r/cancer Jun 23 '25

Patient Rejected because of my cancer

So I thought I would post this story on here because I figured you all from this sub would understand. I’ve heard stories from people where guys have left or turned women down because of their breast cancer but I finally experienced that. He didn’t reject me because I had cancer instead he rejected me because he couldn’t deal with the fact that I have no boobs because I chose to go with an aesthetic flat closure. I was told by him “I’m just a guy..” and “I have a list of things I look for in someone and this is part of it…” it just blows my mind to come across people who are not empathetic towards us and who do not realize that I did this to protect myself and my body. And just because I did not get reconstruction does not make me any less of a woman. This man had the audacity to lead me on tell me all of these things but the moment I tell him of my cancer he decided to “keep his options open.” He tells me he prefers a b/c cup on a girl. Like the audacity of this man. I have never met someone so self centered before in my life. I’m just sharing this because I know you all can relate to this in this sub and truly know the pain and heartbreak we have gone through. But it does not make us less than!

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u/shaw101209 Jun 23 '25

I’m so sorry. Men are rejected for being bald or short or fat. You’ve been rejected before whether you know it or not by people just walking by.

Him being struck with that and not knowing what to say and really aren’t you glad it wasn’t after disrobing?

Throw in cancer. GD. I can just say I have cancer and it makes people not know how to act. Forget about him. It’s not you. It’s him.

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u/ladybug_06 Jun 23 '25

I know it’s him. I told him he needs to sit and think about the words he said to me because they were hurtful. He was not empathetic at all with what I went through. He was only in it for his gain.