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Vixianna
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Xinivrae
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I was doomed to stretch marks in puberty.

Went from a flat-chested little preteen to--BAM!--C-cups in what, five months' time?

I was like HOLY HELL WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE?


BAHAHAHA! That was my first reaction too! 8D I spent about a week just squishing them because I figured that pretty much all they were were squishy stress globes. Very therapeutic.


I started wearing really baggy shirts and slouching, myself. crying


I've had breast since I was 9-10, at least an A-Cup then. They just kept growing, and growing. Then I had growth spurts but by the time I was 14 they were DD. Right now the extra size is extra fat, but even if I lose the extra weight(and I luckily go out and in, in proportion,) They'll still be DD honkers...on the plus side, small children love me, I'm ultra comfy, and they like to sleep on me and snuggle. It's a plus.


gonk Maybe that's why everyone thinks I'm good with children?
 
     
 
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Vixianna
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Xinivrae
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I was doomed to stretch marks in puberty.

Went from a flat-chested little preteen to--BAM!--C-cups in what, five months' time?

I was like HOLY HELL WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE?


BAHAHAHA! That was my first reaction too! 8D I spent about a week just squishing them because I figured that pretty much all they were were squishy stress globes. Very therapeutic.


I started wearing really baggy shirts and slouching, myself. crying


I've had breast since I was 9-10, at least an A-Cup then. They just kept growing, and growing. Then I had growth spurts but by the time I was 14 they were DD. Right now the extra size is extra fat, but even if I lose the extra weight(and I luckily go out and in, in proportion,) They'll still be DD honkers...on the plus side, small children love me, I'm ultra comfy, and they like to sleep on me and snuggle. It's a plus.


gonk Maybe that's why everyone thinks I'm good with children?


People do love to cuddle me, and I've always suspected that it was because my boobs are basically pillows. Everyone also thinks I like children and want to have my own. D: Maybe this is related.
     
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Ok, so the reason people lose weight is because of health and self esteem. Well I disagree.
People can be overweight and healthy depending on what they eat and how much exercise they get. Weight is not always a sign of health. There is also genetics which can determine your size. And people who are skinny can become pretty unhealthy. In fact being overweight is healthier than being underweight.
And about self esteem. Losing weight or being underweight can decrease the amount of endorphins in your brain and cause depression. So sometimes people who are losing weight think they are depressed because they are fat when really they are depressed because they aren't eating enough. And being underweight has not given me any confidence. I am so scrawny that it makes me weak and I am afraid I won't be able to defend myself. And people always joke "you could break her spine on your knee". So confidence, no.
 
     
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I found a nice photo of stretch marks,

http://livewell360.com/testblog/wp-content/uploads/stretch-marks.jpg

that shows before and after photoshop. You'll kindly notice the figure of the woman is probably similar to a professional aerobics instructor, but the stretch marks (likely due to pregnancy and not obesity) make it look like she's 60.

here's a much less glamorous example on men

horrible stretch marks
     
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gonk Maybe that's why everyone thinks I'm good with children?


People do love to cuddle me, and I've always suspected that it was because my boobs are basically pillows. Everyone also thinks I like children and want to have my own. D: Maybe this is related.


They do make good pillows...soft, squishy, self warming...with a nice heartbeat for background sleepy music. Yeah, it probably IS related, but I don't mind babes and toddlers sleeping on me, it better than screaming.

@ Noir: Actually the ones on the women to make her look any older, because they are light and small. The ones on the man are unattractive because of color, ize, and number.
 
     
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Let me call the wammmbulance. Least you ******** got girls right? I know guys even older than me who never had ANY luck with guys.


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Tutela de Xaoc

I think the Op's point was, that being a little chubby is not a bad thing.

Perhaps...
Tutela de Xaoc

I'm saying the majority of the women I've met inside and outside of school, are simply simple headed and uber materialistic when they are skinny. They cruise through their childhood without a blemish or a scar, dating all the popular guys and having sex with whoever they choose.


