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15/f. okay first off im a teenager so body image is something that really matters to me. everybody tells me how skinny i am and it always make me mad. and i guess since im not like everyone else guys dont like me cause if it either. im like 5'4 or '3 and i way like 96 lbs. well are there any ways i can like gain weight? or like any stores or style i could wear to kind of fill out my shape. i wear like to wear tight pants and stuff but it hard to find the right pair, i wear like a 0 or 00 long. oh and everyone make fun of my long legs :/ so yeah . well any store for like smaller people, or any tips i would be really greatful for. thankss

Well really I think you should just be you, and people shouldn't be telling you that stuff, you're just built that way. It's not like you have a eating disorder right? If you did, then I would likely to tell you diffrent BUT since here it doesn't indicate that you have any eating disorder.

You are just built that way, you DON'T have to gain weight UNLESS YOU and I mean YOU (.NOT EVERYONE ELSE.)really want to, don't pressure yourself to literally like stuff your face just because 'everyone' is saying that about you. Not 'everyone' is saying that about you. I know that for a fact, maybe a good majority but not everyone. Trust me, I know this because I've been there and I still am. But you just have to learn to be with happy with who you are, and just work with what you've got and how you're built.

Since your body is slim and you stand at 5'3 then you likely have a 'boyish' figure. You can create 'curves' with clothes. Like for ex (since its spring): where bathing suits that are halter and have ruffled bottoms) or wear jeans that have big pockets in the back. Wearing stripes also creates curves too. In Seventeen magazine for every monthly issue they tell you what kind of clothes you can wear for your shape and height. You can go to any store like Charlotte Russe, Forever 21, Sears, Dillards anywhere really you just have to really look.

And an extra tip don't wear tight pants they are really not cute, I mean you may want to get noticed by guys but you want a fitted jean that is loose at the hip, (not something you can't squeeze out of when you take it off) you want something that accentuates your body not downgrade it.

And if you want to find the perfect pair of jeans get your measurements at a clothing dep., they'll measure your bust, waste, and hips so they can give you the low on what right pair of jains for you.

I'm not to be the one to tell you to gain weight cause I think you should just work with what you got. But if YOU really want to gain weight eat peanut butter sandwiches, they really weigh you in no time. Lean meats,pasta, but don't be unhealthy its better if you lay off the fried foods and stuff that has too much grease,butter and salt. If you must, it healthy and if not I say just work with what you got.

Hope I helped. :)

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