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Re: So Sad Prudie on Weight
by SuburbianPuck

Thanks JudithS for your words.

Looking at replies to this video in general I see a lot of trolling and also a lot of guys who just really don't get it. Being fat doesn't make you a monster, ask thousands of men who are happily married with a great sex life to a chubby gal.

My husband had an interesting perspective also on this. His thought, the guy is 35, maybe he is starting to have sexual problems of his own and is blaming it on the weight to cover his embarassment. Not saying it is true, many men don't have problems that early but it's a possibility that maybe he just doesn't have the stamina to keep with with a young gal.

I just hope Emily has at least read over all these responses, especially all the negative ones in all the threads and understands why it's important to show solidarity with other women on this matter. As soon as you start pointing to a woman and say "loose weight" you've encouraged that mentality that a woman needs to care about her appearance more than other things. I know her advice was given in concern for the weight gain, but really the woman needs to have more self-confidence about her body and her life style and less concern about what 1 boyfriend thinks about her.

And I do seriously hope the gal has dumped her boyfriend by this point or at least re-evaluated her relationship. There are plent of men out there who will love her for what she is and not what they want her to be.

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