will happen to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

This is such and Americanized narrow minded view. You can't go to a nude/topless beach outside of America and not see old men and women lying around, totally letting everything show.
I think its AWESOME!! I think its great how free they are and not embarrassed to show a wrinkle, a stretch mark. They're probably a lot happier than most Americans always worried about how they "look"

[Anonymous]

No, you aren't too old at 35 if you're fit. Wear them.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'8" and a J Crew size 4 in pants/shorts. I personally wouldn't wear them in the city, where I live. It's the bending-down thing/butt hanging out thing, which I think it a little gauche for anyone out of their twenties.

I do have some of the five-inch inseams though, like PPs, and I like them. You don't need to wear short-shorts to show off your legs. I feel like that is more of a suburban thing - sort of low class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'8" and a J Crew size 4 in pants/shorts. I personally wouldn't wear them in the city, where I live. It's the bending-down thing/butt hanging out thing, which I think it a little gauche for anyone out of their twenties.

I do have some of the five-inch inseams though, like PPs, and I like them. You don't need to wear short-shorts to show off your legs. I feel like that is more of a suburban thing - sort of low class.

Butts hanging out are vulgar for women in their teens and 20s, too, but at least they look young and pretty while they're looking vulgar! I've gone on record in the past as saying that I think any length of shorts looks dorky on an adult, but I think I favor a "smart casual" for going about town that (a) isn't so well suited to the summer climate here, (b) isn't favored by DC's relentless casualistas anyway, and (c) isn't something my current budget can sustain, for that matter. Wear what you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

This is such and Americanized narrow minded view. You can't go to a nude/topless beach outside of America and not see old men and women lying around, totally letting everything show.
I think its AWESOME!! I think its great how free they are and not embarrassed to show a wrinkle, a stretch mark. They're probably a lot happier than most Americans always worried about how they "look"

Yeah... sounds like a pretty unpleasant sight to me. I'll let your broad-minded eyeballs enjoy it as self-righteously as they want to and hope that my friends and neighbors continue to cover up those things we oughtta keep to ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

This is such and Americanized narrow minded view. You can't go to a nude/topless beach outside of America and not see old men and women lying around, totally letting everything show.
I think its AWESOME!! I think its great how free they are and not embarrassed to show a wrinkle, a stretch mark. They're probably a lot happier than most Americans always worried about how they "look"

Yeah... sounds like a pretty unpleasant sight to me. I'll let your broad-minded eyeballs enjoy it as self-righteously as they want to and hope that my friends and neighbors continue to cover up those things we oughtta keep to ourselves.

Nothing sounds worse than a bunch of fat, middle-aged people walking around the city in size 14 short-shorts and wife beater tops, esp. with varicose veins, flabby mommy thighs and arms, cellulite, stretch marks, and wrinkles! Yick!

Basically, I'm describing the American tourist on the National Mall each year. It's not a particularly European look; in fact it's famously American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

Tis a pity for some that their 40s are really their 80s.

My FIL, who is normally not worth quoting, like to say that "de Nile" is not just a river in Egypt.

I guess if I had flabby, cellulitey, stretch-marked, untoned thighs, I would hide them, too. I'm in my mid 40s in great shape with bronze good-looking thighs that I still show off.

[Anonymous]

My 16 YO DD (size 0) tried those shorts on. Very cute on her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are nice shorts for the appropriate situation. The outfit with the button down shirt is good for someone in their thirties who is fit. Perhaps a rule of thumb should be if you can wear an 8 or less with room to eat then it's OK. Any larger and you should wear longer shorts. No wife beater or cammie unless you are at/on a beach and then wear the shirt open over it.

Why not a wife beater/cammie? It gets so hot in DC in the summer....

It does indeed get hot over the summer here, but middle-aged lady skin isn't anything to look at, no matter how fit the lady may be. I guess I'd suggest covering up after, say, 40.

Tis a pity for some that their 40s are really their 80s.

My FIL, who is normally not worth quoting, like to say that "de Nile" is not just a river in Egypt.

I guess if I had flabby, cellulitey, stretch-marked, untoned thighs, I would hide them, too. I'm in my mid 40s in great shape with bronze good-looking thighs that I still show off.

Glad you're happy. It has, however, been my observation that women over 40 may be fit, toned, tanned, and otherwise well-preserved, but they're still starting to dry up, and it shows. I'm just suggesting we leave the revealing of flesh to the young, fresh, and lovely, not the merely well-preserved. There's a season for everything. Have the grace to accept when yours passes.

[Anonymous]

"There's a season for everything. Have the grace to accept when yours passes. "
Of course, this is entirely dependent on the person. Your sweeping generalizations that someone is merely well-preserved as opposed to fresh and lovely just b/c the person is some arbitrary age is ignorant and a little offensive. The notion that someone at 40 is not -or is incapable of being- fresh and lovely simply b/c of her age is really awful.