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Where’s the Love For the Mom Bod?
Why do dad bods get to have all the glory?
I made a seriously grave error once. I told a guy I was seeing that I loved dad bods and then I thought his was hot. I mean, I was into it. Whoops.
That didn’t go over so well. Apparently, this practice is frowned upon. I had missed the memo.
To be perfectly honest, he totally did have a dad bod. There was middle area squishiness and a lack of well define pecs. He’s never going to have a six pack. Those days are solidly 20 years behind him. He definitely stayed in shape by mostly doing things like hiking and swimming. You know, average, white, American, suburban, middle-aged dude things. I freaking loved how he looked and felt.
A couple days after the aforementioned slip, my boyfriend shot off a text to me asking me how I would feel if he told me that he loved my “mom bod?”
I thought about it and my response was, “Would you please tell me that you love my mom bod? For the love of God, please?” Because, man, that would cut women some serious slack and I feel like it’s well earned slack.
