My boyfriend and I play around, teasing each other, a little like Al and Peggy Bundy from Married...With Children. It's not as mean as they were, but you get the idea. Still, there are some things I don't say, because I know it would hurt him, because I know he has issues with his body image. But he hurts me sometimes, even though I think I've been pretty clear that I have body image issues myself.

Last night, I was talking to him about Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" (the unrated version, which has nudity), and he was playing around, trying to pinch my nipples. (Don't worry, it doesn't get more sexual than that; we don't have sex anymore, for at least 10 years.) I laughed and told him I didn't look like the girls in that video (who were young, thin, and pretty), and he laughed, "That's for sure!" and he ran off to go to bed. I giggled a bit, but that really did hurt.

It's not the first time he's made comments like that, but I know part of it is my fault for not speaking up each time. I just feel like, I've told him many times how down I am about my fat, saggy, aging body, so he should know. I don't want to make him uncomfortable; that's why I don't say anything in those moments when he says hurtful things. His body is also fat, saggy and aging, for the record.

I just wanted to vent. I'm not really asking a question. I just hope you all don't mind that I posted this. I rarely get to this forum, because I don't have the time to read through every forum.