The Audacity!
Yesterday I had a conversation with a male friend of mine, in which he expressed his dissatisfaction with his wife's post baby body, and his desire for her to have a tummy tuck. He actually used the words
"wrinkly little baby pouch" when describing the his wife's post baby stomach.
MEN! His wife carried and bore 4 children for him. And he has a nerve to complain about her "wrinkly little baby pouch"!!! Men get to have sex, with a 100% orgasm rate, sit by while we get pregnant and fat, have our stomachs stretched beyond capacity, have our vaginas stretched beyond capacity, have our breasts fill with milk, and then get sucked on until they bleed, get up at all hours of the night to breastfeed, change diapers, rock, pace the floors, while our husbands snore soundly in bed. We work our asses off to lose the baby weight - but no amount of weight loss or sit-ups can make our skin shrink back to the way it was before pregnancy. No amount of healthy eating will make the stretch marks disappear. And then men have the nerve to complain about the way our bodies look! I wish I could have worn my scars and "wrinkly little baby pouch" with honor, but I didn't. I gave in and had it cut off. I admire women who choose to live with their stretch marks, knowing that their children are more beautiful than their stomach ever was or ever could be. And it would be nice if our men could love us for our stretch marks, saggy boobs and baby pooch, and for what those scars represent, instead of loving us in spite of them.
Please Note: Jacob has always been sweet about my post baby body, and has always made me feel loved and sexy. This post is not about him specifically, but about men generally.
7 comments:
I shouldn't actually be commenting as I'm not all there tonight. I liked your post a lot though. I like hearing you talk about things that seem to elevate your bp. :) You should do it more often.
Night!
not all there?? Where are you? Did you break into the tequila again?
AGREED!! Even though I haven't had kids I don't think that men are sensitive enough about what women go through and what they sacrifice. Good blog.
Amen! I am in aggreance with all you said here! I realize too, I have no idea how to spell agreance. found you off of Tammy's blog, hope you don't mind I took a peek.
Yeah, that kind of crap really pisses me off too. I have a friend I grew up with who *sort-of* treats his wife that way. She's had 2 c-sections, and she's still super cute....just not a size 6 anymore. He constantly talks about her weight. It makes me want to smack his face.
What can we say? Men are complete idiots and don't realize all that we go through to look good and to have babies. And lets not forget the fact that we are ALWAYS supposed to be willing to have sex. They don't realize how hard we work to look good for and because of them.
You rock my socks! I laughed so hard!!!
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