Without a doubt, some people have body image issues. However, if she really had body dysmorphia, she would have dismissed comments from strangers also.

This is the best thing I've read today.

This is a joke, right? My husband was a stranger before he became my friend (then boyfriend, fiance, and husband), but he didn't open with the line "you're pretty" to me as I walked down the street. I think you'll find very few relationships start this way.

Yes! It's so refreshing to hear a woman not tiptoe around.

Ah, silly me, I forgot that part.

I would much rather be told I'm smart, or hardworking, but of course, a random stranger on the street wouldn't know if I am or not.

I'd never heard of her before, but I'm now a fan and will be seeking out ways I can hear more from her.

I used to get regularly harassed taking public transportation on my way to work. I don't wear makeup, don't do my hair, and wear jeans and a t-shirt most days.

There's nothing more than a woman loves to hear than how pretty she is.

Makes sense, the question didn't bother me, but after I reflected a while, it seemed maybe trollish, and I thought you might come back at me with some nonsense (obviously I was just being paranoid)

Also, after reflection, this question seems oddly personal. Why do you ask?

I was not his first sexual partner. Although the was symptom-free, for my safety he wanted to get an officially clean bill of health before we had sex.

If I were a celebrity, I'd wear a prosthetic pregnant belly out in public every so often. I'd allow everyone to speculate for a few days, and then go out again in some skintight thing with spanks on underneath.

When I first moved in with my husband (before we were engaged or anything) I was 24ish (maybe 23? I don't remember). I remember being a little nervous to tell my mom, but she didn't even raise an eyebrow. I thought that meant she understood I was a responsible adult.

Such a bad euphemism. You can sleep together with out sleeping together, and of course, sleep together without sleeping together.

Just my two cents...when we were dating, my husband and I were sharing a bed on a fairly regular basis for a few months before sleeping together. For us it had to do with 1) no risk of birth control failure and unplanned pregnancy 2) lesser risk of STDs 3) sometimes I would be over late on a Friday or Saturday and…

I believe her mother is using "slept together" as a euphemism for having sexual intercourse. She is saying that although they slept in the same bed, they didn't have sex.

I took it more as a "Yes, I want to acknowledge that she made a very bad and dangerous choice, but I don't want to devote a ton of space talking about it because it's really not the point of the article." By adding "stupid decision" in, she's acknowledging that.

0% overreacting. I feel the same way. Any time a stranger compliments my appearance (which doesn't happen much anymore because I'm either at work or home, but it used to happen fairly frequently when I used public transportation) I'm like "dude, you are way more concerned about my appearance that I am."

I don't know...I've been with my dog through 2 surgeries (one even had a bunch of draining tubes that I had to clean and stuff). I'm pretty sure that was equivalent to vet school.