I was going to be more objective and wait until having finished reading all posts prior to commenting... but you struck a nerve with me on this note.
1.) Being skinny =/= Being attractive
2.) There are other factors to beauty not mentioned in your argument regarding skinny people and their popularity and their ease of life.
3.) I am skinny. I have not breezed through life once. I have struggled and fought against the hardcore ditzy materialistic popular girls, and by choosing this mentality, I became an instant outcast of the popular crowd.
4.) Men will put their penises inside anything with a v****a, IF THE OWNER OF THE v****a PERMITS THEM TO DO SO. This is a matter of CHOICE.
5.) I know fat women who have much more MEANINGFUL sex, because it is not solely lusty kinky roar passionate sex, but often can be stemmed from the hatred of skinny people, or the hatred of their feeble-mindedness.
6.) Many people who are thin actually make great philosophers, teachers of life, and great conversationalist, especially the older crowd. I am reminded of two males, both of which happened to have their sexuality questioned.
7.) Regarding #4, having a s**t self-esteem, a negative attitude, and a generalized hatred of any group of people (something I am horrifically opposed to) is going to radiate from within your soul outward to the people of this world, and they can easily pick up on it, and will learn quickly whether or not you should be embraced with love and appreciation, or avoided like the Black Plague.


Tutela de Xaoc

Heavier people, having been teased their entire life, actually have real goals and real life expectations rather than living in drama world.


So people with skew teeth, acne, smaller breasts (to the point of questioning whether or not the person is a woman or a gay man), disgustingly oversized birthmarks/moles... are not teased?
What about people who have negative attitudes, awful personalities, and just make you wish you were legally permitted to sew their mouth shut? Those people irk us all. They're beyond being only teased.
It appears that this comparison to skinny people is such a broad generalization, and is such an overdramatized attack on how lame skinny people are, without acknowledging other aspects of beauty, that one can only read it as a drama world of its own. Your (or anybody's, for that matter) attempt to feel better about yourself should never stem from comparisons to other people.

Tutela de Xaoc

Plus, wrestling with a heavier woman in bed is much fun. Skinny girls are just complete wimps and complain too much...(about everything). v.v.


This is cute, but I only complain when bony elbows hit my temples. Honestly, fat people make excellent pillows and are fun to snuggle with - and I always feel guilty sitting on anybody, because the pain my bony a** will cause them is immense... having no a**, as a woman, is not a fun thing.

Neither is having an a** tonne of acne, less than perfectly straight, perfectly white teeth, a crooked/large nose, or any other physical feature you can not possibly tolerate about yourself.
Well, this concludes ripping you a new one in the form of a wake up call.

Back to the OP...

The goal in our lives should not be to "lose weight". It should be to eat healthfully, get enough cardio-vascular exercise (if possible, and without straining ourselves), and make other choices to promote physical, mental, and spiritual wellness. (My Leisure professor would be so proud).

I, as a skinny person, do NOT believe for one stinking second that ALL fat people NEED to LOSE WEIGHT. I do, however, believe that most people need to make better choices in their lives (myself included).
We need to read, learn, and do other activities that are enjoyable and affordable (once we fail to afford them, depression sets in, and our lives are not as fulfilling as before), and improve our lives not only with regards to what we eat and what forms and types of exercises we do, but with regards to expanding our minds, our knowledge, and focusing on improving ourselves in all aspects of wellness.

Just because your roommate is overwhelmed with academic stresses and pressure, does not mean that they, or you, have an excuse to choose to be lazy and not exercise, if you both want to. It is a difficult choice to make, especially if it was not a commoon choice for us as a youth, but once it is made, anybody may accomplish anything - especially with small commitments at a time.

