charade wrote:
I've seen insanely attractive men with very fat women on several occasions, and vice versa.
The thing about basing attraction on weight is that it is not a stable trait. People gain and lose weight over time due to a variety of factors, not all of which are within their control. A decent person is going to stay with their partner through all those changes and support them, period, end of story. You don't back out of being with someone you love because their looks changed, unless the change in looks is a symptom of a different and more core problem.
Point being, it's hard to know if they got together while looking as they do now, or if one of the partners changed over time and the other continues to love them anyway (as they should).
I've got to say, I really hate the existence of this thread. The title is really rude, IMHO.
For the record, I have gone through a lot of ups and downs with my weight, and any guy who can't deal with something like that has zero sympathy from me. My husband and I have a deal: I won't talk about his hair loss, and he won't talk about my weight gain, although encouraging me to eat healthy and exercise for the purpose of staying healthy is permitted
And maybe the occasional, "you really did look hot on that vacation to X" (10 years ago).
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