Someone compared to dieting like a slingshot. The weight comes back on much faster after dieting.

Whatever anyone wants to be is fine. But I think it shows that some people who are thin, are just meant to be thin, and people who are large are just meant to be large.

One problem, is that you really don't get to know the person before you make decisions about moving, etc. It was a disaster with my first wife. If I had more time to observe her, I would not have married her.

I guess no one has gone from average to super size. Interesting how everyone plans to gain, but never does. At least not a large amount.

I have met a lot of new people who are thin/average who want to gain to 400 or 500 pounds one day.

But, has anyone actually gained that much on purpose?

I don't understand why people leave, either. If you don't like some people ignore them. If they bother you, tell an op.

If you haven't found someone to meet, hang in there. It takes only one person, and new people join every day.

Not every woman is into weight gain. You may not be able to convince her, if she is not into it.

I'm not a fan of short thin women (although I did date my share when I was younger). However, tall and thin, short and fat or tall and fat are all nice.

Don't blame the mother. She is 18, and is free to do what she chooses. If she chooses to listen to her mother, it is her choice.

I thank everyone who is saying this is not the place to talk about weight loss. Every day I get in my car, hear diet commercials, see billboards for stomach surgery (that has killed a lot of people I know), see signs on telephone poles. When I get to work, I hear people talk about their diets, and who looks "so much better" that she lost weight. Back in the car, more diet ads and billboards. Turn on the computer and diets ads pop up. I click to a fat friendly web site, and the last thing I want to see is more diet talk.