This is not a long, dramatic story to be honest. I (21f) love my gf (22f) with all my heart and our relationship has been going very well. I can truthfully say that I can picture spending the rest of my life with her.

However, since we’ve been together she’s been regularly reposting edits or clips of celebrities or characters (thirst traps and whatnot), while commenting heart eyes or drooling emojis. The fact that she finds characters from shows or games attractive doesn’t particularly bother me, it’s fairly natural and I would say I also find some fictional characters or celebrities good-looking.

The issue for me lies in the fact that these women look nothing like me at all. They are tall, buff, strong, masculine girls, and I am pretty short, not particularly masculine, and not buff at all. I don’t even actively search through her reposts, sometimes they will appear on my feed and i’d just feel a pang in my chest.

I don’t at all question that she cares about me, or likes who I am as a person, but I feel like maybe she settled for me in appearances, and I’m not physically her ideal type. The thought of that really hurts my feelings and I don’t know how to address it since she’s not inherently doing anything wrong.

I think she can tell that I’ve been feeling down about it, but I feel kind of embarrassed to admit why my feelings are hurt. Am I the asshole and just being insecure, or is there a way I can bring this up with her in a non-accusatory way?

P.S. I have absolutely 0 intentions of breaking up with her