I’m dating an amazing woman, and I can see a bright future with her. She ticks all the boxes, and I must say, I really love her. I want to settle down with her in the near future.

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But I have concerns about some things. She has chin hairs and stretch marks, the long and big kind. I see her mom has these traits, and I’ve started to notice them in my girlfriend too, even though they are less pronounced right now. I’m worried they might become more noticeable and even worse as she gets older, or especially after we have children. It is a genuine concern for me.

This has actually been an issue for me before. I lost a previous relationship over something similar. That lady also had the same issues, and I decided to discuss it with her to see how we could deal with it together. I know how sensitive this topic is, so when I decided to talk to her, I said everything calmly, in the nicest way I could. But somehow, she took it out of proportion. She got very angry, and that is how we ended things.

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Because of that experience, I am really scared now. I don’t want the same thing to wreck this new relationship. So I want to find out, are there real treatments or ways to manage these things? And more than that, I’d appreciate any advice on how to even navigate this situation. How do you talk about something like this without hurting the person you love?

—Nii

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