700lbgoal:
Most of my family, immediate and extended, are the most vain people I've ever met. So when I went from 30 lbs underweight to obese in the span of a few years (an 100lb gain) I heard a lot of "you need to lose weight", "you're such a f***ing fat*** now", "stop being such a pig" and much crueler comments I just can't remember right now. Most are from my mom. She also likes to point out how much bigger I am than other people, basically shaming me in so few words. My dad isn't so verbally abusive, but he did tell me not to be a pig once. He's more quiet about his thoughts, but I'm sure he shares some with my mom after he said that. Funny thing is, both of them are bigger than me.

The comments bother me a lot because they make me feel bad about something I like. I'm pretty use to it though, so I don't say anything and just take the abuse since they've been doing it all my life. Even when I was "break-a-bone-easily" skinny my mom called me a fat*** among other things.

SarahInSpirit:
If anyone ever talked to me that way, family or not, I would consider them dead the split second it came out of their mouth.

Jiggly J:
Reaching across the car to scrape windows. Lol my belly makes it tough.

Desmond:
First, I am a paying member and I think it's a great value!

I agree with GainingLear -- I don't think paying for stories is a good idea. I write a lot of stories here and I know that my stories are darker than the average wg story and are certainly not for everyone's taste. But they've done pretty well here - far better than I would have expected, given their dark undertones.

Paying for stories would almost certainly limit the number of people who read them. I would hate to feel I had to pay to read a story here, or that anyone else would have to pay to read one of mine. I can't speak for any other authors, but I write and post just for the joy of it and it is plenty of "pay" to see that so many others here read and relate to the story. I just hope what I write will make someone tingle a bit.

Here are things I do think would be wonderful to change or to offer.

1) I do wish chat was somehow designed so you aren't removed from the conversation just to check a profile.

2) I wish you could post audio on the site - not necessarily streaming audio, but some kind of audio archive linked directly to this site. I'd like to provide an audio version of my stories for those who would like them, but it's really awkward to do, especially since we can't insert a live link into our stories. Which leads me to ...

3) I wish we could put live links in our posts or stories - even if they only worked within the site.

4) If you are going to incentivize anything, it would be nice to incentivize "likes." Offer a free one month membership for giving so many "likes" in a given month. That would encourage all to encourage others, it would likely lead to more member content being shared, esp from our more shy members, and I think it could increase paid membership. I was a free member on this site for years, but once I decided to try a full membership for a short time, I don't think I would ever want to go back - the features are too valuable.

5) Finally, I would suggest that you create an entirely new class of profile clearly marked as a "fantasy" profile, and permit each member to have one of those in addition to his/her standard member profile. When I decided to post stories here I wanted them to come from a clearly defined character. But I had to delete my personal profile to do so. It's ok. I've tried to make it crystal clear in "Desmond's" profile that the writer is not THAT guy. BUT, now I can only react with the site through that profile. I think if each member could have a clearly labeled "Fantasy" profile as well as a "Personal" profile, it might cut down on at least some of the "fakes" and could encourage a whole new energy for finding "playmates" or "real folks" as you may wish on a given day.

Hope this has been helpful.

johnxyz:
I know of one SSBBW who had her ice cream cone taken from her and thrown on the ground by a stranger telling her she did not need it.

PillowPrincessPlump91:
That has happened to me. Especially when I was in High School. People would flip my tray onto the ground, laugh, and say "Oops... You didn't need it anyways" then walk away with their group of friends laughing.

Dolkite:
I've found myself turned on simply by the notion of creating a special diet to make me fatter and following it the same way someone determined to get in shape would.

I think a lot of feedees fantasize about being "talked into" gaining by a sympathetic partner who wants to enthusiastically support them, generally through assisting with a diet.

longrobe:
Lactation, I would love to get fat off of my partners breast milk.

ChubbyHubby:
Yes! I don't understand it, but I've like the idea for a long time.