Kree
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(fast reply to no one in particular) I have a problem with BBW… not the individual women, the concept. A whole lifestyle has developed around the concept of BBW that has created a situation where attitude has replaced responsibility. In the various posts to this thread, I see anger, contempt, and attitude about people who choose not to pursue relationships with women who are overweight. Many times, it is not about their weight, but about their attitude, which the BBW culture has created. Some people build a hard shell around their weight and develop an attitude that causes people NOT to want to meet them and discover who is really inside. I have seen this from a close up situation with my sister. While her situation might not be the norm, it offers a scenario that people should use to inspect their own lives and attitudes. She was a very thin child who developed a problem with her stomach around the age of 5. After numerous visits to doctors and specialists, one finally decided that the only solution was surgery to find out what was causing her intense pain. The surgery was performed when she was about 7. They found and corrected the problem. What followed was an eating binge that lasted 6 or 7 years. She gained a significant amount of weight, but she was still the wonderful, delightful person she had always been. At the age of 14, she decided enough was enough. For the next two years, she dieted and did exercises. At the age of 16, she had transformed herself into a beautiful girl with a drop dead gorgeous body. Sadly, that beautiful girl had never developed the social skills and interpersonal skills necessary to avoid being taken advantage of. She met two boys one summer, one a user, the other, a nerd that worshipped her. Of course she ended up being used by the user and dumped. Thus began the feeding frenzy that carried her from 110 pounds to over 200 pounds at record speed. Her thought being that if she gained weight she would never be hurt again. The nerd hung around for 10 years trying to offer his love and affection to her. Then, the term BBW was invented. The hurt and anger that led her to the massive weight gain had suddenly found a home. She was safe because she had found a club she could join that approved of her weight gain and by taking the title BBW she was now immune from the need to be sociable. Over the years, as she met men, she was so aggressive about “love me fat or go away”, that the anger and attitude turned people off to the point that no one wanted to be around her. Her mantra was always “if I find someone that will love me like this, I will lose weight”. What she never realized was that it was her attitude instilled by the BBW magazines and mindset that was running people off before they really got to know her. Of course this also led to a bad marriage to someone who made her think he bought into her attitude. After leaving her heavily in debt for a new car and clothes for his real sweetie, plus stealing from my Mom, he ran away. Her story does have a better ending. After searching for 25 years, she finally found someone that looked past her attitude long enough for her to realize that her BBW shell created by the BBW movement had stolen a large part of her life. Did she lose weight? No, she lost the attitude, found a loving partner and happiness. My partner might be considered to be a borderline BBW by some. Not to me, she is simply my partner, my lover, my submissive. Do I see her weight? No, I see her soul, her sparkling eyes filled with humor and the love of life. Honestly, when we first met, if she had the term BBW in her profile, or threw the term around, I would never have talked to her seriously. BBW isn’t about weight… it is about attitude. Perhaps one person reading this will look in the mirror and realize that BBW isn’t a crown to wear. It isn’t an ethnic group or a club to join. It isn’t a flag of freedom to parade in the streets. For some people, not all, but some, it is an excuse to display an attitude. It does not make them happy, nor proud. It is a shell. Decide for yourself which side of that street you walk on.
< Message edited by Kree -- 6/18/2006 6:32:52 PM >
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