Fat experiences

No, sadly, you are not. I went from 90 pounds to 245 in a year and a half and I nobody in my family likes it constantly giving me weight loss tips and numbers to dietitians.

My wife's siblings were all overweight since early teenage years. And they've really blimped up in their 20's. My wife was bone skinny until after marriage. And their parents had accepted that.

So I honestly think there was an unspoken jealous "we figured your starving @** would finally let yourself go" kind of attitude toward my wife's gain.

Oh yes I caught all kinds of mean comments mostly from my mother.
When I first started to gain I was 26 years old approx and had my own place, she made snide comments like you are turning into a fat ass what man is going to want you.
She tends to be a very rude NYC lady. She thinks she is fat at 100 lbs LOL.
Years later after I had gained almost 100 lbs I admitted I gained on purpose. She went off and scolded me for hours. I finally told her to mind her own business.
She still gets onto me about being 360 lbs.

Yep. My wife came from her dad's previous marriage. So her fat step-siblings she grew up with always viewed her as a semi-outsider and always had some weird axe to grind.

Did your wife love this and how did she react? How did it make you feel initially... a blush or a proud feeling?

Keep us posted... You're looking great in your pics and videos. As long as it feels good to carry the weight, why not? After all, it's YOUR body, not theirs!

It is a personal decision of yours to make. If your family situation precludes your goals, then the solution is to seek self-sufficiency (work, save, build credit, apartment...).

Nothing good comes from complacency. I made a similar decision around your age, except it was that my BBW girlfriend at the time was not welcome by my family.

It was a decision that changed my life, hers, and my parents' ideology for the best, successful still, nearly 20 years later.