As for stretch marks, I've seen a marathon runner at the age of 41 who had given birth to twins at one point in her life (ie major weight gain difference there) in a bikini, and she was freaking hot. Yes, she had UBER Stretch marks!! If I was a full-fledged lesbian, I would have asked her for her number. But not because she was skinny. She had a wonderfully positive attitude, and was knowledgeable about current events/affairs, and seemed to have that older woman wisdom about her... But, I'm not a lesbian, so I didn't.
Also, I acknowledged a woman in one of my classes for her confidence, though I think it could be, unfortunately, an over-compensation for her lack of confidence. =( However, it fooled me temporarily, because I thought her self esteem was way up there, and maybe, she has to face the challenge of feeling down every once in a while (you know, like a reality check), and has to fight to get her self esteem back. I just wish she wouldn't assume because she's big, she's not hot - because she is very beautiful, and the more happy and confident she is, the more beautiful she is.

Oh, and by the way, look to Renaissance art, because frankly, they knew what was attractive was back then. I was never propositioned for sex by any African while in Africa, because they don't like skinny twigs for women - they like their women to be rounder, more motherly. And frankly, I think I am much less motherly than my rounder counterparts. Hell, I'm a negative creep, so stay away! You have been warned.

If you're so fat that you have to take a ferry instead of the chopper, or you can not bus tables in your restaurant where you are the chef... you may want to try considering taking small steps toward a healthier lifestyle - such as eating vegetables and fruits along with your normal diet, and trying to move a little bit more... it has to be done slowly so your body has time to adjust, and before you develop carnirotary (w/e) disease. After you develop the disease... avoiding stress is key while slowly improving your life one small step at a time.

Many people who diet and exercise in their attempt to lose weight are 50 times healthier than skinny people who eat crud food and don't exercise. Always remember that just because physical work is not needed to help skinny people become skinny, sometimes, they are so beyond ******** up in the head, that their mentality, emotional/mental stress causes them to burn calories at a rate that could kill them just as easily as you will get those stretch marks when you lose weight. Just don't gain any more weight because you think there's no point.

Being healthy (physically, emotionally, and mentally) makes you more likely to succeed in life.
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@ Noire

The man is a horrific example of stretchmarks.
Women gain weight during pregnancy, and it's not just the baby in the belly.
However, because little Miss Perfect Aerobics Instructor was already fit and healthy,
she had a much easier time bouncing back from her pregnancy regarding losing the
weight. (Celebrities have lots of money and pay top dollar to fitness advisors etc to
help them lose the weight they gain during pregnancy, and sometimes, it takes several
months for them to succeed. Then they also have the $15K to pay for the removal of
stretchmarks, arguably an important aspect to their career).
Kinda like the marathon runner I mentioned.
Let's not forget that your example of a woman is an overly tanned, overly sun exposed
individual who will subsequently have wrinkling and drying out of the skin when she IS
60 years old, and will look super old, even if she did have the stretch marks fixed.
And yes, I agree, those stretchmarks do look awful and make her look older.
But she's not a GIANT prune.
 
     
 
Michael Noire
I found a nice photo of stretch marks,

http://livewell360.com/testblog/wp-content/uploads/stretch-marks.jpg

that shows before and after photoshop. You'll kindly notice the figure of the woman is probably similar to a professional aerobics instructor, but the stretch marks (likely due to pregnancy and not obesity) make it look like she's 60.

here's a much less glamorous example on men

horrible stretch marks

...can not be unseen gonk

That shooping was mediocre though.
     
 
     
 
 
 
 
Requiem of the Exodus
I have stretch marks from growing tall too fast, and those can be covered by a tattoo if I wanted. They're not that bad.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



THIS! (Only I have no wish of ever getting a tattoo).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Olya
Requiem of the Exodus
I have stretch marks from growing tall too fast, and those can be covered by a tattoo if I wanted. They're not that bad.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



THIS! (Only I have no wish of ever getting a tattoo).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


Not only that, tattooing over scar tissue sounds painful!
     
