I had a talk with my girlfriend the other day about how we felt about our bodies- we both decided that it was extremely helpful (NOT IN THE LEAST) when a guy chooses to tell you what exactly is wrong with you- the subtext being of course that if we didn’t already know which part of our body, our wardrobe, our shoes, our jobs, our personality, or whatever was wrong with us, we would be eternally grateful for the helpful hints given to us by the men in our lives.

Too many guys are insecure about their own looks and project their insecurities onto their girlfriends, wives, and dates and expect more perfection from women in the looks department than is actually necessary- as a result, the guys are unafraid to put the women in their lives down for their imperfections. Comments like, “It’s very important how a girls’ butt looks in her jeans” or “I really wish you had bigger breasts” are not nearly as helpful as guys pretend they are. The same type of douchebag who criticizes your looks to your face is the same kind of douchebag who will compare you to his past girlfriends or your own friends.

I know this column is usually geared towards single woman (and in all honesty, to women in general), but I’d really like to clue all the the guys out there to a simple, but very important fact about women that they might not yet be aware of:

If we (as women) are even in the slightest overweight, have a blemish on our skin, have a dimple in any location that it should not be, have breasts that are too small or too large, or any other “problem” with our body image, we already know about it. We do not need you to remind us  what is wrong with our bodies. If you feel that you are too good-looking, too rich, or too good for us, take a good hard look at yourself and understand this: no one is perfect and if you are a douche bag, you will get dumped the second the your (imperfect) girlfriend realizes that you are the one with the problem, not her.

A woman is not your personal accessory, and your friends and family will care more about how she treats you and them than her looks- it’s your own insecurity that shines through when you criticize your wife’s looks, so fricking stop it.