Our nation’s greatest poet Freddy Mercury once said, “Fat bottom girls, you make the rockin’ world go round.” What exactly he meant by that is still being studied by scholars to this day, but catchy-as-hell songs aside, what’s it really like to navigate this world as a bigger woman? How does it affect, for instance, your relationships?
That’s the topic in focus for these 15 anonymously submitted perspectives on being plus sized in the dating world.
15. Skinny envy
I feel this way next to pretty much any human being.
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14. Beauty is everywhere
Good. 🙂
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13. Compare and contrast
It sounds like maybe this is a conversation that’s really unhelpful to keep having.
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12. Peer pressure
What kind of garbage people would…
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11. Go cowgirl
If there weren’t some way in which it was super awkward, would it even be considered sex?
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10. Soft touch
These two found the right match.
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9. Subconscious fears
We can be our own worst enemies.
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8. Settle down
Why people feel the need to come in with these opinions is beyond me.
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7. Here’s the skinny
Remember: if you try to outdo skin and bones you’ll literally die.
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6. Weigh it out
“Self hatred helps nothing”
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5. Get your kicks
Your hate amuses me.
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4. Pity party
Sounds super manipulative…
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3. Scents and sensibility
Aw, that’s really sweet.
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2. Judging eyes
People are the worst.
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1. Oh, baby
Can’t tell if very romantic or weirdly old-style misogyny.
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Life’s not easy all the time for any of us. We at least deserve to be happy with the people we choose, and anyone who’s got something to say about that because of something as trivial as a difference in body size really doesn’t need to be a part the conversation.
Have you had experiences like this?
Tell us about it in the comments.