The Fatness Factor
Posted by Mr. Practical on March 6, 2008
I could’ve been in love.
The operative word, of course, was “could’ve”. And that may not really be accurate. You see, while the girl I’m referring to has many amazing qualities, including intelligence, an amazing sense of humor, and a stunningly beautiful porcelain doll-like face, she has one flaw I just can’t get around.
She’s fat.
She wasn’t always overweight. When I first met her about four years ago, she was actually quite stunning. She had a lot of guys after her, including myself. I met her through a friend, and by the second time I ran into her, she already had a new boyfriend. So we became friends. Her and her boyfriend eventually broke up, but then I was seeing someone. We never were really single at the same time. Regardless, over the years our friendship seemed to get stronger and stronger. Unfortunately, during this time her ass got bigger and bigger.
About a year ago, I had two tickets to a show out of town, and since we were both single and I knew I’d enjoy her company, I asked her if she come. She happily accepted. We had a great time, went to a few bars afterward, got kind of drunk, and ended up making out. When we got back to the hotel I booked, we made out a little more, and then, well, I passed out.
At least that’s what she thinks. I did pass out eventually, but I certainly could have fought it off for a good round of sex. But I just didn’t. I couldn’t. If there is one thing I know about myself, it is this: fat repulses me.
This is not something I can help. I didn’t make a choice to only be attracted to skinny or athletic girls. Heck, if I could get an erection for fat girls, I’d at least have an easier time with casual sex. But that is out of the question. It is simply impossible for me to have sex with an overweight girl.
This is getting to be a huge (haha!) problem, because I live in the USA, and well, look around. Everybody is getting fat! I read recently that about 70% of Americans are overweight, and about 25% are officially obese. So, as hard as it is to find a date around here, I have to additionally strike 70% of the population out immediately.
I guess this explains why I’ve been mostly dating foreign women. This is true: In the last five years, I’ve either dated, made out or had sex with an Eastern European, two Germans, two Russians, a Canadian and an Israeli. All of them in beautiful shape and all of them wondering how and why we Americans get so damn plump. I once sent the Eastern European girl a picture with me partying with five other American girls in the picture. Her response was, “Are all American girls so fat?” The telling thing was, I didn’t notice. I’d gotten so used to most girls being hefty, that I didn’t even consider those particular girls fat!
What is my point? I guess it is mainly to answer a question in anonymity that I get sick of trying to answer in person:
“You’re so good-looking and funny! How are you still single?”
March 6, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I agree. Fat repulses me as well. And it is startling how many people are fat. It isn’t just anecdotal evidence either. The National Institute for Health, the US government agency that keeps track of lots of health-related information, has published study results that indicate a big percentage of women over age 30 are substantially overweight.
Why is this true? Is it just one of the side effects of getting older? Do people exercise less or eat more? Or are there other reasons?
One idea is that it’s more important for single people to keep their weight in check, because they’re in the market for dates and spouses. Once they have a spouse, there is less incentive to keep their weight in check, so many people get fat.
March 12, 2008 at 7:49 pm
[...] told my good friend Brad, who’s happily married, about this girl I knew that seemed to be really into me, had a lot of fantastic qualities that I really like, but was fat. [...]
April 1, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Your so right. While in Paris last year my fiance goes “where are all the fat people?” We stood still and looked up and down Champs Elysée and couldn’t find not one fat person. Weird.