It is difficult to put an age to it, but like most people here, I also remember being fascinated by fat since a young age. Here are some memories of early signs:
- Already at primary school, I was fascinated by big kids. I remember telling my cousins about this kid at school who was so big he had "boobs"
- My grandparents had a scale in their bedroom. I remember that my chubby cousin and I used to play in their bedroom and I always tried to convince my cousin too step on the scale. I must have been about 10 years old and I was desperate to know how much she weighed. Unfortunately I never managed to convince her...
- My brother had one of those "friends books" where his class mates write a little text and some info about themselves, like their weight. I was fascinated that one of his class mates weighed 100 lbs (45 kg)
- When I was a bit older, somewhere in middle school, I stuffed pillows under my clothes to feel fat. I also occassionally stuffed to get some belly
- It was pre-internet, but I looked famous painters like Rubens and others up in my parents encyclopedia to see some paintings with big ladies
- I studied the pictures of hotel pools in tour operators brochures to see if I cold spot any big girls at the pool
- We had the movie "Wild at Heart" from David Lynch on VCR. It has a scene with some naked fat ladies dancing. I replied that scene so many times when I was home alone, that the tape started to wear out.
7 years