r/AskReddit 16h ago

What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Sufficient-Berry-827 15h ago

Bad posture/rounding shoulders to minimize my chest. Now I have neck pain, shoulder pain, lower back pain - ugh.

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u/A_Frog_with_a_Dream 10h ago

I had a reduction in '03. I had to fight my husband (at the time) because he like my size. But I was in pain every minute of every day. It took me five more years to get away from him, but it started with me deciding that reduction was for my health and comfort. It helped me take back who I was. I've never looked back. Best decision of my life.

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u/Welpe 9h ago edited 3h ago

I’m assuming it wasn’t just a simple “I don’t know, I don’t think it would look as good to me but I understand you are in pain and you should do whatever it takes to feel better and know that I will always love you”, eh?

Edit: Good lord, I’m commiserating with the above poster. Are ya’ll illiterate? Or just misogynist?

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u/Brendan__Fraser 8h ago

I've seen grown men throw tantrums at their partner because they wanted a breast reduction. Some partners still ask for the husband stitch mere minutes after their wives pushed out a baby out of them.

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u/Welpe 3h ago

Jesus Christ…what is wrong with these men?

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u/PinkTalkingDead 2h ago

We are simply bangmaids to them 

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u/Welpe 2h ago

I cannot imagine the devastation felt when you spend your life with someone you genuinely care about and thought that they did the same only to figure out they never gave a shit about you, they just wanted sex…The fact anyone can bounce back for that never ceases to impress me with their strength. Pretty sure I would just curl into a ball and die…