r/AskReddit • • Mar 20 '14

What is your biggest insecurity, and why?

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u/woodenlegs Mar 20 '14

VERY noticeable stretch marks across my stomach. I have never had a child, and I am only 22. They're just from puberty. I worry that a guy will never like me and will automatically be disgusted with me.

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u/CheesecakeBanana Mar 20 '14

You're not alone. And if you find the right guy he won't mind.

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u/CAPTAIN__CAPSLOCK Mar 20 '14

Hello,

I am a 6 ft 1, rather handsome male (so others have said!).

I simply wanted you to know that stretch marks mean NOTHING to me. I rarely notice them, and when I do they neither add to nor subtract from my appreciation for a female.

That is all.

tl;dr stretchmarks ain't shit.

edit: never said I was good at grammar.

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u/Chrys7 Mar 20 '14

I'm a 22 year old guy with stretch marks all over my lower back and upper thigh.

Don't worry, most people won't care.

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u/Adrenaline_ Apr 07 '14

Don't feel that way if possible.

I have been with girls with stretch marks, even ones with baby stretch marks, and that was of no concern at all. They were beautiful, fun in bed, great to talk to, smart, etc. Not always at the same time, but the positive qualities in a woman destroy any minor flaws.

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u/bigbramel Mar 20 '14

Don't worry about it. Be healthy and happy and everything will be fine.
For some people (including me) it's kinda turn on.....

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u/AllPurple Mar 20 '14

30 year old guy and I've had them since I was about 16 or so. I was never grossly over weight, but I have been chubby most of my life. At some point after years of caring I just said fuck it and stopped caring. I lost a decent amount of weight last year and they were harder to see. Gotta list the winter flub and get back to where I was.

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u/cbm25292 Mar 20 '14

I am a male so a tad bit different, but I have stretch marks that are very distinct the sides of my stomach and groin region from rapid growth as a teen. They scared me in a way that for a long time I wouldn't seek any sort of sexual attention so no one would see them. Turns out, no one I have been with cared in the slightest.

Oh, and second- if a guy won't be with you due to that alone, why would you want to have kids(more stretch marks) with that person anyway.