Some friends they are! Wow, that is so mean.
I'm about thirty pounds overweight at five foot eleven and around two hundred and fifteen pounds with a BMI of 30, so clinically obese.
I really enjoy wearing one of my "Speedo" bathing suits when I travel on business. I try to stay in hotels that have an indoor pool with a whirlpool. This past week I used the whirlpool and pool in my black "Speedo", sticking out for forty five inch belly, great fun. You should continue to wear your bikini and enjoy the pool. Just without your so called "friends".

Wonderful thread here, thank you all for sharing.
I have gained around fifteen pounds in the last two years. I finished my military reserve service in 2013 and I have been eating what I want and as much as I want ever since. I was held to a pretty strict weight standard in the military, it is such a relief not to have worry about my weight anymore, I love sticking out my growing belly and my fat butt.

How much really shows is based on how much your current/recent weight was. Five pounds on someone who weighed say one hundred and ten is far more noticeable than five pounds on someone who was say two hundred and ten pounds. I have gained around fifteen pounds in the last year or so. I notice pants are a lot tighter around the waist and my belly is a lot bigger. I used to try to stay under two hundred pounds when I was in the military reserves, now I'm at two hundred fifteen. So ten or fifteen pounds does "show".

Wow, I would love to do this too, but I don't want to get to big to fast. Keep us posted on you progress.

Growinlovehandles, you obviously know where I stand on this fantasy. I have written several stories with this very thread. I hope you get a lot of responses,

Ned Fox

I have been an encourager of my wife's weight in the past and currently. I finished up my reserve military service and am no longer under any weight/fitness standards. I have started gaining and have put on around fifteen pounds in the last two years. I'm currently heavier than I have been is years and I am enjoying the feeling of the extra weight. My wife tried to diet last January and went on a serious eating healthy kick. I ate burgers, pasta and pretty much stayed with what in the past had been our usual fair. I enjoyed the irony of she trying to lose while I tried to gain. Good luck, hopefully you will find someone.

I too initially was into being a feeder. But in the last few years, with the opportunity for me to gain weight now I feel I would prefer to be a "feedee" whether or not my "feeder" was into mutual gaining or not.

Keep eating! I have been a subtle gained now for a little over a year. Putting on around ten pounds, waist is up to 45 inches and heavy in my butt too. My wife is a BBW. She tried to diet/change eating habits last winter. She ate veggies and salads, I ate pasta, burgers etc. She has now given up and seems to be eating normally again. I buy her favorite "goodies" (Nutela, etc.) and we did eat a fair amount of Halloween candy. So keep at it, the pounds will come!

I like heavy, shorter women. My wife is two hundred pounds and only five foot four inches tall. She has a very pronounced belly and round butt, with modest boobs, very soft.