Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People are so freaking delusional. DH doesn't say anything about your weight because he knows you would skin him alive. A husband asking for a blue cheese salad once a week or suggesting walks after dinner isn't gonna help you drop 20lbs. That takes hard work and sacrifice motivated from within. If you truly care, then do it. If you don't have it in you, fine, but don't fool yourself thinking DH doesn't care.
Maybe this is the case with you...but my husband loves who I am. As a matter of fact- if anything- he prefers me a little thicker (he loves curves) but I feel VERY confident that my husband cares more about who I am as a person than what I weigh. Not everyone is shallow. FWIW- he finds Carrie Fisher (modern day version) attractive. Not because she is drop dead gorgeous (like in the Princess Leah days.....but because she is funny and witty. THAT is a turn on to him. Someone he can have an intelligent conversation with.
Anonymous wrote:My husband doesn't touch my weight with a 10 foot pole. That said, I have been a thin person throughout our relationship, fluctuating only by about 10 pounds, and even then I wear the same clothes. I was 115 5'6'' at my thinnest with him, and about 125 now.
Recently, I have gained about five pounds. This shows, to me, in my stomach area. I can pooch out a good deal of flab if I want to, and I am not comfortable wearing thin + tight shirts (because the silhouette they create, with my tighter-than-usual pants, isn't pleasant). I wouldn't wear a bikini today.
My husband HAS reacted quietly, I think. Thought he hasn't initiated conversation, when I state that I want to lose a few lbs, he says he will not comment because whatever he says is wrong. He has raised the issue of "too much candy" both for our child's benefit, and because "we are getting older and I promise you that however skinny you can be now while eating all the sweets you eat, when you turn 35 that won't be the case anymore." -- I'm not 35 yet. I eat a shitton of candy.
I recently got exercise equipment at home. He said last night, while I was talking about how excited I was to use it, that "I'm not saying you need to lose weight, you don't, and you look the same to me, but I bet you if you just cut out some candy you can achieve whatever small goals you have without doing anything else." To me this intimates, "Yep, you'd look/feel better 5 lbs thinner, so go ahead, get 5 lbs thinner."
He's sweet, meek, and I imagine would hate it if I truly got fat or really unfit. But I don't think I will. And I don't think he will either, despite him having a heavy parent.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's a sensitive subject. Nobody wants to hurt feelings, but there is a tipping point where, while we love you and won't cheat on you for getting fat, there's also a loss of attraction.
We can pretend that men get hard from pure personality, but then you're just deluding yourself.
While pregnancy is a valid reason, many women use pregnancy as an excuse to eat. A lot. A LOT. "I'm eating for two."
So, then it's not just normal "baby weight," but an additional "I ate like a slob" weight.
As someone who takes care of his own weight by simply not overindulging and doing some occasional exercise, there is no excuse as to why someone should be OBESE. I'm ok with a woman with some extra weight and even turned on by them. They can be very curvy, but curvy isn't synonymous with round.
So, I may love you. Be devoted to you. Never cheat on you. But I am getting my visuals from the women in right dresses and heels because you in your oversized sweats and crocs are not doing it. Fix the problem.
do you know why she lacks the motivation and discipline to stay thin? Or don't you care about the why?
Anonymous wrote:It's a sensitive subject. Nobody wants to hurt feelings, but there is a tipping point where, while we love you and won't cheat on you for getting fat, there's also a loss of attraction.
We can pretend that men get hard from pure personality, but then you're just deluding yourself.
While pregnancy is a valid reason, many women use pregnancy as an excuse to eat. A lot. A LOT. "I'm eating for two."
So, then it's not just normal "baby weight," but an additional "I ate like a slob" weight.
As someone who takes care of his own weight by simply not overindulging and doing some occasional exercise, there is no excuse as to why someone should be OBESE. I'm ok with a woman with some extra weight and even turned on by them. They can be very curvy, but curvy isn't synonymous with round.
So, I may love you. Be devoted to you. Never cheat on you. But I am getting my visuals from the women in right dresses and heels because you in your oversized sweats and crocs are not doing it. Fix the problem.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:People are so freaking delusional. DH doesn't say anything about your weight because he knows you would skin him alive. A husband asking for a blue cheese salad once a week or suggesting walks after dinner isn't gonna help you drop 20lbs. That takes hard work and sacrifice motivated from within. If you truly care, then do it. If you don't have it in you, fine, but don't fool yourself thinking DH doesn't care.
Maybe this is the case with you...but my husband loves who I am. As a matter of fact- if anything- he prefers me a little thicker (he loves curves) but I feel VERY confident that my husband cares more about who I am as a person than what I weigh. Not everyone is shallow. FWIW- he finds Carrie Fisher (modern day version) attractive. Not because she is drop dead gorgeous (like in the Princess Leah days.....but because she is funny and witty. THAT is a turn on to him. Someone he can have an intelligent conversation with.
Anonymous wrote:People are so freaking delusional. DH doesn't say anything about your weight because he knows you would skin him alive. A husband asking for a blue cheese salad once a week or suggesting walks after dinner isn't gonna help you drop 20lbs. That takes hard work and sacrifice motivated from within. If you truly care, then do it. If you don't have it in you, fine, but don't fool yourself thinking DH doesn't care.