As for being FA, I think I knew pretty close to when I really started to think about sexuality's part in my life in my late teens. That was about the same time I decided I wanted to actually gain a little, too.

When I was about 19, I decided to try to get to 220. It was about 10 pounds for me. Blew past it. After I got married, I got up to around 280, then went down to about 240. Then up to 316. Then down to 260. After leaving my abusive ex a year and a half ago, I've gained up to 350 and have maintained it.

I don't know if there was a single thing that triggered my desire--i think it was always there. It was just the opportunity that was missing.

Flattering. I have a lot of PTSD from an abusive ex, so negative comments can be very triggering.

For me, it was after I got divorced and sized up to 4X t-shirts. I had been wearing 2X. The moment it got me was when I tried to put on one of those 2X shirts and it didn't go down past my belly button. I'm at 336 currently.

Although I don't post stuff here (yet), I like to do a three-part venn diagram and think of three different concepts. The story will be a combination of all three. E.g. gang warfare, vampires, and hospitals.

Characters are harder, but I try to provide a really stark choice at the end of each section, whether that's a chapter in a book or a scene in a short story. Then in the next, the character has to deal with the consequences and move on to the next. Mine often aren't able to deal right away, but as the character goes through the ups and downs of their choices, it makes the character a lot deeper.

I'm on the border of 6 and 7. Chairs creak when I sit down and the arms on office chairs push against my sides. The office chairs that go up and down won't stay up, which is a bugger because I'm tall. Seatbelts are getting pretty tight. All the clothes I wear are at least 3X.