..."do I look fat???"


What does your spouse or significant other answer with when (or IF!) you ask if you look fat?

After 32 years of marriage, I don't ask. I KNOW I look fat so I don't need his input. LOL

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Actually, DH has the whole thing down just the way he should - LOL! He looks at me like I'm crazy, and says "How could YOU possibly look FAT???" (which is hilarious, as I have NEVER been accused of being skinny by anyone except DH. See what I mean? He has learned well...).

However, recently when we were looking through our wedding album he made the gross error of saying: "Didn't we look so YOUNG then?"

I was so shocked. He had me thinking that, in his eyes, I hadn't aged (or gained any weight) in all this time. He felt horrible when he realized that he had implied that I didn't look exactly like my old bride self, especially since he's responses to the ever-so-often fat question were always so good!

Now we're back in the land where he only says the right things!

He just says "you look healthy"...LOL...For most of our 18 married years, I was always about 125 or so...The last year or so I've gotten up to 163...I really think it's either the medication I'm on (Effexor XR), hormones, or maybe my metabolism has just slowed down at 44. I'd really like to lose about 30 lbs. I never used to even like sweets that much...now I can't get enough of them and crave them at night. ~Lisa

Oh my! We have some very wise spouses here...

I think that we've taught them well.

Last night, I was showing him a new photo of myself that a friend had taken and I found myself saying... "I look so fat in the picture!". He did like your wise DH's and did *the look* but then said, "we've aged, dear".

See now, my grandpa called my grandma *dear*... oops... 'aging' is okay, but calling me 'dear'?! My poor DH.

Still learning...

He can't win!

We don't use the word FAT in our house, we say fluffy.

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Sparky is honest to a fault. I would say that I have never been to the point of "fat" for my body size but he does tell me if I am starting to gain weight. He is never mean about it and I am asking him, so he tells me.

On a side note, if I ask him if something looks good on me and he says yes, then I know for sure that it does. He tells me when something doesnt look right, so I can believe him no matter what he answers.

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I know better than to ask that question! Instead I ask "do you like this outfit on me?". I honestly want to know. I have ditched about 2 outfits in 11 years of marriage.

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are you kidding! I aint asking that cause I am afraid he will tell me the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol

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Fluffy... I like that!

I don't ask since I KNOW the answer!
I do ask, "Am I as big as she is?" when I see a large woman.
So far, he has always said "No."

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He says "Honey that is something you should ask your mom or your girlfriends" He constanly sayd "there are somethings you just dont ask a guy"
Same goes for color of hair, cuts, etc...

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GO TONY!!!!!!!!!!! # 20!!!

Well, I'm smart enough not to ask my hubby that question! LOL I think early in our marriage I asked, and he always replied "NO!" very quickly though! LOL

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After 31 years of marriage dh *knows* that would be a loaded a question and would weasel outta an answer ;-)
I used to be morbidly obese and he would always weasel outta an answer. The closest he came to answering was *I think your back must hurt*.
I would never ask that question now that I have lost an extraordinary amt. of weight cuz I now have probs keeping weight on.
I wish DH woulda told me when I was so heavy that I *was* fat in his eyes, I think it woulda spurned me to getting to a healthier weight sooner.
MZ

He always says I look fine. Then he says well you had 5 babies.
I know his hearing is bad, but maybe his eyesight might be going too.


I always think-
Yes, but so did that twig of a gal that we know.
Now how the heck did she stay so thin and flat????

My DH always answers a question with a question which absolutely makes me crazy. He'll usually reply with something like, "Why would you ask that?" I then like to reply with another question such as "Why do you think I would ask that?"

This is something that perplexes the heck out of me!!! There was a woman on SuperNanny (or whatever that show is) last week that had 6-7 children but looked like a teenager. I just don't understand how the skin stretches for pregnancy and then goes right back to where it started for these lucky women!

cj/

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I was thinking the same thing watching that shows. She had all those kids and looked to be a size 4 (if that) and I would have never guessed in a million years that she even had birthed one baby....and certainly not 7!!!! I mean, a person can go to a gym and eat right but that didn't seem to be part of her "routine" that was talked about on the show. She seemed to be too busy and consumed to even remember to eat....at least that was my take.

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I sure think it is unfair that some seem to be made out of firm elastic and pop right back flat!!.

If I ever had any , my elastic is all stretched out. My last baby is grown up and I still look pregnant.

He says NO you look beautiful.

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