How much does it matter to you if your partner has stretch marks on their shoulders or arms?
How much does it matter to you if your partner has stretch marks on their shoulders or arms?
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How much does it matter to you if your partner has stretch marks on their shoulders or arms?
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Doesn’t matter at all, anywhere. My husband has growth marks on his back that he’s self-conscious about, but I honestly don’t even notice them. I have them on my hips, and they don’t even register to me.
Honestly, how old are you?
I’ve been with my husband for 15 years, through illness, childbirth, job loss, weight gain, mental health issues. He’s my absolute rock and soul mate. So, how much do I care about trivial superficial issues? Not a-fucking jot.
I wouldn’t even blink an eye lol.
Zero percent. Bodies are meant to grow and change.
The thought has never crossed my mind. I couldn’t even say whether my partner has any or not.
Not even something I ever considered as an issue. Stretch marks are just scars.
Doesn’t
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It’s a part of him and I love every part of him.
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I srsly don’t give a f. I have some on my hips/butt, so does my partner. I couldn’t care less. I think they’re pretty cute actually
Does it matter? Aren’t we all human at all?
I’ve been with men and women of all different shapes and sizes. I’ve literally never noticed or thought about stretch marks as anything that stands out. It’s like elbows — sure, they’re there, but when am I ever looking directly at them?
Not at all.
Not at all. I don’t even know if they do or not, but I wouldn’t care about that at all.
Doesn’t even register
I’m convinced this is just a troll sub
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Nah, we can do the scene from Jaws. You think that’s a stretch mark, let me show you a stretch mark, 2006, childbirth.
None. We’re both getting old. We’ve both gained weight. Stretch marks and grey hair for both. One of us already had a heart attack.
It’s what is inside that matters and the support we give one another.
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Not at all
Not at all
I genuinely do not care nor would it even be a thought in my mind. I have stretch marks. Most people do.
Matters absolutely 0 to me, I love for personality not superficial cosmetics
It matters negative thousand percent aka never in a million years would it matter to me.
Not even a little
Doesn’t matter at all. I find it quite attractive, actually. When my hubs lifts his arms and I can see the stretch marks on his lats, ooh 🤤
Time gets us all, it’s the one certainty all things have in common. Change is a beautiful thing, especially in a loved one. Personally, I’d cherish it.
I love my partner’s tiger stripes 🐅
My boyfriend has stretch marks by his armpits and I actually think they’re kinda cute and I like running my hands over them
I’ve known my husband for almost 36 years, and until I saw this, it had never even crossed my mind. In theory, he may have some because he played sports in high school, and the combination of a final growth phase and required weight-lifting classes made him really big pretty quickly, but if he does have them, I’ve not even noticed them.
I can describe the size and location of all the scars on his body because scars always have a story, but stretch marks? No clue.
Doesn’t matter. I hardly if at all notice and if I do it’s so hard to care. Blemishes are natural and that’s somehow really comforting to me!
Not at all. I’m pretty sure he has them, but I couldn’t tell you where exactly. I don’t pay attention to them in any way.
Zero. Absolutely zero. I can’t even imagine being bothered by them.
Truly don’t care. Most stretch marks are just straight up irrelevant. Some even look pretty cool.
I myself am covered in stretch marks and never cared about them either.
I wouldn’t care at all.
Literally could not care less.
Nah, who cares. Some people get stretch marks from literally just growing when they are teenagers. Or from working out and gaining muscle. It’s gotta be one of the most normal things that can happen to your skin
The only time you should be worried about stretch marks is when you suddenly get them without any weight changes. That can be a symptom of hormonal problems sometimes.
I really don’t care at all
Never thought about it at all. My husband has some, and until I saw this post I’ve never spent a second thinking about them.
Sounds like a normal body, so it doesn’t matter to me. It’s kinda weird to judge people for things they can’t help. Like stretch marks.
It doesn’t matter at all. Who cares?
Not even a little bit
Why the fuck would I care or pay attention to shit that doesn’t matter like that?
I love my person. I love who they are.
That’s all.
I doubt I would even notice them 😅
Not even a little bit.
