This Husband’s Love Letter to His Curvy Wife Has the Internet Cheering
In case you’ve been living under a rock, we live in a society that glorifies a certain type of physical aesthetic. It’s especially true for women, who are taught from a young age that thin, tall, and white are the requirements for beauty. You see it reflected on runway models and magazine covergirls, on television and film. But let’s get real: if the thin, tall, and white were truly the only “pretty” people, the world would be seriously boring. This next man agrees, and as such, he wrote a love letter to his curvy wife that’s got the internet cheering.
Robbie Tripp is a writer and activist based in San Francisco. He’s also husband to Sarah Tripp, a body-positive fashion and beauty blogger at Sassy Red Lipstick. A quick glance at Sarah’s blog will tell you she is all about “honoring her curves,” as she puts it, which is awesome. We definitely need more of this in the world. That said, we don’t often hear from the partners of notable curvy women, which is part of what prompted Robbie to pen this touching tribute to his wife.
See the Husband’s Love Letter to His Curvy Wife
“I love this woman and her curvy body,” Robbie’s now-viral Instagram post begins.
Robbie talks about how he was teased when he was younger for being attracted to thick girls. It’s not an exagerration, either. I recall being friends with lots of guys in my teen years and early twenties, and hearing many of them rag on friends because they dated a girl who was considered chubby or fat””basically not the “ideal” figure. Back then, I didn’t understand feminism enough to get that these guys were being ignorant, childish, and even naive for falling into the notion that women must look a certain way to be considered attractive.
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“There’s nothing sexier to me than a woman who is both curvy and confident,” Robbie says about his own wife. Who wouldn’t want to read so much praise from their partner? I can only imagine how smitten Sarah must be with this man who clearly loves every part of her, body and mind.
Robbie’s post includes a message to men to step up and recognize that society shouldn’t dictate what you find beautiful. He’s also got a message for the ladies:
“Girls, don’t ever fool yourself by thinking you have to fit a certain mold to be loved and appreciated.”
He’s absolutely right. And while we don’t actually need the validation from a man, it’s nice to hear once in a while that a man recognizes how much society has wronged unconventionally beautiful women.
(Image: Instagram / @tripp)
