AIBU to think stretch marks have ruined my body!!

[youngmummy17]

i'm only 18 and i am covered in stretch marks from having ds, from legs to belly! i don't know if it's because am young it's affecting me more as all my friends and girls my age have none, i refuse to wear anything that will show them and most are white some are translucent but i have zero confidence and think men especially find them repulsive, AIBU to think stretch marks are just a 'turn off' and men, friends etc just find them awful to look at and can anyone recommend ANYTHING to help the look of them?

i know, most 18 year old boys would be damn grateful to get ANY female into bed. stretchmarks or no!

and many moons ago when i was 18, i had lots of male friends, and i never heard any of them say anything about stretchmarks, i doubt they would have even known of their existence is this a new thing?

I think most men are interested in a particular area of your body and if they get access to that, they won't care about the rest!!

youngmummy I don't suppose you'd want to try dating someone a bit older than you, say 5 years older or so? Generally speaking, men are less mature than women who are the same age as them (so as an 18 yr-old girl you're prob miles ahead of the 18 yr-old boys you know and more on a level with 22 or 23 yr-olds)...

The more mature bloke will feel less pressured into saying 'yeah, stretch marks, yuck' IMO than an 18 yr-old numpty :)

Stretch marks are ruining my confidence and relationship with my DH. I am so upset by them they really are affecting my body confidence. Although my DH says that he doesn't mind them and that they don't bother him I can't face him seeing me. It's ruining our sex life and I'm worried it'll cause more troubles later on in our relationship. Any advice would be greatly appreciated I dont want my relationship to fall apart :-(

My DH is so nice about mine...

but I think he's just desperate after a few months of being a beached whale!

Chesire Is your relationship is hinging on your appearance?... they might look angry now but they will fade.

You are a tiger and you earnt your stripes! I promise they will fade in time give it a year, but you should be proud of them you grew a human inside you, how amazing is that!

Oh fake tan works wonders to.