Search Results: show off legs

So be aware... I'm 21, and haven't worn shorts or taken off my shirt in public since I was like 14.

I usually only wear long pants, and I usually wear long sleeves too, but if it's somewhere a bit hotter I'll just wear a regular short sleeve shirt... but that's the most revealing it gets.

This is due to me thinking it looks better on myself, and to my personal modesty standards... though I don't push my modesty standards onto others, nor do I think any less of them for dressing more revealing. Otherwise I might as well break up with my girlfriend... though she doesn't dress super revealing, she does dress casually revealing pretty often at times. Though her shorts don't show her butt cheeks, they still are very short, and she sometimes wears crop tops and sleeveless stuff, and at the beach she wears bikinis. But I personally don't care, her choice.

But either ways, the beach is my girlfriend's favorite place of all to go... we've been together for almost a year, but I haven't gone to the beach once with her yet. And she was quiet about it at first, but more recently she was like, "Come on sweetie, go to the beach with me! It'll be fun, I promise! I know you haven't worn shorts or taken off your shirt since you were 14, and that you have strong modesty standards, and I'm totally fine with that... but there's nothing wrong with breaking free from those standards just to go to the beach. Just stop worrying about it and go have some fun with me! My girlfriends are fun, but I want you to be there too!" And as she said that, she was hugging me and smiling at me, which was really cute, and it was hard to look her in the eye and say no... but I just didn't respond.

The main thing I'm worried about is people being surprised due to me breaking free from my usual modesty standards, and if someone I know besides my girlfriend sees me and is like, "Omg, I've never even seen your legs before!" But that's it, really...

So though most people don't give a shit what others wear, the person that is in the minority and dresses different than the majority will obviously attract the most attention...

But is it worst when you're the person showing the most skin, or when you're the person dressed the most modest/conservative...

I feel like shit when either one happens...

If everyone else is wearing long pants, and I'm the only one wearing shorts, I sort of feel naked and exposed, since I'm the only person showing this much leg. I try to pull my shorts down to disguise it a bit, but all my shorts are a great deal above my knees, so it doesn't work. I also wax my legs, which is really uncommon among-st guys... makes my legs extra "unique" and "noticeable."

If everyone else is wearing shorts above the knee, and I'm the only one wearing long pants, I then feel way too clothed, and like I'm coming off as an old fashioned prude. Everyone else is just dressed comfortable, but I'm so stuck to my old conservative standards that I can't even show a bit of skin when it's hot... what a shame.

I honestly can't decide which one feels worse, lol. I hate feeling naked and exposed... but I also hate it just as much to feel like an old fashioned prude... I just can't decide, lol.

I imagine if I was a girl showing more skin than the majority would be worse, since then I'd probably be receiving all kinds of labels... but since I'm a guy, I don't really have to worry about it. Not saying it's fair, but at least in US culture, it's true. Show skin as a guy, no one bats any eye... show skin as a girl, "slut", "whore", "attention-seeker", "desperate", "thot", "promiscuous", "show some modesty woman!", etc.