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help me shack

I have an overweight friend who is a good looking guy but well... he's big. He's always complaining about how he doesn't get any and how people aren't interested in him because of his size. Yet he also says that he is happy with the way he looks - just not happy that other people don't like the way he looks.

Should someone feel compelled to lose weight just to feel attractive to others?

I don't know whether to offer to work out with him or go jogging with him or whatever or whether he'd feel like that was insulting. But it got me to thinking, most people aren't interested in overweight partners. Does that make us ultimately shallow people? Perhaps we all are. :(

Jul 16, 2010 2:34pm PDT

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help me shack I have an overweight friend who is a good looking guy but well... he's big. He's always... : GloriousCow
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- How big we talkin' and how well does he think he looks? Obese fat chicks who think they are the shit are ... : aggressor
- No, it means that not all of us are attracted to fat people. Fat is relative, though. I like girls with... : deadhorse
- important question: does he want to date someone who isn't overweight? it's easy to find a fat person ... : dahanese
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  a friend of mine is quite large and he's got his own harem. dude gets more pussy in a year than i'll get... : electroly
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    are you ready for vegas? : aggressor
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      let's go : electroly
      
      alerting mwasher : aggressor
- you should offer to have sex with him :( : xsii
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  How overweight is he? Maybe he's just an uninteresting person who doesn't know how to present himself : AlexXdude
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    Over the years wtf242 has had some excellent advice with regards to talking to people and presenting your... : spiffymc
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      I haven't read wtf's advice, but I think a lot of people overestimate the importance of looks (unless the... : AlexXdude
      
      Anyone will tell you that confidence is the most important factor. : spiffymc
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  Overweight people are not attractive : AllYourBase
  - A little pudge in the right places can be! Nobody who labels themselves 'bbw' is, though. Ever. : aggressor
- Tell him to find a fat chick. : Colleton
- Banging fatties is gross. Shallow or not, it's just gross. : Entity
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  I'm a hefty guy and it's always in the back of my mind but ultimately I'm happy with my current lifestyle... : spiffymc
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    spiffy you are in no way 'hefty'. this guy is like two of you : GloriousCow
    - As soon as people start calling you "big guy", then you qualify as 'hefty' :( Anyway it's all about havin... : spiffymc
- It's not shallow to want to be with a healthy person. Also, being fat implies a lot about someone's perso... : brecht
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  They should feel compelled to lose weight to make themselves more attractive to others if and only if the... : noxiousgg
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    thats basically what i was thinking. that he is rationalizing. Is there really any reason to *like* bein... : GloriousCow
    - You can eat what you want? That's about it : aggressor
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      I'm fat / overweight (not a lot, but a bit), and while I don't like actually being fat, I do enjoy my cur... : SilverSnake
      
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      like eating whatever you want and not having to plan daily exercise , or is there something more to that? : GloriousCow
      
      Yeah, pretty much that, but maybe most of all, not having to spend time exercising, time I much more enjo... : SilverSnake
      
      Thats pretty much it in my case. I am 6' at 230lbs. I'm married with 3 kids now. While I would like work ... : VectorJKL
- Make him watch this a few times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM : Boring Writer
- tell him to get off his fucking gringo lard-ass and start working out. looking good is the least impor... : kabex
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  As a person who went from ~300 pounds to ~165, I can say that life is much better at 165. I used to have ... : JonathanBedrava
  - wow, you lost half of yourself. good job : GloriousCow
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    wow. how long did that take you?
    
    Jul 16, 2010 4:44pm PDT
    
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    wow. how long did that take you? : spiffymc
    - A little over a year. : JonathanBedrava
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    jeeze. How did your skin react to losing that much? : byorn
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      There's a little bit of weird looseness around the very middle and just under my nipples, and for some re... : JonathanBedrava
      
      how long has it been? has it been hard keeping it off? : GloriousCow
- I know some fat guys that have a great personality and really good to talk to and have no problem getting... : X-GOUKI