Boyfriend keeps pointing out my flaws?

Everytime we video chat he asks me questions about my face or skin. I have bad under eye circles naturally. So he was like “ have you always had your under eye circles like that” I said yeah sometimes they show more than other days. And then he asked about a pimple I had on my cheek. He asked what it was. So I said it’s a pimple. The other day he commented about my eyebrows. I don’t have much eyebrow hair because I was born like that so I fill them in a bit.  But the times we vídeo called I was not wearing makeup.  Idk I felt a bit insecure. And I told him but he said that he didn’t ask to make me feel bad. Do your boyfriends comment about your skin or imperfections? 

Ano2021-01-03T00:57:25Z

No, that's not normal, I've never had a boyfriend do that before. Does he still do it after you told him it made you feel bad?

Mugi2021-01-01T00:05:03Z

My ex kept poking me about my imperfections. Saying I had bad skin, dark circles, then said my surgical scars were ugly (I had 3 major surgeries around my stomach and the big scars did leave me feeling insecure)...he wasn't perfect himself and I wasn't happy to be put down constantly by someone who did not appreciate me. That's why he became my ex. A real man will love you regardless, he will find you beautiful regardless, and he will stand with you regardless. 

drip2020-12-30T18:20:57Z

Yeah, that is not normal. You should not, so not need to wear make up to be pretty. You should not feel you need to wear make up every time he sees you.  
I mean has he never seen you before?  He has never seen your eyebrows????   He never gets pimples? He has perfectly flawless skin? 
If he isn’t asking why to make you feel bad then why the heck does he feel the need to say something about every aspect of your face when he sees you. Ask him that. 

Siamese Cat Mom2020-12-30T18:05:50Z

My husband never did and still doesn't. He sometimes compliments, my skin, but not like how your BF is acting. Hope that helps, but all men are different!

.2020-12-30T17:46:21Z

My husband only points things out, like scratches or something that he never noticed before, but no, he doesn't blatantly comment on every single pore, zit, or stray hair, never did. Only thing he does is make fun of my hairy legs when I don't shave, and it's just gentle razzing, nothing serious. 

Tell him it makes you uncomfortable. Like, why the hell does he do this? Funnily enough, I had a friend that did this to me constantly. She would always point something out, in private AND public. She didn't care. Really started pissing me off, so I shouted at her one day to knock it off, keep it to herself unless I'm bleeding all over the place or REALLY stink or something, and how much it bothers me that she did it. Her family did it to each other all the time, so she saw nothing wrong with doing this to her friends or other people. It's one thing to say that I have food in my teeth or something in my hair, but she picked on me and others for every little thing. She finally saw the light, and while it's totally ok to be honest with someone about hygiene, it wasn't ok to tell me, in public, that I had a huge zit coming in on my nose. 

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