Suffering in Silence
March 11, 2007
Dear Labi Amore,
Your website has been extremely helpful, and
really helped me with my feelings about my labia. I remember when I
was a freshman my best friend and I both talked about how we never
wanted to have sex because we thought our vaginas were ugly.
Eventually we both discovered that we both had longer labias. WE HATE
THEM.
When my friends try to set me up with guys, I always
have to make an excuse and find fault with him. I am always so
worried that if a relationship were to start, I would have to keep
him away from going down and he would figure something was up. I
remember once I read a story about how a girl had them and her
classmates called her "turkewaddle mary". That is my biggest
nightmare.
My labias have taken a significant toll on me. I
watch as my friends grow up and experience thigns sexually, and I am
stuck as inexperiences because of my insecurities. I have heard my
male friends talk about "beef curtains" and call them gross, and I
sit there and agree - suffering in silence. Another girl in my school
with them was changing in front of someone and they called decided to
say that she "had a penis". Kids can really be cruel.
I
don't know. This site has been helpful, and seeing the article about
Carmella from Playboy really rasied my confidence. Aside from my
labias, I am a generally pretty girl - and I am very social. I
have considered getting labiaplasty, but my mother doesn't seem to
understand what the big deal is. I know many men don't mind it, but
it's hard to bring it up in conversation.
I'll be
going to college soon, and I am worried girls might see me change and
say something. Will I have to spend the next 4 years hiding from boys
because I'm worried about what they will say?
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