Chapter 1

“Daddy, why do you often say Mummy is the woman of your dreams and the love of you life. And why do you always add, or is it the other way round?”
John was in the kitchen cleaning the evening meal with his father Paul, ready to do the washing up. Claire, his mother, was in the living room sipping a long drink and having a mother-daughter chat with Lilli her sister, the second child of the Brown family.
“John, it’s a long story, but for sure, we’ve always got along very well your mother and I, since the beginning and neither her nor me would have it another way.”
“That’s sweet, but how did it start, Dad? I’m dating Barbara and we are into discussing about our future together, so I need your advise.”

“Do you really want to know, John?”
“Yes please Dad!”

“I guess our love was at first site. But we wanted to get prepared and ready for our wedding and life together; we were quite young at that time.
I heard about the Smxl Plus resort and I brought your mother there.
It was, at last, at a time when society was on the verge of totally accepting women could be of any size, any weight, any color...
This resort helped women be at their best for The day and the marriage journey… So off we went.

What struck us is they welcomed people of all size, from S to XL and +
Small who wanted to be pampered would find their place, so as those how wanted to loose weight… and those who wanted to put some on.
We also liked we could have time, since it was a minimum of 12 months commitment.
Your mother and I agreed on the XL option. She was on the plump side and agreed to gain some weight for the wedding day. That’s how it all started.”

“I need to know more Dad, how did it go?”

“Well we signed a kind of contract, in which your mother would stay at Smxl: food and bedding was provided and quite a few activities. Of course she was free to go out whenever they wanted, specially to spend time with her soon to be husband.”
On the contract something was, at first site, strange. It was mentioned that the maximum weight gain would be of 52 pounds. When I ask why, because it would be only 1 pound a week, the woman running the place said:
- you know our know-how is to pamper men and women of any size, any color and any weight. For the XL option 52 pounds is already enough.
And she added:
- it is funny how maximums often change into minimums.
- what do you mean?
- well if you take your sweetie out for evening or week-ends and have good time in restaurants and buffets, it’s perfect. The only thing is that she’ll be weighed before leaving and after coming back so the added weight will not be counted in the maximum 52 pounds. And I must say, over 99% of the men or women subscribing the XL option tend to gain a minimum of 52. It’s like the Freshman 15, it’s so often a minimum.
I laughed and knew your mother would be at the right place for the coming 12 months.”

“What next, Dad?”

“Well I already told you I fell in love with your mother and first site, but every passing day reinforced this feeling: she was and will be the love of my life and will become the woman of my dreams. Smxl helped your mother gain steadily, smoothly and healthily, so after a year she was up to 200 pounds. And now after the 25 years we’ve together, she’s up to 350, an average gain of 5 to 6 pounds a year afterwards. Smxl launched your mother on fine basis: a marriage build on weight and fat is the key, I believe.”

Paul and John, having finished cleaning the kitchen, joined the girls in the living-room.
“Lilli, bring David, your sweet-heart, to Smxl as soon as possible, I’m sure it’ll helped you prepare a fine life together. I can’t wait to go there with my Barbara. Look at Dad and Mum: a marriage build on weight and fat is the key, as Dad puts it” John giggled.
Dad smiled, and Lilli watched her mother dig in her third ice-cream bowl.