Today, while changing my clothes, my 3 year-old daughter informed me that I looked like a zebra. Noticing my shocked face, she tried comforting me by telling me I was a pretty zebra because I was a purple zebra. She was talking about my stretch marks. 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, my husband called me “my little zebra”. I gave birth a month ago, and I’ve kept a few stretch marks. FML
Today, my boyfriend and I were choosing animals that reminded us of eachother. I said he reminded me of a tiger because he is really muscular. He told me I reminded him of a zebra. When I asked him why, he said it was because of my stretchmarks. FML
Today, after feeling a little down about myself and looking for comfort from my boyfriend, he told me that my stretch marks make me look like a tiger. FML
Today, I went to the hair salon. When I got home, my three-year-old daughter told me I looked like Dora the Explorer. FML
Today, my 3 year-old saw the stretch marks on my stomach and proudly exclaimed, "Bacon!" After talking with my husband, he admitted that he agreed with our son's evaluation. FML
Today, I dyed my hair purple. I came out of the salon and a little girl walked past and said, "Wow, you look like a mermaid!", to which her mother quickly said, "No she doesn't, she looks like her parents don't love her." FML
Today, my 4 year old daughter walked in while I was changing my shirt. She said "When I get older I am going to have big boobies just like you." I'm her dad. FML
Today, I was with my four year-old daughter when we met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman I know. My daughter looked at her for a while and then asked, "Why doesn’t your skin fit your face?" FML
Today, I went to the store with my 4 1/2 year old daughter. When we got to the cosmetics aisle, she asked what make-up was for, I told her it was to make women prettier. My daughter then told me it was a good thing I wear make-up because I was ugly and that I might scare off my husband. FML
Today, I told my 8 year-old daughter that she looks a lot like mommy. Now she won't come out of her room because she thinks she's ugly. FML
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Top comments
hkgirl89 8
she's a kid...let it slide...at least you know you taught her well, because she tried to comfort you :)
EllaMadSage 0
Oh poor you, stretch marks are a bitch.
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Comments (122)
Oneinsanelvr 1
Aw, poor OP. It's part of motherhood. Get some cocoa butter cream.
camillewhite1 12
What if shes not white.
ClassyJJZ 9
Hey girl, you're a tiger, and you EARNED them goddamn stripes!
jamiennessey 3
You got those stretch marks from giving life. Be proud not embarrassed.
onanknovotna 10
Aww but thats adorable for her to said another nice thing to you
jinx1995 12
I don't think this is a fml. This is actually really cute and it's adorable how kids don't understand the adult world and make their own ideas about it. Yes to you, you may hate those marks but to your child remember you are a pretty zebra :)
reilly_n 10
Awwwwe? stretch marks are a sign of humanity, along with scars and bruises. embrace them.
SlapsKnee 12
At least you're a pretty zebra.
Chelse1403 18
That's adorable.
TheBlackXRose 13
stretch man's are only a mark of a great accomplishment. cherish them