Stretchmarks and Dating, especially what do the guys think?

Drift · 21-07-2008 03:28PM

Hey OP. For me it wouldn't be a big deal - like everyone else has said if we'd already got to the stage where your clothes were coming off I'd have much more interesting things on my mind than some marks on your skin.

You shouldn't compare your body to the airbrushed model photos you see on the internet and elsewhere. Would you require every man your with to look like one of the Spartans from the film 300?

It's not easy but if you have confidence in your own body and teach yourself to realise that it is a work of art in it's own right you'll realise that all the men who you let see it will realise the same thing! Also I second the stockings thing, not for the purposes of covering them up, just because a woman in stockings does it for me every time

cch · 21-07-2008 03:58PM

When I was about 21 I was with new guy for probably third or fourth time when he asked "What are those marks on your stomach?", which killed the moment completely for me as I figured as soon as I said "stretchmarks" he'd think I had a baby hidden away somewhere

He didn't mind and we kept on going, it was just curiosity on his part.
Now ten years later those ones aren't obvious at all but other ones are

Ok, this isn't probably helping, so I'll second the previous suggestion to go for someone more experienced (at least for the next jump back on the horse) and work on your overall body confidence.

Nuggles · 21-07-2008 04:03PM

I don't know any girl who doesn't have stretchmarks. I mean I've them on my hips, having developed crazy hips in what seemed like the space of a week when I hit 14. Faded lots, I barely notice them any more, just get used to them. If I dude were to complain I'd think him an idiot and tell him good luck in finding a girl that doesn't have any AND is willing to put up with him.

Casshern88 · 21-07-2008 04:04PM

Wouldent bother me , or most guys id say, in the slightest.

Id imagine hed be far more intrested in what else is under your clothes rather than a few marks on your skin.

Magic Eight Ball · 21-07-2008 04:39PM

I can’t believe no one has mentioned Mischa Barton, her legs are covered and I’d be damned, I’d hit that all day long!

Wibbs · 21-07-2008 04:54PM

An ex of mine I was totally crazy about had them on her hips. I used to call them her tiger stripes. I found them sexy tbh.

Lizard Queen · 21-07-2008 06:36PM

im a size 8-10 and ive had strech marks since i was a teenager, the first time my boyfriend seen me naked he asked what they were mood killers, its just something women have to deal with, although i know alot of men with strech marks

couerdelion · 21-07-2008 07:33PM

It's not just girls who get them...

I grew really quickly as a kid and at thirteen my legs were full of them, I then got lazy around 21 and got some on my belly. So I went to the gym to lose a bit of weight and put muscle on and got them on my arms. I don't like them but I don't bother too much about them.

sunnyside · 21-07-2008 08:32PM

Carrigart Exile wrote: »

Have you also considered going out with an older man, we are so much more grateful:D

I find that a lot of older men are more likely than the young ones to be looking for really good looking/perfect women.

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

I can’t believe no one has mentioned Mischa Barton, her legs are covered and I’d be damned, I’d hit that all day long!

Isn't it cellulite she has on her legs? I've got cellulite and I hate it as much as the OP hates her stretchmarks. Men barely notice these things, it's just that as women we are so self critical all the time.

OrangeDaisy · 21-07-2008 08:43PM

take vitamin E tablets and rub vitamin E cream on your strechmarks they'll soon fade

Stretchmarks and Dating, especially what do the guys think?

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