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" Lena Dunham, my role model for being cool with being naked in front of a guy. Or anyone. Love her confidence. Over at the Huffington Post, I caught wind of a Reddit post that got a lot of people&amp;#x27;s attention. Entitled &amp;quot;My SO just saw me naked for the first time and I broke down crying,&amp;quot; which is pretty self-explanatory, a user called brokedowngirl described how she had finally let her boyfriend of two years see her fully naked. She had always made an effort to keep her belly and upper thighs covered, afraid of exposing her stretch marks and scars from previous abuse. Letting him see all of her was painfully emotional for her. This particular woman has obviously dealt with some very hard things in her past (and I&amp;#x27;m SO glad she has someone who helps to make her feel good now), but it got me wondering how many of us feel the same way about being totally exposed, even to a significant other. Plenty of us feel like we need to hide scars, stretch marks, cellulite, wrinkles, freckles, and endless other things on our bodies that we&amp;#x27;re ashamed of (we shouldn&amp;#x27;t be, but you know we are). It&amp;#x27;s funny, because obviously your partner knows you, uh, very intimately and probably better than anyone else, but it can still feel really weird to bare it all, especially outside of the context of sex. Most people don&amp;#x27;t spend much of their day naked&amp;amp;#8212;as little as 10 minutes, maybe&amp;amp;#8212;so it&amp;#x27;s understandable that we would feel vulnerable in a state of undress. But if you can&amp;#x27;t be comfortably vulnerable in front of your significant other, when can you be? So spill: Are you totally comfortable in the buff around your guy? Have you ever been in a relationship where you hated taking off your clothes in front of him? Why? Did a guy ever actually make you feel more confident about being naked? How so? Taking it off: *10 Things He&amp;#x27;s Thinking When You&amp;#x27;re Naked (the Cookie Edition) *7 Things NOT to Say When You See a Guy Naked (Unless He&amp;#x27;s a Jerk) *Sex Tips: A Silly Way to Get Naked! Photo: HBO"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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