 
     
 
 
 
 
Nonesuch Solo
Olya
Requiem of the Exodus
I have stretch marks from growing tall too fast, and those can be covered by a tattoo if I wanted. They're not that bad.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



THIS! (Only I have no wish of ever getting a tattoo).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


Not only that, tattooing over scar tissue sounds painful!
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



Tattooing sounds painful - period. >.< And, personally, I'll take stretch marks over erectile dysfunction and diabetes ANY day. Besides, depending on how fast you gained weight and how dense your weight deposits are, you can have HUGE stretch marks just from being overweight (or should I say clinically obese).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Olya
Nonesuch Solo
Olya
Requiem of the Exodus
I have stretch marks from growing tall too fast, and those can be covered by a tattoo if I wanted. They're not that bad.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



THIS! (Only I have no wish of ever getting a tattoo).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


Not only that, tattooing over scar tissue sounds painful!
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



Tattooing sounds painful - period. >.< And, personally, I'll take stretch marks over erectile dysfunction and diabetes ANY day. Besides, depending on how fast you gained weight and how dense your weight deposits are, you can have HUGE stretch marks just from being overweight (or should I say clinically obese).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


I gained about half my body weight in the space of four or five months, that was awful. My husband says my marks look "painful" but really the only worry they cause me is that my skin is thinner in those places.
     
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Nonesuch Solo
Olya
Nonesuch Solo
Olya
Requiem of the Exodus
I have stretch marks from growing tall too fast, and those can be covered by a tattoo if I wanted. They're not that bad.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



THIS! (Only I have no wish of ever getting a tattoo).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


Not only that, tattooing over scar tissue sounds painful!
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



Tattooing sounds painful - period. >.< And, personally, I'll take stretch marks over erectile dysfunction and diabetes ANY day. Besides, depending on how fast you gained weight and how dense your weight deposits are, you can have HUGE stretch marks just from being overweight (or should I say clinically obese).

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.


I gained about half my body weight in the space of four or five months, that was awful. My husband says my marks look "painful" but really the only worry they cause me is that my skin is thinner in those places.
We all meandered through our schooling haphazard; so, to God be thanks,



Don't sweat it! I have stretch marks on my thighs, breasts, and lower back thanks to my lovely growth sprouts as a kid (I could go up two sizes from fall to spring at the peak of them). They don't bother me. I don't feel them. And they do get thinner with time. 3nodding

...it's easy, without too much fooling, to pass for cultured in our ranks.
 
 
 
 
     
 
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Mostly to please societal pressure around them to conform to a very unrealistic standard that includes an Adonis complex and a patriarchal expectation of beauty from women. Fat people have been deemed by society as something to rid ourselves of, as something unnatural due to very narrow views of what MOST FAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.

But of course, as long as the fatties are gone, society is happy.....until it finds another natural physical difference in humanity to divide and alienate the masses with. Maybe it'll be eye color next??? Or hair length? Or maybe fingernail length......
Not the truth at all. Of course some people are going to have an unreleastic standard but there becomes a very pertinant point where weight becomes a big health issue.
Loosing weight is pushed mostly by health officials do to all the negative effects it can have on the body, obviously being thin to the point your anorexic is bad as well but thats no excuse to bash those pushing for weight loss.
Eye color and hair or fingernail length do not make you unable to fit through the door of your apartment, a walking heart attack, or anything of the sort so I think your speaking here out of a bit of misguided spite than actual reasoning for the topic at hand.

As for OP:
Stretch marks can be expensive to remove, however your only considering the socially appealing aspects rather than the health aspects of not being obese. They don't have to be removed and personally I'd much rather have a few scars than carry around a extra few hundred pounds of weight on me. I was lucky and born with a good metabolism, however to take care of my body I work out at home (costs me absolutely nothing) for a minimum of an hour each day. That kind of habbit is very easy to do by simply doing it in the morning before one wakes up or at night before bed and is plenty to keep one relatively healthy if started before the problem begins.
     
It doesn't bother me if someone's fat or thin. As long as I'm cool with them, it's all that matters.
 
     
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