when i met my partner (we met on woo plus), i knew she liked fat guys. but she didn't have a clue about feedism.

as we were getting to know each other, it wasn't important, either. she could see i liked to eat! and gradually, over time, i introduced her to this site and others. she approached it with an open mind, and as she got familiar she was able to articulate what she liked, and what was a no-go for her.

i mention this because that is really the only time that my fetish(es) have come up - when i am with a partner that i want to get to know better, or i want to be more intimate with. with everyone else in the world that i happen to bump into, i don't want to know their fetishes, and i am sure they don't want to know mine. just like must of us don't talk about our interest in bdsm with casual acquaintances.

yes, ours reads out the weight. it's just one we bought off amazon, nothing terribly exotic.

i sometimes get this when i eat too fast, i think it's a combo of too much food working it's way down the pipe and maybe some gas.

if you take a break for five minutes does it persist? does it last long after you've finished? if so, you might want to talk to your doctor.

not a nurse, but my ex was. she was a ssbbw, and while she was bigger than most of her colleagues, she didn't really stand out. most of them were of bigger stature.

the only time i hear the term "obese" used (to my face) is by my doctor.

my partner just calls me "fatboy." it's a lot less clinical.

i am the same as you - mostly on my right side, with some pillows to help support me. when i turn onto my back, i need to be propped up a little with those pillows.

one of the things i really miss from my thin & fit days is being able to sleep on my stomach... as well as how easy it was to flip from one side to the other back then!

i am going to pile on and see if we can redirect this into a paul giamatti appreciate thread, lol!

it is far worse than funny. it paints people who are part of this community as being sick, or worse, criminals. it doesn't have any nuance to it at all.

it is best forgotten, imo.

also the term "feederism" seems widespread, but i agree with the folks that say "feedism" is more accurate. it reflects that the feedist community is not limited to the feeder's perspective, or is not necessarily feeder-centric. it includes all of those other roles and perspectives, too.

munchies, if laziness is really the biggest issue here, it could be solved just by changing the volume to "blank" or "undecided."

your comments around people learning about a community before diving head-first into it are a good observation... back when i first discovered the world of feedism, probably the late 90s, it was such a tiny online community (because most of the world was still offline at that point), this wasn't an issue because everything was so basic. there was dimensions online and maybe one or two other destinations, and the "glossary" was pretty up-front. now there are a lot of spaces with slightly different angles - ff isn't the same as curvage, which isn't the same as feabie, etc. etc... plus the plus-size, body acceptance, (etc. etc.) movements have all added layers of complexity and different lenses...

(it's not a bad thing at all, it's really blossomed in fact... but with that blossoming come opportunists, too...)