I don’t even notice stretch marks
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I don’t even think about them tbh. My husband has a stretch mark in his belly from sympathy weight gain during my first pregnancy 😂 I like to feel it sometimes with my fingers when we cuddle. It’s a part of him, and I love every bit of that man.
Doesn’t matter
I can’t imagine even noticing. I’m trying to picture his shoulders and arms – which I see every single day – and I couldn’t tell you if he had them or not.
Is it weird I find stretch marks hawt?
It doesn’t.
I’ve never cared about stretch marks, not on myself, not on anybody else. It’s just a part of the body.
Not at all
How would it matter
What? It doesn’t matter at all. Pretty much everyone has them somewhere.
No, its so incredibly common for people to have stretchmarks for various reasons, a childhood growth spurt for instance, thats why i have them on my knees/elbows and breasts, growing 7 inches in height in 10 months time did a number on my skin
It doesn’t matter. It meant he probably had a big growth spurt as a teen and is totally normal. I have stretch marks on my hips for the same reason.
My boyfriend happens to have some visible stretch marks on his arms from rapidly gaining muscle. Side effect of sexiness, I guess. Do I care? Nope! I love every one of his “imperfections.”
Never ever crossed my mind.
I love them, actually. I like the way you can feel the dips when you run your fingers across them.
This does not matter to adults.
None at all. Or anywhere else. They just happen when things change size, so how/why would something completely natural matter to me?
None
I think stretch marks are pretty
Barely even registers, of course excess is the outlier but generally speaking it doesn’t negative impact my opinion and will even positively affect my opinion if the person is confident in themselves regardless
None, as I have some myself from having babies.
I don’t care about stretch marks anywhere, he is my soul mate.
Zero. Negative. Nada.
That doesn’t add anything to one’s character
I dont care and never will
Not at all. It’s natural.
The only way I would care about something so superficial is if it was actually a medical concern, such as “that’s not a mole, it’s skin cancer”. And if I’m going to be judging him on his, I should expect divorce papers because I have way more than he does.
Same goes for freckles, wrinkles, thickness/thinness/baldness of hair, where hair is located, what color it is or isn’t, what style he has/lacks, whether or not he shaves anything, piercings, and more. You get the gist. I might question any tattoos he wants just to be sure he knows what they mean before he gets one. This has come up, and thank god he asked me first, lol. He wanted something that turned out to be a gang tat, and he’s so not about that, he just liked the design.
Not at all.
It doesn’t matter at all
It wouldn’t bother me in the slightest if my husband suddenly developed stretch marks, he’s my husband and I’ll love him no matter what. In my eyes he will forever be the most attractive person to me.
Imma be honest I’d probably try to treat it like a tattoo cause I’d want to touch them. 🤷♀️ don’t know why just seems satisfying. Tattoos are cool so maybe a stretch mark is like a cool natural tattoo that feels good to touch? But I suppose if they feel insecure, my partner probably wouldn’t like that. To answer your question meh? Doesn’t matter.
Not at all. Non issue
i do not care. if i love you, idgaf what you look like, i love it either way. as long as you’re healthy, i’m into your look.
It doesn’t. Is….is thins a thing? Is this honestly something people are concerned about? Because there are far more important things than stretch marks
I don’t think I’ve ever noticed anyone’s stretch marks unless they pointed them out to me. I think they’re cute, reminds me of oatmeal cream pies, which are delicious.
Weird way to tell everyone that you’re an absolute unit.
Bothers me zero percent. My own stretch marks bother me 1000%, but I don’t even see them on other people.
Zero percent. I think this is something that only teenagers who’ve recently developed them care about.
kinda hot because its a sign they gym lol
My thighs are covered in mottled cuts, why would I care about stretch marks?
Huh?
I worry about my own stretch marks, my partner doesn’t give two shits and loves every inch of me.
Those stretched places are way better than cosmetic surgery scars
What lol
What?
I wouldn’t care
Huh?
Not at all. Youll understand when you become an adult
My husband has tiger stripes all over his back. At first I was worried he had been hit by his parents or something, but otherwise it’s just an amusing part of how I got the tall man I have.
It doesn’t. I have them too.
It’s a non issue. Literally could not care less
As much as he cares about the stretch marks on my boobs and hips- so none. I wouldn’t be with someone who cared about mine so it would be a non-issue.
