sublimelysensual
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ORIGINAL: sublimelysensual Out in public, meeting people, going to events, I don't go up to someone and say "hi, my name is amanda and I'm bbw". -laughs- It isn't necessary, a person can see me and make their own judgments. Here, I do identify myself within a first conversation with a Dom (as rubenesque, not bbw, but it all means the same), simply because there are lots of people who prefer partners who are not overweight, and I have no interest in wasting my time, or someone else's, in conversation that's going to be totally meaningless once someone discovered I'm overweight. It would be wonderful if everyone could be attracted to everyone, but that's just not the way it works. So online, I identify my body type. Just easier all the way around. Has nothing to do with the way I feel about myself, my confidence level, etc, just a recognizable label for body type... -a -edited for spelling, dommit- Okay, I really do understand this. I have pictures on my profile so it really would be a no brainer for someone to figure out if I fall outside of what attracts them. I can see that someone who does not have pictures available may have to describe themself. But that leads me to another question. Do you stop at BBW, or do you go into great detail?..."I have a large/small nose, cellulite on my butt, pendulous/small breasts (although one is bigger than the other), pretty/ugly toes, my calves don't touch, I wear/don't wear glasses.....the list could go on and on. Any of those things could be the deal breaker or maker for someone. I don't tend to see those kinds of details related as a means of weeding out or as a means of not wasting someone's time. As women we ALL see ourselves as having faults and we also all see our strong points...but I don't see large groups of women using other attributes or faults (depending on how you personally view it) identifying in such a way as I see BBWs doing so. Erin.. All I can tell you is my opinion..personally speaking, I have never met a man, gotten to know him (online), then met him to have him say.."oh my god, your nose is huge, I can't have anything to do with you." I have told men online I'm plus-sized to hear things like "oh, so you're one of those fat cows". I'll agree with you that people do have other preferences as far as long legs, big busts, small busts, etc, but none of these seem to be anywhere near as much a dealbreaker as weight. Weight seems to be a dealbreaker for a greater part of the population. I guess the other thing with me is that I do just use it as an identifier, it's not something like.."I'm BBW and I'm proud" for me. I am who I am, someone can like it or lump it, I'd just prefer they lump it after 20 min of conversation and not three weeks worth. *Just as a sidebar, I will exchange pics with people, I just choose not to put it on my profile due to an a&&hole ex-husband and child custody issues..... -a
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"To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object." -Simone De Beauvoir -'The Second Sex'
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