There were a lot of little steps getting out of sexual repression and realizing what I liked, fat being the pinnacle of those likes. One random but pertinent moment was when I was hanging out with a group of friends, and the loose inference was made that I was crushing on a guy who wasn’t there at the time, who had a pretty average build with a very modest amount of chub. So it was a little out of nowhere when someone said “maybe you’re a chubby chaser!” I had never even heard of that term before then and was still very repressed and unaware of my own desires— and yet in that moment I froze because it was like a bell going off in my head 🔔 it was a label that called to me immediately.
7 months
