it's okay!
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Let's get some shit out of the way here.
your chub looks great in a crop top, I swear. Start believing it, others do.
your chest/belly hair looks great too
Alright, with that business out of the way, proceed.
Hashtag free the dad bod
what about leg and arm hair? do they look good too?
Yes oh yes they do.
ok but what about I don't have the same build as the person in the cartoon
Something that helped me to feel more comfortable wearing crop tops was when a friend was complaining about her mum being iffy about my friend wearing crop tops; "Yeah, I get it, I'm chubby! People can see that regardless of if I wear a crop top. Anyone who would think I look gross in a crop top already think that of me no matter what I wear, so I don't care about dressing up for them".
This helped me to realise that because of my misgivings about my body, I tended to swamp myself in clothes that I hated, making myself look and feel worse. People being assholes can make it scarier to dress in ways that make us happy, but I can guarantee you that there are people who would find your body in a crop top to be distractingly hot/pretty.
I sure don't and it doesn't stop me. And I'm irresistible.
It's all in the way you carry yourself.