Did losing weight change your relationship status?

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  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    Nope, I met my guy at 135 had 2 kids got up to 200 & now I'm down 30lbs. He's always been happy with me but he may be a little happier now just because I am even more comfortable with myself than I was at 135. :smile:

    I do get more attention in the form of stares when I am in public. I never go "out" so I've yet to be hit on or anything.
  • My wife says she likes me thicker but her actions don't say that. She is way more touchy feely when I am slimmer. I think she likes me thicker because i get flirted with less.
  • Vaanja
    Vaanja Posts: 163 Member
    My man and I got together when I was a Much higher weight, but I dropped over 40lbs our first year of being together without even trying (just happened naturally because I was happier, we didn't have a car so we walked everywhere, we cooked food together or ate raw all the time, and lots and lots of..erm..exercise).

    In the past decade though, I packed on a ton of weight. He never said boo about it, just told me how much he liked watching my butt when I was walking upstairs (lol). Now that I'm 24 lbs down, he's been nicely forthcoming with the compliments - though they've shifted from my butt to to curve betwen my waist and hip, my thighs, and my greater..erm...'mobility'. ;)

    *However*, he's been rather vocally unhappy about not getting all the fried/gravy-covered dinners he's gotten used to and has no problem letting me know when I'm getting annoying with all the net calorie/saturated fats/"oh god I want buffalo shrimp and I can't have it I haaaate life" talk. (Granted, I have a problem with hyperfocusing on whatever gets into my head and I've been known to be annoying as hell on all sorts of topics.)

    We compromise, and I'll make him one nasty fried meal that he loves per week. Also, I can either moan about my diet or brag to him about my diet but not both in the same day, haha.

    I do wish he would stop bringing me the little seasonal snacks I love, though. I don't think he really means to sabotage me, he just doesn't really realize how many freaking calories are in a jumbo spiced pumpkin walnut muffin.
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    for me "yes"! My husband became more insecure as I became more secure about who I was, what I was and what I could accomplish. The attention I was getting from strangers didn't help the situation either but I have to say it made my relationship stronger. He stopped taking for me for granted and started looking at me, I mean really looking at me and I of course love the new me. I'm doing things I've never imagined and life is good!
  • swordsmith
    swordsmith Posts: 599 Member
    Change? not really

    But I got propositioned at work earlier this week by a fairly hot woman who gushed over how much better I look. That was an NSV to the max!
  • catshark209
    catshark209 Posts: 1,133 Member
    My partner got me into working out, etc cuz I was always complaining about my frontal buttocks. He's very proud of me and helps me along when I get my head up my *kitten*.
    I do notice that the guys I've worked with for years now are different with me now, dunno if its cuz maybe I'm different or what. Dunno...maybe its a good thing? Or it would be if I was single. I get snarky remarks from women though, more so than before.
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    I think I get flirted with a bit more, but I still haven't been asked out or kissed or anything so no it hasn't.
  • for me "yes"! My husband became more insecure as I became more secure about who I was, what I was and what I could accomplish. The attention I was getting from strangers didn't help the situation either but I have to say it made my relationship stronger. He stopped taking for me for granted and started looking at me, I mean really looking at me and I of course love the new me. I'm doing things I've never imagined and life is good!

    Good for you, glad he decided to man up and take better care of you! Thats the way it should always be :)
  • yupp. lost 60lbs in a year & had a few bf's[never had one before i lost weight]. my fiance said i looked fat in that picture..
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    then yet, he's jealous of guys looking at me & he doesn't want me wearing certain things..he makes no sense to me xD
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    Well I have noticed much more attention of late. But being a short guy its hard to get a girl interested. My confidence is what has actually changed.
    I have been single for 2 years and struggle to find people who are actually single. But hey you just never know what may happen.

    Hey - I'm short and have been single for 4 years!!!! I also struggle to find people who are single!
  • bigdaddycowgill
    bigdaddycowgill Posts: 120 Member
    Nope. Been married for 18 1/2 years & together for 19 1/2 & it hasn't changed a bit!
  • JDRBT
    JDRBT Posts: 264 Member
    for me "yes"! My husband became more insecure as I became more secure about who I was, what I was and what I could accomplish. The attention I was getting from strangers didn't help the situation either but I have to say it made my relationship stronger. He stopped taking for me for granted and started looking at me, I mean really looking at me and I of course love the new me. I'm doing things I've never imagined and life is good!

    I learned that too! Confidence is sexy and when you feel like you look good. your confidence skyrockets! The good ones learn how to adapt. The bad ones get lost. ;)
  • JDRBT
    JDRBT Posts: 264 Member
    Well I have noticed much more attention of late. But being a short guy its hard to get a girl interested. My confidence is what has actually changed.
    I have been single for 2 years and struggle to find people who are actually single. But hey you just never know what may happen.

    Hey - I'm short and have been single for 4 years!!!! I also struggle to find people who are single!

    Ya know, when I was single I met a GREAT guy off Eharmony who happened to be 3 inches shorter than me. He was awesome. Though we didn't end up going beyond a couple dates, it broke me of that 'a guy needs to be taller than me' thing (which is equally hard to find when you 5'11 with shoes on and a woman!). Things I loved about dating a short guy - he didn't CARE about my height! He was looking at me as a person, whether that was up or down or right across the table. :) I could wear heels (a rarity) and not feel out of place. He loved that I had long legs.

    It's all about how you sell it - short folks! I think he was about 5'6" (on a tall day).
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I've gotten more attention from men, but no relationship has come of it yet...
  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    My attitude has done a complete 180. I'm happier, more secure, and a bit more outgoing. I smile a lot more, and even had the guts to apply for (and get) a retail job! But, I still haven't been hit on once with the first 55 pounds gone. Maybe after the next 45?
  • l00zrr
    l00zrr Posts: 109 Member
    My boyfriend fell in love with me for my personality, not my looks.
    He doesn't care if I'm 120, or 620lbs.
    Most importantly to me, he's supports me through this, every step!
  • My boyfriend fell in love with me for my personality, not my looks.

    A lot of you must live in some romantic places or just be lucky because a lot of men I know of are with women for their looks.
  • l00zrr
    l00zrr Posts: 109 Member
    My boyfriend fell in love with me for my personality, not my looks.

    A lot of you must live in some romantic places or just be lucky because a lot of men I know of are with women for their looks.

    LOL. I'm in an arranged marriage.
    Wouldn't call that part of it completely romantic ;D

    I know what you mean though. I'd be just like it if I wasn't raised to marry mine.
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