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To be told you have "mum boobs"

83 replies

ellie09 · 01/01/2024 20:28

Exactly this.

Partner made this comment when I was getting dressed - "theres the mum boobs"

AIBU to think its a little cheeky?

I dont make any comments about anybodys appearance.

What exactly are "mum boobs" anyway?!

OP posts:
Pelham678 · 02/01/2024 10:40

ellie09 · 02/01/2024 10:36

I have been with others before him and noone has ever told me anything like it before.

Not something to ride home about, but I did have a wild stage, and quite a high body count where I have been with some very good looking and fit men, all of whom have never made negative comments about my body.

His ex was 6 years younger than him, extremely fit and a great body. He always said she had a great body but was a horrible person so "looks weren't everything". I reminded him even back then, that of course someone so young, has all the time in the world for gym and has no children, will look seemingly perfect but once you have kids, your body will never be as it once was.

Luckily, I don't have low confidence and his comment hasn't really affected me in that way. I just find it rather hypocritical given his own body hiccups.

Do you think there's any chance he's negging you. So he's let him self go a bit and doesn't want you to feel to confident about your body so you might leave him? Did his ex dump him?

Either way, nip this in the bud. Undermining your partner is not a good part of successful relationships!

Newchapterbeckons · 02/01/2024 11:11

ellie09 · 02/01/2024 10:36

I have been with others before him and noone has ever told me anything like it before.

Not something to ride home about, but I did have a wild stage, and quite a high body count where I have been with some very good looking and fit men, all of whom have never made negative comments about my body.

His ex was 6 years younger than him, extremely fit and a great body. He always said she had a great body but was a horrible person so "looks weren't everything". I reminded him even back then, that of course someone so young, has all the time in the world for gym and has no children, will look seemingly perfect but once you have kids, your body will never be as it once was.

Luckily, I don't have low confidence and his comment hasn't really affected me in that way. I just find it rather hypocritical given his own body hiccups.

So he is also rude and negative about his ex girlfriends too. Nice.

I think you are minimising to the point of putting yourself in a vulnerable position. His comments are nothing to do with your body confidence, and everything to do with the kind of person HE is. You can brush it off, and he will keep taking you down and you will eventually see this for what it is: emotional abuse.

You have just given him the green light to carry on, as you are too accepting of his poor treatment of you. I would be giving it to him with both barrels and would reconsider the whole relationship.

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 02/01/2024 12:08

It's not about his body or your body OP.
If you had perky boobs, he'd find something else to criticise.

It's about who he is as a person.

Newchapterbeckons · 02/01/2024 12:21

The fact he feels he can even comment on your breasts like that speaks volumes. I am guessing this is really the tip of the iceberg, because my dh would lose the ability to walk again if he EVER spoke to me like that - and I guarantee mine are literally scraping the ground at this point so he wouldn’t be exactly incorrect in the observation and bloody proud of them I am too!! 💪🏻

ellie09 · 02/01/2024 14:32

Thanks everyone

Yep, I don't know why he would have even have taken a hump with me. He was snoring like a foghorn (mixture of drink and being overweight) and I couldn't sleep partly due to that and also due to the fact I have norovirus at the moment so my tummy was unsettled. So I took myself off to watch some TV and doze off on the sofa instead of becoming annoyed.

If you're wondering how loud the snoring is, I heard it even downstairs.

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WhamBamThankU · 02/01/2024 14:44

Comment on his sweaty low hanging old man bollocks at the first given opportunity

mikado1 · 02/01/2024 14:46

Very odd comment. I think I'd just be straight up and say what did you mean by that comment before? He might say he was only joking and I'd just repeat and ask what it meant. Make him completely uncomfortable about it. Depending on what he says and how he attempts to justify or apologises, I'd make my decision on that. I would also fins any comment like that very hurtful and I'd let him know. I don't think I'd think the same of him after that tbh.

LaurieStrode · 02/01/2024 14:49

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 02/01/2024 12:08

It's not about his body or your body OP.
If you had perky boobs, he'd find something else to criticise.

It's about who he is as a person.

Yes, he sounds nasty.

Why are you with him, OP?

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