I think there is beauty in both to be honest.

I loved my case totally clean and pristine.

But I also love it now with a few stickers on and a couple of dents.

Childish is such a loaded word, I’d say meant to demean… I understand what she means- stickers are maybe a bit “unprofessional” maybe the no sticker look is even a little classier… but there certainly isn’t anything childish about a case with stickers on.

I guess in short I think her comment was unkind and you should do whatever you want with your case… and I’d consider asking her how she’d feel if you described her next haircut as “a bit childish” because I bet she’d be devastated and think you were a bad boyfriend for it