I never, ever planned to tell my parents, but last year while I was in Mexico, my mother announced that she knew and was fine with it. She told me that the pressure of keeping it secret caused more harm than the physical damage and I think she was right. It was awkward, but it had to happen, she has never tried to force me to stop, the worst she has done in that sense was tell me to hold ice cubes one night when I was in a state and she was 1000s of miles away. That was uncomfortable but she was just trying to protect me.
I am 100% glad that she knows because I started a fresh in Cuba with everyone there, they don't all know where my scars came from but they have all seen them and don't think it's weird. I got married there in December and my mum and dad came and I wouldn't have been able to wear a nice dress if I was still in hiding. There was no drama.
I hope you do decide to tell him, short sleeves are better for summer and he probably already notices something. Explain that you don't want is help in stopping. Good luck!
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