A while back I had a couple of things go awry and I ended up seeing my GP on and off for a few months. It wasn't anything too serious, but I ended up on antibiotics for a while. Well, quite a while as the first course didn't work and so I had to have another stronger course, actually, these stronger ones, made my wee turn bright red which was fun when using a public toilet. Anyway, I digress.
As part of this I ended up losing a bit of weight and so moved down a size or two. This delighted the GP and we were chatting about this and I said that I'd had to get some new clothes but it wasn't a big deal to which she said that she thought that might be a bit more of a problem for me than that, as "I've seen marks."
Nothing more was ever said about it, but it was clear to me that she was talking about underwear marks, marks left by bra straps and similar things. Now, I always had my appointments in the morning and hadn't dressed since the night before, but I do believe it was quite possible that when she was examining me, maybe listening to my breathing from behind, with the stethoscope (as they do), then maybe there had been the odd line, a mark here or there etc, left by my underwear and the like.
And this got me thinking, yes, removing makeup is fine and care has to be taken, but what about these more intangible things? Is it not possible that wives and partners may see these too? Is this not a way that we could be accidentally outed?
By marks, I don't mean such things as tanning that's may have gone wrong, but something completely unintentional and something about which you could be wholly unaware.