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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/wild_oats on 2023-09-27 02:38:35.
My husband asked me how I was feeling the other day when I was thinking about how arthritis-related weight gain and hormones were conspiring against me psychologically… I replied honestly and wistfully, “I feel like a potato” and we both got a chuckle from it.
But I realized that though he had never given me any cause to think I was less attractive, here I was frustrated that I didn’t look like I did ten years ago. I didn’t know how to shop for clothes for my size, my makeup was all expired and dried up and I didn’t know how to work with my squishier face. I didn’t know how to get a flattering haircut and my self-esteem kept me from asking for help with these things, so I neglected them. That wasn’t fair to either of us.
So I bit the bullet, and ordered jeans in my real size. I got a haircut. I bought new perfume and makeup and started experimenting with it. I got new bras and lingerie. My confidence went up, and we are crushing on each other, as usual.
Because dammit, if you have to be a potato… at least be a sexy potato.