Chapter 1

Jan had finally caught the man of her dreams, but there would be a price to pay as she would soon find out.

Jan had grown up on the wrong side of the tracks. She was from a poor family, but they were also not among the most honest families either. Jan’s mom had pushed her to find and marry money, no matter what. She had Jan diet since before puberty and wear only the most revealing clothes she could find. She also made Jan work at places where she was most likely to run into the “right kind of boy” as her mother put it.

It finally paid off two years after Jan graduated from high school. She was working at the country club first as the hostess and then as a waitress. She got to know one of the families there very well and especially their only son Brian.

Brian was overweight, as was the rest of the family. He was not the brightest guy in the world either, but he was a nice guy and had always treated Jan politely when she waited on them at the Club. They started to date secretly as Brian’s mother would not approve of him dating so far below his “station”.

One thing led to another and Brian fell in love with Jan. Jan didn’t really love Brian, but he was nice and especially very rich. Brian asked Jan to marry him, she accepted, Brian’s mother had a fit, but she finally agreed, though with one big condition, that Jan sign a pre-nuptial agreement. Brian and Jan agreed, thinking that it was the only way to at least gain his mothers grudging approval.

Brian’s mom, Ann, new exactly what Jan and her mom had in mind. She new that Jan was primarily marrying Brian for the money, not for love and it drove her nuts. But she did have a plan.

She new that Jan and her mom felt that Jan’s only real asset was her looks, specifically her slim figure. So Ann had a wonderful idea, Jan could not marry her Brian if she did not gain weight. She would get no alimony or any support if she did not maintain her weight either.

Ann went to her attorney’s office with a draft of her specific clause for the pre-nuptial agreement:

“Jan Toomey, being of legal age in the said State, shall agree to, perform and adhere to the following conditions and stipulations:
1. She will weigh at the date of the nuptials 140 lbs. Her present weight, at the time of the engagement being 110 lbs. with a height of 5’3”.

2. She maintain a minimum weight of 160 lbs. from the first anniversary until the dissolution of said marriage or death.

3. She shall not lose any weight what so ever during her marriage. Should she lose any weight do to illness, she will regain said weight as soon as possible. Should she deliberately lose weight, she must regain the weight and an additional 10% of her total body weight prior to the loss.

4. If during the marriage, her weight exceeds 200 lbs. Should there be a subsequent dissolution, she would receive a minimum payment of $3000.00/monthly plus a one time payment of $1,000,000.00. Said monthly payment would continue only if her weight remained at 200 lbs. or more.

Needless to say Jan and her mother were stunned. Jan cried for a while but then thought about never having to “diet” again. Her mother was upset for awhile, but she too thought that it really wasn’t that bad a deal after all. Brian’s family was very rich and she new her daughter would be well taken care of.

The only problem was the wedding was only four weeks away. Jan needed to gain thirty pounds to meet the first clause of the prenuptial agreement by her wedding day or it was all off!

Jan’s mom, Sally, said, “honey pie, you need to do some serious eating these next few weeks, child.” Jan, replied, “Oh mom they’re not really going through with this are they?” “Yes, child they are, when you signed the agreement this morning, didn’t you see the look in Ann’s eyes?” Well, yes momma I did,” she replied. “Well then darling we had better get started!” Sally said. With that she had Jan stripe down to her panties, she gave her a t-shirt to cover herself. She packed up all of Jan’s clothes. “Momma,” Jan protested, “I can’t go anywhere dressed like this!” “You’re not!” answered Sally, “You are going to sit in this trailer and stuff yourself “ “Momma” Jan shrieked, “I’ll get FAT!” “That’s the point child, you have to gain 30 lbs. in less than a month.” Sally said.

Jan sulked for awhile, Sally had her eat a package of cookies and a couple glasses of milk while she started cooking a large heavy meal for her daughter. Jan finished the cookies before her mom had finished cooking. Jan protested that she felt she would pop if she ate another bite. Sally told Jan to lie down on the sofa and watch Jerry Springer, there happened to be a show on a guy’s girlfriend gaining one hundred pounds, which did seem to perk Jan’s interest.