How to ruin a 12 year old girl's day.
I’ve had hips since I was 12. Proper hips. Childbearing hips - my ex-boyfriend referred to them as. Note the emphasis on ex. Although the Kardashians promote products that claim you can lose 5 stone in an hour and appetite suppressant lollipops, I do have to give them credit - they have done a lot for girls with hips. Since they became more famous, I haven’t really cared so much about having hips and a big bum, but when I was 12 - already 5ft8 with my ‘childbearing hips’ - I felt like I was the fattest human on the planet. All of my friends (both the boys and girls) were still 5 foot nothing and still looked like kids, whereas I looked more like one of the teachers and I absolutely hated it. I remember my mum telling me that she had exactly the same issue when she was the same age as me - but obviously, that didn’t help me when I was 12 (sorry, Mum). I was already trying to cope with all these changes to my body but as I was always kno...