My wife had plastic surgery and now I’m not attracted to her – she looks like an alien and it’s her family’s fault
A DISTRAUGHT man found he was no longer attracted to his wife after her facial plastic surgery.
Even after his wife had fully healed from her procedures, he couldn’t help but feel she looked “weird.”
The anonymous Redditor u/OkInevitable7692 shared his marriage trouble in a post.
He explained that his wife had gotten lip fillers, a neck lift, and buccal fat removal done, although he had been against it.
“She gives me uncanny valley vibes now. It freaks me out. She is fully healed now. She wants us to go back to normal,” he wrote.
Although he’s tried to grant her wish by initiating sex, he admitted that when he does, he makes sure there’s as little light in the room as possible.
“It’s been a few months and I kind of dread having to look at her. Obviously, she has noticed,” he continued.
“She has been bugging me to tell her what’s up. I’ve tried telling her I’m just tired from work. Or that I’m run down. Really anything except for the truth.”
After his wife noticed his behavioral changes, she accused him of having an affair.
“She asked to look at my phone. I unlocked it for her and handed it over. I wasn’t worried about her finding anything because there is nothing to find,” he said.
The two had a fight, where he revealed the truth.
“I wasn’t harsh or brutally honest. I just told her that her new face wasn’t something I found attractive and that I was turned off. She asked if that’s why I turn off all the lights now. I said yes,” he said.
“She started crying and said that she needed time alone. She went to stay with her sister.”
Although the husband has been called nearly “every name in the book” by his wife’s family and friends, he doesn’t believe he’s necessarily in the wrong.
“I tried not to say anything. I can’t force myself to find her attractive. I still love her but her face is just weird now. She looks like the blue alien from The Fifth Element,” he said.
When his wife returned home, she revealed her family had convinced her to pursue surgery.
“They convinced her that she was starting to look old and that I would find someone else to be with if she did not do something. That was why her mom gave her the money for the operations,” he said.
“Her mom and sister look like Bruce Campbell in Escape From LA. They are the very last people on the planet that should be telling anyone to get plastic surgery.”
Although his wife offered to get the surgeries “reversed,” he insisted that all he needed was a bit more time.
“The last thing in the world I want is for her to fuck up her face more than it already is. I asked her if she could please just leave it and let me get used to it,” he said.
The two decided to enroll themselves in marriage counseling and to temporarily block her family from having control over their life decisions.
Above all, the husband doubled down on his efforts to make his wife feel appreciated.
“I am going to make an effort to show her every day how I still find her desirable and she is going to make an effort to believe me when I tell her I love her the way she is,” he said.
“I am not confident in my appearance at all. But you know who tells me I’m beautiful, even though I look like a yam?” said one critic.
“My mom and sisters. F**k your wife’s family for doing that to her.”
“Glad things are working out for you two. She’s lucky to have you,” said another.