This was disappointing...the actress doesn't gain at all, just tries on tighter jeans!

Thanks ltb! Very interesting. It is hard to compare rankings mathematically but your method is probably as good as any and better than many.

> Both men and women give around 10% of their votes to number 3, the one about being tired of feeling guilty.

Actually the reason I got this thread going in the first place was that one woman told me that was her main reason for gaining, which surprised me. I reckon it applies to women more because women are more commonly guilt-tripped about their weight.

> 1) 46 men and 72 women have so far answered. That means that for each 2 men answering, roughly 3 women will do. How come? Any guesses?

Many women replied to the thread because I directly asked them. I'm pretty sure that's the reason the numbers are different.

I thought so too, but apparently it's a hotly debated topic, e.g.: . I'm no expert, and am not going to weigh in on whether he existed or not; but I'd say the jury is out.

I don't claim to have theological credentials; if that's your criterion for listening to my argument, please ignore what I have to say.

Honestly, I have grave doubts whether Jesus existed at all. But if he did, and the bible is correct:

Just because Jesus's enemies said something doesn't mean it's false. And it IS true that Jesus was a friend of publicans and sinners, right? Or sinners, at least. So perhaps they were telling the truth about the gluttony. That's all I'm trying to say.

I'm not twisting any words or taking anything out of context.

Are you too embarrassed to eat as much as you need to in front of your friends?

No...there was a hyperlink in my initial post, but I guess it wasn't obvious! Here you go:

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Oh yeah, I'm quite aware of the thing...just didn't know there was a term for it.

Never heard of that...great term!

According to Dan Savage, the way a lot of couples work this out is the man pretends he doesn't look at porn, and the woman pretends to believe him!

Personally I find that just as bad.