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No one ever needs to know your name

I have been Big Guy, Big Fella, Big Boy (mostly the English), Gordito (only the spanish), I started wearing Big Dog shirts (because tall and fat stores sold them) and become "The Big Dog", now I am fairly addicted to Big Daddy tshirts...so i've become..."Big Daddy".

Most of our clothes doubly nicely as a tent or sleeping bag for our loved ones.

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So I gave this some thought.

1. We understand that being fat does not mean that we are dirty, smelly, lazy, gross, or slobs. Sadly it is how we are judged by some people, but not by fellow plus size floks.

2. We have a lot of compassion for others who are not considered 'cool' or 'beautiful' by society standards.

3. We can show our true beauty through our actions and words, rather than misleading looks.

4. We have a great online board that is full of wonderful, helpful and compassionate people.

5. Most people will not start fights with us in fear of getting their butt kicked.

6. Big girls have smaller chance of getting raped.

7. We are better cooks.

8. We don't gain attention from men by dressing like sluts, well most of us anyway.

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You can hide things on your person or even in your FUPA.

LOL. I did this JUST today. I stayed up too late last night on the computer, so I went to take an afternoon nap in my car at work. I hid the keys in the waistband of my skirt. On the way back, I was in the restroom and I looked in the mirror. You couldn't see the keys. I was thinking to myself, "LOL. how am I gonna hide these when I'm skinnier?"

Ok. Let's see. You have never embarrassed/made angry your significant other by asking "Do these jeans/pants/skirt make me look fat?"

Oh. and I'm off to look at the list to see what FUPA means. LOL

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Oh, I thought of two more:

Our pantries are more interesting than others....

And

We are better cooks! :biggrin1:

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LMAO I thought you posted that our panties are more interesting than others,

well that too! I Have to find my dang glasses.

LMAO!! HA HA, well they are bigger than most, but can't imagine them being more interesting........ roflmao.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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