Anonymous wrote:My husband actually likes the weight gain and the bigger breasts and butt that has resulted. He seems to totally ignore the bigger gut and thighs that came with the package.![]()
He does not like when I get too slim; thinks I look like a teen girl (which is partly true). Still, my plan is to lose 30 lbs which should put me at a sweet spot (thick, but not chubby).

Anonymous wrote:A lot of you are delusional. Surprise - your husbands DO CARE when you gain weight (except for the skinnies here).
Anonymous wrote:OP here: yea, this is totally embarrassing but I have gained a lot of weight. I was 125 (I am 5'6") when we started dating (very fit). When I turned 30 I was at my (then highest) 150. But still like a 4, sometimes 6. I worked out a lot.
Got preggs went up to 200. Had the kid went down to 155...and then I have gained like 10 lbs/year for the last year. Which puts me where I am now at 190 or so.
So, short answer...I have gained 45 lbs since just after we got married 5 years ago. OMG...THAT IS SO BAD. I have not sat down and thought about it like that.

[/bAnonymous wrote:He doesn't say anything (he prefers me at a curvy /big boobed size 10 than a skinny size 4). In the past when I've gained weight or gone up to a 12, I tell DH i want to go on a diet /exercise plan, he agrees and says we'll work on it together. He's also put on about 20 pounds in the last 2 years so he usually wants to work on it too.
That said, DS is 2 months old and I'm about 10 pounds lighter than my pre -pregnancy weight. Can definitely tell DH's increased attraction [b]when we have sexy time

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:Gosh, this is a funny thread. I come as a single guy to DCUM for local scoop but fell in here. You all think your DH "doesn't care?" To hell he doesn't. Look out for "late night" projects and business trips, ladies. Not to be a MCP or anything, we understand childbirth and all that, and getting older, but let me tell you this. A slim (ish) woman we were initialy attracted to who gains a lot of weight is about the equivalent of of the six foot tall man you married shrinking down to 4'8" over the course of months. Would that guy make you nervous and wet? Didn't think so. Think about it.