Today, a man stopped me on the street. He said the stretch marks on my thighs looked like cuts, and asked me if I self-harmed. Before I was able to politely respond "No", he said, "I mean, I can see why you would." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, this guy who likes me accused me of cutting myself. I asked him what he was talking about, and he said, "Don't lie, I saw those scars on your thighs when we went swimming." I have stretch marks on my inner thighs, and now I have to explain them to him so he doesn't think I cut myself. FML
Today, my boyfriend noticed dark lines that look like scars on my inner thighs. He confronted me about them, thinking I was cutting myself, and now wants me to see a therapist because he thinks I'm suicidal. They're stretch marks. He won't believe me. FML
Today, I was asked why I have stretch marks when I’m skinny. The stretch marks are from when I was recovering anorexic. FML
Today, I had a rubber band around my wrist for too long, and it ended up leaving faint red marks around my wrist. My mom saw them, thought they were scars, and is now convinced I'm a cutter, "like the ones I've seen on the news," and won't believe my story. FML
Today, I noticed quite a few scars on one of my coworker's legs. I pulled her aside and told her that self-harm was never the answer, and if she needed to talk I was always there. Turns out she's just clumsy and trips a lot. FML
Today, my niece asked why my veins were so close to my skin. She was referring to my stretch marks. FML
Today, on my break, I decided to be friendly and chat with a co-worker that everyone else always seems to avoid. He spent the next ten minutes telling me all about his abcessing sebaceous cysts. Apparently, "The scars look just like gunshot wounds." FML
Today, I was called by the counselor to discuss my "issues". She told me that other students had reported to her that they saw scars on my arms. I don't cut, I just have a hormonal and aggressive parrot who sees me as his personal tree. FML
Today, my brother saw my side when my shirt came up, and asked when I got a tattoo; the pink he saw was in fact my stretch marks. Worst of all, I had to show them to everyone to prove I didn't actually get a tattoo. FML
Today, a cute guy complimented me on my legs. I, being the awkward person that I am, panicked and replied, "Thanks, I grew them myself." FML
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Top comments
rachaelward 19
Who even asks that question to a stranger in the first place? And what they added on made them even more of a dick
whyisitincapital 25
After his insult, you should have said, "However I do perform grievous bodily harm", and let loose on him.
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Comments (159)
ReachForMe 5
What a dick. Self-harm is a serious thing and shouldn't be made fun of. I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Kazeran 9
What the actual f**k, this amount of male entitlement of stopping a random woman on the street to comment on her body, I mean why does he think that said person is interested in their opinion or that he has the right to say his opinion on a stranger's body in the first place, just aaargh
skyeyez9 25
Some people have a terminal case of insufferable assholery.
Omniprism 15
Don't listen to that dick head.
jaredfry17 7
Some people can't: 1. Mind their business 2. Know what to say, and when to say it. Sorry OP :(
chosha_fml 27
**** him and his uninvited opinions. His asshole remarks say a lot more about his insecurities than about you or your stretch marks, OP.
mintymandy 11
Even if his intention was to help a cutter, calling them out on it like that would just make it worse. Why an unbelievable jerk >:(
meegal 12
You know what would prevent this kind of stuff? If you lost some weight. Just saying. YDI.
AestheticGuy 21
BAMM, and the ref takes a point awayyy!
iwadasn 33
Nobody deserves to be treated that way by a total stranger, no matter how much they weigh or what they look like.
mehwhocares 9
You know, it's perfectly plausible that the stretch marks are from growing quickly or maybe from past weight. They're not exclusive to fat people. Even if they did come from fat, they're not going to go away, so "lose weight" isn't really a solution here. And, by the way, you'll look like less of an ass next time if you don't judge people based on your assumptions of them.
RaeNiece1 15
I Know Of Small People With Stretch Marks. Nobody Deserves To Be Treated That Way.!
katties 27
You're an ass and stupid. You can get stretch marks from growing or even from building muscles. Don't judge everyone based on your own case.
militarybrat 21
And my husband who is 5'9" and weighs 150? I guess he's so fat just because he has stretch marks yeah? Think before you type. It isn't always a weight thing.
meegal 12
I'm just saying that if you want to avoid this kind of situation then lose the weight.
meegal 12
So everyone replying to my comment saying it could be from growing. Why would the guy say "I see why you would"? You don't need to be a super genius to understand that most likely it's because OP is fat. Yes there's the possibility that he got them from growth but that last part makes me think OP is fat.
RonnieG 10
my wife got stretch marks while she was pregnant with our daughter. if anyone ever said anything like this to her I'd punch their ******* teeth out.
militarybrat 21
You, sir are my hero. I've been using cocoa butter because of this. I don't want my husband to go to jail!
azwethinkweiz87 11
You're awesome :)
RonnieG 10
I try ;)
RaeNiece1 15
That Was So Rude. Sorry He Approached You That Way OP :(