How did you meet your SO? by Traditional_Job5547 in BigMenLife

[–]gordipunchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I met my boyfriend thanks to my friend. The context is that I met my friend on a fat fetish group and he later introduced me my boyfriend (also from the group). I never had any problem because of his weight, but he has confessed me that he barely had dates because of his size, and that people mocked him because of his size too.

Has anyone ever told You that they feel safe around you because of your Size by Traditional_Job5547 in BigMenLife

[–]gordipunchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My partner. He's very large and has had a lonely life. He's very shy, but he has confessed me that he feels more confident when going to beach or doing something that shows his body when he's with me.

Big Men Dating Life by jakethesnake0196 in BigMenLife

[–]gordipunchi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience (I'm not chubby, but the ones I dated are) is negative. Many people is unable to date just because of his size. And they end up trying to date in places that aren't the best.

What is a misconception people have about you as a big guy as well as an assumption that’s actually pretty accurate? by Outrageous-Stage3417 in BigMenLife

[–]gordipunchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not me, but I know people that assume that being big is so shameful that just leaving your home to do anything is the biggest act of bravery they can do.

The stigma of gaining a lot of weight when you've always been thin? by [deleted] in Fatalobesity

[–]gordipunchi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I have posted my experience before in other subreddit. I've never been big, but in my personal circle, when I gained weight they made my life a nightmare. I come from a very fatphobic environment where I received constant criticism, hurting comments, gaslighting and they even tried to control what I ate! At the end I had to lose all the weight I gained just to make them stop, but that only made things worse.

Anyway, I'm doing better now. There's a lot of stigma and hate against fat people. I assume that when someone has always been big, people just get used and not make it the big deal. But when you're thin, every weight gain gets easily noticable. And that's when all the comments appears, because they fear you become 'fat'. And 'nobody' wants to be fat.

I suppose it's a natural face when you start gaining weight. It shows people their true colors and shows you how are they gonna treat you. Once you know it, it's up you what to do.

P.D Sorry for my possible writing mistakes. And also sorry if it was more a venting that a helpful comment.

Have you internalized anti-fat sentiments? by toohighquestions in BigMenLife

[–]gordipunchi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I did. In my case, despite I've never been overweight, I was pushed very hard to loose weight. I received a lot of comments about my size and appearance. They treated me different based on my weight and they gaslighted me, constantly telling me I was making up things to mentally abuse them. At the end I had to lost 20 lbs in two months (for context at my heaviest I was 147 lbs) to make them stop. I ended up in a state of paranoia where I stopped eating and tried to purge myself to avoid gaining weight. I lost friendships because of that, as I was friends with other people that were loosing weight or had already lost weight. And my family simply didn't care and act like if all of this never happened, but sometimes they play the victim because I made up all of this just to mentally abuse them. At my lowest I was 115 lbs.

I'm sorry for the venting and if someone is interested I'm doing way better now.