Thick2bbw:
I know we talked about family and friends reacting to us gaining but how have you guys handle coworkers?
I don’t have a great answer to your question but I’ll relay an anecdote.
My last job was at a small business I worked at for ~10 years. When I started, I wore a medium-sized shirt and was fairly thin. By the time I left I had (deliberately) ballooned up to a 3XL shirt, and was definitely not thin. No one said anything directly UNTIL one day when a coworker (woman in her 70s) asked me a math question and my answer happened to be: “450.” She came back with: “What is that, your GOAL WEIGHT??”
This was only the second experience in my entire life being fat-shamed so it’s not like I had some clever response prepared or defenses built up. (She also said this right in front of a client.) I just sort of laughed nervously, but on the inside I was surprised and hurt since I thought this lady was kind and not the type to stoop so low.
In hindsight I probably would’ve gone the full-on comedy route, turning it into a male pregnancy joke or whatnot.