On appreciation of physical beauty.
Speaking as a guy, I'm happy with my body, nothing I look at in the mirror gives me pause. I find it hard to say I love my body, to me it is just myself, I guess I find happiness in the way it performs, sadness in the occasions when I hurt it. I don't know that I can say that I love it, but saying that I am happy with it and would change little seems to be a similar statement.
My partner doesn't feel the same way about her body. There are things she hates, things that she wishes were 'better', places where she doesn't want me to touch, because she worries that I'll notice they are not beautiful.
If beauty could be measured by my arrested attention when she disrobes, every time, regardless of the passing of our years together, or the love that I feel for every part of her, or the joy that infuses my every aspect when she's in my arms, then I would say that she was as beautiful as I can imagine it being possible.
I know that her appreciation of me has given me even greater satisfaction and belief in myself, and I hope that gradually my continual appreciation will help restore her belief in herself and her beauty.
I hope that you can either find this same belief in yourself, or find someone that will help you see that, should you need that guiding hand. You have nothing to worry about, beyond self doubt, it's just a matter of believing in yourself.
My partner doesn't feel the same way about her body. There are things she hates, things that she wishes were 'better', places where she doesn't want me to touch, because she worries that I'll notice they are not beautiful.
If beauty could be measured by my arrested attention when she disrobes, every time, regardless of the passing of our years together, or the love that I feel for every part of her, or the joy that infuses my every aspect when she's in my arms, then I would say that she was as beautiful as I can imagine it being possible.
I know that her appreciation of me has given me even greater satisfaction and belief in myself, and I hope that gradually my continual appreciation will help restore her belief in herself and her beauty.
I hope that you can either find this same belief in yourself, or find someone that will help you see that, should you need that guiding hand. You have nothing to worry about, beyond self doubt, it's just a matter of believing in yourself.