Uhm. Not even a little bit. Everyone has stretch marks, unless you won the genetic lottery.
I wouldn’t care about that
Never thought about it since it matters so little on how well we do together. It wouldn’t bother me at all.
Doesn’t matter at all. I love every inch of her body. Worship is like the majestic Queen she is.
Doesn’t matter at all, I’ve seen tons of if guys with stretch marks there, and everywhere else
As a percentage? However cold space is.
Lol what??
God, the list of physical insecurities guys think we give a shit about just grows longer by the day doesn’t it.
No one cares. We care about stretch marks on your PERSONALITY, don’t give two hoots about arms
I literally have stretch marks. It’s a normal thing, why should it bother you?
I wouldn’t care, I’ve got some stretch marks on the insides of my thighs
its a silly thing to care about in all honestly, i cant imagine leaving the man of my dreams because he has some lines on his arms or finding him less attractive because of it
I barely register them but think of them in the same way I think of birth marks and scars- they tell the history of my partner and are special and unique to them, just like I love the little café-o-lait spot on their arm. Little marks on my person that I can trace with my finger tips.
Their hot. My old fwb situationship had long large stretch marks especially on his back as he grew too tall too fast. It was hot. Imo women with stretch marks are extremely sexy. I have a lot on my body now as I’ve gained and lost a lot of weight but I just get tattoos to love my body more, most of my tattoos are in sexy areas which helps with self confidence.
It doesn’t. At all.
0, he will always be beautiful in my eyes
my bf has some red ones on his arms and shoulders and they don’t bother me in the slightest, when you like/love someone it simply doesn’t matter
Not at all because everyone has them and they just don’t matter in the slightest.
Not even a tiny bit. My husband is my everything, some surface mark on his body doesn’t change the amazing person he is.
I developed stretch marks when i hit puberty at 110lbs
I dont think about it. Its genetics and other factors, doesnt bother me.
Not at all actually
Doesn’t matter to me at all. It’s a body that’s ‘lived in’ and will develop over time to reflect that.
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Doesnt matter, its just one more fun thing on my favorite person I can touch. Ill lick them fuckers lol
My husband has stretch marks on his butt and the side of his body, from growing, and it doesn’t bother me at all
I couldn’t care less.
They don’t even cross my mind even when they’re right in front of my face
Not at all. If you like the person you are with ,nothing matters like that because in your eyes they are perfect.
Not at all/don’t care
Literally zero.
I don’t really care, tbh… as long as they’re cool with it, I guess.
Would not matter in the slightest. I’m covered in them as my skin barely has any elasticity and he’s never commented. And I know for certain I would not care at all if he had them everywhere too.
Why would it matter to anyone? This is the most inconsequential thing.
It doesn’t matter to me.
Zero
I remember when I was a teenager being very self-conscious of the stretch marks on my hips and ass. Then they’ve never once been brought up or an issue in my life.
I also live in a culture now where we go to public spas and see naked strangers, and even very thin women have stretch marks. Literally not a big deal at all.
Couldn’t care less
I’d be pretty hypocritical if I cared. Even if I didn’t have stretch marks ‘yet’, bodies change. You don’t even have to have gained weight or been pregnant to get them.
Why would it bother me? It didn’t bothered me when I was in my twenties and it still does not bother me in my fifties. My personal opinion on someone who has an issue with something like that … either the person is very young and think everything has to be 100% with an possible partner or the person is very shallow and only looks for looks, not an real connection.
I think my boyfriend has a few on his lower back from getting suddenly taller from puberty and I don’t care at all. I also have some on my boobs from puberty as well.
You must be young. The only people who will care are extremely superficial and imo don’t actually love their partner. Cos if you do love your partner, these little things are not important at all.
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It would be completely hypocritical for me to care. Since I also have stretch marks on my arms and hips from when I went through puberty
Not at all, that’s such a weird thing to care abt
My partner lost around 300 lbs before we got together. He’s covered in stretch marks and loose skin. He is incredibly handsome to me, I’m very attracted to him, and I love every part of him. He is healthy and happy and these marks and skin are a sign of his will and determination, and his journey to who he is now. I love his body, marked or not, and I love him as a person even more.