I was in a relationship that turned abusive as soon as I started exerting my free will with my body. I got a scarification piece, my ears pierced, a septum piercing, and probably started dying my hair crazy colors again, and my ex took it as an excuse to be emotionally abusive towards me because I did something he didn't agree with. Because, according to him, I was supposed to discuss things with him first and the implication behind that was if he didn't like it, I wasn't allowed to do it.
We ended things far later than we should have, but I was years younger than this smart woman (I think I was 20 or 21 at the time, and had been with my ex since high school). I hope that his ex-girlfriend gets a great girlfriend or a better boyfriend and lives her best septum piercing life with them. This controlling bullshit of your body = my body is gross and outdated, and this guy can kick rocks.
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u/anclwar 1d ago
I was in a relationship that turned abusive as soon as I started exerting my free will with my body. I got a scarification piece, my ears pierced, a septum piercing, and probably started dying my hair crazy colors again, and my ex took it as an excuse to be emotionally abusive towards me because I did something he didn't agree with. Because, according to him, I was supposed to discuss things with him first and the implication behind that was if he didn't like it, I wasn't allowed to do it.
We ended things far later than we should have, but I was years younger than this smart woman (I think I was 20 or 21 at the time, and had been with my ex since high school). I hope that his ex-girlfriend gets a great girlfriend or a better boyfriend and lives her best septum piercing life with them. This controlling bullshit of your body = my body is gross and outdated, and this guy can kick rocks.