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Just Wear The Lingerie
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Just Wear The Lingerie

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Michelle Brown
Jun 20, 2025
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Have you ever had your partner ask you to wear lingerie for them, and all of the alarm bells in your head instantly start going off like fireworks on the 4th of July?

I have.

Words start to form in your mind like, “I’m too fat to wear that!” or, “I have scars here or there — I’m too self-conscious. I just can’t!”

Yup. That was me, too. Until recently. And I’ll tell you why.

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