hi all....
thanks so much for all of the support! it helped me feel comfortable enough that there's a *happy* outcome....
while i am a thin cyster, i have an "undefined waist" and lots of face/body hair because of PCOS. i do my best to keep up but it's never like i don't have anything. anyways, that was making me afraid i was going to cause revulsion in a guy and all that, so i posted this thread.
last night i had another date with a guy (not the one that made me uncomfortable like i wrote about above). and we had both talked about "medical conditions" we both have had during our previous date. i told him some general things like gaining weight, some of the fatigue making exercise hard, food cravings, and some of the risks for other medical conditions. he was very understanding at that point and we went out for our next date last night.
after all of your support, suggestions, advice, and feedback, i was finally comfortable enough and prepared to talk to him a little bit more about what pcos was. i started to tell him, but before i even said it, he said he knew i had PCOS. he said he put the pieces together from what i had said and figured the shirt i was wearing was to try and hide my midsection. he told me that he knows what it is (and he actually did, he knew about the androgens!) and about the different symptoms. he reassured me that it doesn't bother him and i shouldn't try to hide it or be bothered by it because of him. not only that, but he was really pleased that i didn't wait longer to talk to him about it.
so, thanks everyone for all of your feedback because it really helped make me feel a lot better so i could have a positive conversation about it instead of the one i was anticipating! i feel a lot better about all of this now! |