My Girlfriends weight makes her unattractive?
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Me and my girlfriend have been going out for almost 2 years, and I Iove her dearly. When we first started dating she was of average weight, but after the first few months she started letting herself go. She has put on a lot of weight, almost 3 stone to be exact. She wasnt skinny to start off with either, but now she is what I would class as overweight verging on obese. 3 stone of fat on a woman that is only 5"2 in height makes a lot of difference to how they look. She has also stopped taking care of herself. She no longer gets her hair done, her eyebrows are merging into a unibrow because she never plucks them. Sometimes when we go out she doesnt even wear deodorant. she dresses in these old frumpy grandmother type big clothes. She reminds me of my grandma, even though my girlfriend is only 25. I love her a lot and I'm going to marry her no matter what, but I'm just not physically attracted to her anymore. I am an athlete that works out 6 days a week, and I have a low bodyfat percentage of only 8%, so it makes it even harder for me to see her like this. I have been dropping subtle hints for months, trying to get her to come to the gym. I've never directly told her that she is fat. But she refuses to change her unhealthy eating or consider working out. Last month, she told me that she likes greasy food and is happy with her weight, and that she expects to probably go up a few more dress sizes, and I should learn to live with it and stop pestering her. I love her, but I am in no way attracted to her anymore. It feels like I'm dating my grandmother. Is this a normal feeling in a relationship? Everytime I come on yahoo and ask for womens advice on getting her to lose weight, I get a thousand feminists bashing me for it, saying that I'm shallow. I cant help what I'm physically attracted to. Is it normal at 25 years old to be turned off by the person that you will spend the rest of your life with?
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Answer:
Either your girlfriend is going through something or she is just really trying to get rid of you and you're just to naive to see the hints throwing at you. Now, I'm a female myself, as you can see my picture, and I can only imagine a women doing this whenever she is purposely trying to get rid of her boyfriend. One who she does not no longer care for being with anymore, but don't want to hurt his feelings. Have you notice any changes to the way she's been treating you? Or again, maybe she is going through something depressing. Something just might be putting her down. Try having a heart to heart conversation with her. You might dig deep into whats going on! Or, you may just want to simply leave her to go to someone else that you are truly going to be happy with, from the inside and out! If I were you, sorry, I'm only 23, and just turned 23 less than 2 weeks ago, and can't do it. I have to be happy with a person from the inside out! Why not? Its just not fair to you. I wonder, if you was to gain weight just like she done, will she fuss and complain or would she keep her cool as you're doing......? Think about this. Just a curious question....
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dump her fat ***
James
There's nothing shallow about it. Her not taking care of herself (physically, hygenically, and appearance-wise) is a perfectly valid turn-off that stems from her personality. A person should want to at least put some effort into their appearance. It's not about impressing others, it's about self-worth.
Bartemius
Your girlfriend is depressed and needs to see a doctor end of story
chris
Men are by nature visual and are more attracted by looks than women. So it is natural, but the key question is whether you can truly accept your girlfriend for who she is if she does not want to lose weight and she is fine with it. If it bothers you so much, then how is it possible that you can spend the rest of your life with someone you are not attracted to?
Lawrence Quek
uh no. you love her on the inside but not on the outside as much. Both are important in a relationship. You might wanna talk to her because it's not healthy for her or your relationship.She plans on actually gaining weight.I know absolutely no one who plans on doing that. You aren't being shallow. just talk to her about what she's doing and what it means for your relationship.
Candace
I highly doubt that she is happy with the way she is. I think she may be depressed or very upset and eating a lot of unhealthy food is her way of dealing with it.
talk to her, ask why she is doing this, is she feeling down? i dont like myself so i wont go to the hairdressers 4 eg. and explain to her about making improvments dont say oh im finding it hard to feel attracted 2 u but ask whats going on. but if this is the way she wants to be your gonna have to love her for who she is or lump it. but dont like *** off on her bcuz that will break her.
cola fresh
"It feels like I'm dating my grandmother. Is this a normal feeling in a relationship?" "Is it normal at 25 years old to be turned off by the person that you will spend the rest of your life with?" No & no. I'm 25 and my guy is 27 and we have been together for over 9 years now. Our relationship is very happy, filled with love & strong sexual attraction. Your girlfriend is suffering from depression, and no matter what she says about being happy about being the way she is etc, i highly doubt she is happy & full of self-confidence. Rather it sounds like she has deep dietary & emotional problems and has simply given the battle in fighting them, instead medicating herself with food etc. Junk food can be very addictive to human mind as for almost our entire history we have evolved in environments where fats, salts & sugars were rather lacking and so our brains are geared towards hormonally rewarding us when we find and eat such foods. This is basically why we have an obesity crisis now, as we now live in an environment where such foods are not rare but extremely available but we still have the same brains that crave them. We now have to keep ourselves in check because our environment won't. A poor diet full of grease, salts & carbohydrates/sugars can really mess with your hormones though, creating depression & food addiction, which in turn can be a vicious cycle. You feel depressed because of the way you look, but eating what you want temporarily makes you feel better. But then the food makes you feel bad, your weight makes you feel bad, and so you again crave more junk food etc. Your girlfriend really needs to sort herself out. She needs to open up to you and you need to open up to her. If you hold back about the way you really feel, she will just continue to worsen. I know you want to be supportive of her, but right now you are just being supportive of her eating habits. She is no longer in control of herself. Only with true honesty can you really start to help each other. Facing up to the mess she's got herself in will be really hard, but the longer she lets this go on the harder it will become. Dietary-wise, the first emphasis should be on changing what she eats rather than cutting down on the calories, as her poor diet will be fuelling her depression, lack of energy and lack of libido problems. She needs to cut out all foods cooked in fats to high temperatures and processed foods. Start cooking proper home meals containing stuff like lean meat, green leafy vegetables & healthy carbohydrates. A healthy diet will give her much more balanced hormone & energy levels. She also needs to start doing exercise, as this will further help her energy & mood levels. Sorting out her lifestyle will really help with everything (feeling better about herself, tackling her inner problems, having more confidence & energy etc). Obesity isn't just a cosmetic issue, its a serious negative state of health and she needs to look after herself better not just for you but herself as well. She is addicted to unhealthy food, but this addiction is no weaker than if it was a drug addiction (and perhaps you need to face it like this).
Liz
She is unhappy. Overeating means not having a lot of joy in other areas of life, and looking for pleasure in food.
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