I'm with Arkansas. I have no doubt they hurt, were unwieldy, and so on, but lung-crushing? Not a chance. Unless she has some extreme bone density problem we don't know about.

What a lovely post.

I also think about immobility. Given a host of very frustrating health issues, I'm not sure I'd like it, but I also think I would get there far earlier than most for the same reasons. So who knows.

The biggest scare about immobility is, of course, whether or not one has a partner who can be relied on to stick with one. And given the stats on relationships in general lasting, if I were seriously thinking about gaining to immobility, I'd be given serious pause by that question.

My shrink thought feeding sounded quite tender and lovely. I haven't talked about it much, but I've said in passing that I prefer myself fat, and I like it on others, and (obviously) that I have feeding fantasies. I may yet talk more about it, but the first forays were surprisingly positive.

Brilliant!