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Hi everyone! My boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year now, and I’ve noticed from the start he’s not confident in his body for different reasons. A little bit of context: his weight had fluctuated his entire life, he was overweight as a kid and got bullied for it, he lost weight years ago but gained some back (he has now more of a dad bod, but still pretty muscular, which I genuinely find hot AF), and in his coworker now call him fat I guess as a “””joke””” but I can see how much it affects him. He’s very active, workouts a lot, goes to the gym etc, but he also calls himself names in front of me which truly breaks my heart (like for example asking me if I would think that he’s a pig if he orders take out). I know this situation requires him to work on himself and I can’t “fix” it for him, but as his woman, how can I support him in this? Thank you in advance to whoever responds, please do it nicely, I won’t answer to those who are being rude of disrespectful. submitted by /u/kssuo_

Originally posted by u/kssuo_ on r/AskMen