All you men, COME HERE.

I don't have any children and have stretchmarks which is probably why I'm so insecure about them... But I'm glad to see that men don't care about them...at least the ones on MFP

I know skinny chicks who haven't had kids who have them. I think people associate them with being severely overweight but sometimes it just happens to the best of us.

I have a friend who has been so self-conscious about them. I think, in her mind, they were huge! Not the case. She's an amazing, beautiful woman and, relative to all of that, stretch marks aren't even on the map when it comes to importance.

So awesome are some of the responses from the real men on this thread. Stretchmarks used to be an insecurity of mine. But now, I realize that's the last thing a man is really looking at when a woman is nude. Besides, here's a secret....they're not really stretchmarks. They're tiger stripes! Rawr!

i really love this...definitely tiger stripes!!! they show that you're a fighter and just like everyone else has said, if a guy has a problem with it, you shouldn't waste your time on such a shallow person..he's not worth it at all

I have stretch marks, they aren't the "oh yeah.. I sort of see them" ones either. They are the kind that scream "LOOK AT ME" you can see them on my stomach pics. Do I care? No. Why should I? I have a child, and even if I didn't it was part of my life. So I don't care, and guess what? Neither does the man I've been with for seven years, I met him when I was 21 and he was 19. He is not the father of my child, and he thinks I am a beautiful woman, with a great body, a wonderful mind, and ab muscles to DIE FOR. See, not even the father of the baby, does he care? No. But he certainly likes to see me naked!

PS. When I go to a beach guys that notice my stretch marks = a few.. girls = a lot, and they usually tell me to put clothes on.

Also, to chime in about the wonderful husbands... my sister has twin boys & was very insecure about her body afterwards. Her husband said that her stretchmarks are beautiful because they are a symbol of the sacrifices she made to give him his sons. There are a lot of great men out there!

I notice a lot of people say "Husbands love the mothers of their children" but I wonder if this young woman wants to know if men that aren't FATHERS to their children will not hold their stretch marks against them. By the way, the man that posted "Boys care, men don't" essentially has it right. Regardless if the stretch marks are from their child or not.

I don't know what it's like to have stretch marks, but I have my own faults, I used to hate my hairy chest and back, and cursed god for having thin hair. I used to shave and find every product for hair growth...but one day I realized, hey if they cant accept me for my faults then that's really shallow. Since then I've just kept a nice trim, worked around my thinning hair and I get teased by it every now and then, but its my body and my spirit has to respect it or I won't be happy. It the fact that we all have falta, but it's up to us to look past them and not worry what others think. When we do that, the thinning hair becomes lush, a lazy eye will become streaight, fat turns into muscle, self loathing becomes positive reflection, and of course, stretch marks become beauty marks. It's the interpretation. Ur beautiful, no matter who or what u are.

Men who are somewhat mature realize this is life & we understand. Maybe BOYS would give a *kitten*, but men don't.

yep pretty much.. do what you can to fix them but dont stress over them, if a guy cant accept you because of them you dont need to be with him anyhow

i love these men

I don't even have kids and I have them. If a guys not interested in me because of them then I'd rather stay single because he's too shallow for me

Men who are somewhat mature realize this is life & we understand. Maybe BOYS would give a *kitten*, but men don't.

This^ I even dated a girl with keratosis pilaris and had no problem with it

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Great question....love the response about stretch marks being Tiger Stripes (complete with Grrrrrrrr). Nice. That's a girl that I'd be interested in! Wear them with a badge of honor! Way to go!

It's all in the attitude!

Keep on!

My friend you said it all right there yourself for me. They are the result of you giving life to a child. They are a result of the miracle of birth, Any person that see's them as ugly , unatractive or you not caring what your stomach looks like is just plain old ignorant. My friend if you run across a man that feels that way, pass him on by, he is not worth your effort!

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stretch marks lover!

don't bother me one bit. I met women who are self-conscious about it. I usually try to reassure them.

Me: "I'll show you mine if you show me yours!" I then lift my shirt to show my belly stretch marks. I have them on the sides, not very big but it's there.

Some women laugh but most scream in terror and run away. :frown: Wonder what I'm doing wrong? :huh:

I don't know what it's like to have stretch marks, but I have my own faults, I used to hate my hairy chest and back, and cursed god for having thin hair. I used to shave and find every product for hair growth...but one day I realized, hey if they cant accept me for my faults then that's really shallow. Since then I've just kept a nice trim, worked around my thinning hair and I get teased by it every now and then, but its my body and my spirit has to respect it or I won't be happy. It the fact that we all have falta, but it's up to us to look past them and not worry what others think. When we do that, the thinning hair becomes lush, a lazy eye will become streaight, fat turns into muscle, self loathing becomes positive reflection, and of course, stretch marks become beauty marks. It's the interpretation. Ur beautiful, no matter who or what u are.

I have to say it takes a lot of guts posting about your insecurities Its true, though... men or women who actually care about such insignificant imperfections (especially ones that aren't usually even visible unless you get reallll close), are just severely insecure themselves!

Men who are somewhat mature realize this is life & we understand. Maybe BOYS would give a *kitten*, but men don't.

This and we are male, see strech marks means we are seeing female flesh.