Or could it be that we all impact our spouse in many complex, deep, subtle and unsubtle ways. They effects us, they impact us and if they didn't we really shouldn't be married.
Luckily I'm not married or fat. So it's all happiness sunshine, and sex appeal over here.
I just loved the spin on this ridiculous article, and when spun the other way, the protest cries. Interesting.
Ridiculous? Really?
This seems like a no-brainer to me. The article claims as much. The desire for thinner partners cuts both ways across the sexes, relating to both attraction and health.
I agree with your statement that how a spouse conducts themselves can have an impact on the well-being of another spouse; but I can't get behind your 'unhappy marriages make women fat' logic.
Using that paradigm, a way for a woman to remain slim would be to never get married. Don't think anyone is going to agree with that either.
Marriage doesn't make ANYONE fat.
Bad diet, self-esteem issues, health issues, and simply becoming complacent and lazy makes people fat. Arguably, any of those issues are eventually going to play into someone's life, married or not. How you cope with them determines the end result.
My wife was slim for all the 42 years she was with me. Hey I made my wife slim!
She actually had a body women envied. She’d get remarks like “She has a body like that after two sons! I hate her!”. Some asked me how she did it and I told them she’s careful of what she eats. That’s it, the sum total of how my wife was slim. They laughed as though they didn’t believe me. Of course these women were all on the heavy side and just had to find someone or something to blame other than themselves.
Okey, your statement is too simplistic. There is an element of personal responsibility in most every case of weight gain to be sure, but it isn't always "just" a lack of personal responsibility. Physical and mental illness can and often do play a large part in why people may gain weight.
I'm sure this is true for my marriage, but only because I'm not happy having any extra weight on my frame. I'm 5'8" and look best at 123 (I'm 127 now). I wish I was one of those women who gained weight proportionately, but extra weight goes straight to my midsection or my face. My arms and legs stay thin and I look like I'm trying to hide a pregnancy. No bueno. Posted via Mobile Device
She is either active in her life or she has strong self-control ability.
We all know that after women hit 30, our metabolism system slows down. We gain weight easily. We can't eat the way we did in our teens and twenties.
If the wife is active in her life, her marriage benefits from it.
If she has strong self-control ability, her marriage benefits from it.
And the husband benefits a lot from having a slim wife, sexually she is eye catching. She just drives you crazy. But not too thin, a bony woman isn't sexy at all!
Okey, your statement is too simplistic. There is an element of personal responsibility in most every case of weight gain to be sure, but it isn't always "just" a lack of personal responsibility. Physical and mental illness can and often do play a large part in why people may gain weight.
yes, no doubt. think in terms of the rule and not the exception. and still, there are things that can be done IF the person really wants to change
I was on discovery.com looking for info on the show 'Moonshiners'. The link jumped out at me as an interesting topic for discussion as it pertains to marriage by the insightful participants on this forum.
I also now know the ingredients for moonshine ... Posted via Mobile Device
I was on discovery.com looking for info on the show 'Moonshiners'. The link jumped out at me as an interesting topic for discussion as it pertains to marriage by the insightful participants on this forum.
I also now know the ingredients for moonshine ... Posted via Mobile Device
Since I learned how to make moonshine from my dad as a teenager, I appreciate the article you posted, just based upon its own merits. Now, if you happen to be searching for info on fishing with dynamite, and stumble upon an article that proves that huge TV's promote intimacy, don't hesitate to post it. I'm getting a really big bonus soon.
This was a flawed study that doesn't actually prove that thinner women make happier marriages. But Deejo has a bias, so of course he's going to post this crap.
This was a flawed study that doesn't actually prove that thinner women make happier marriages. But Deejo has a bias, so of course he's going to post this crap.
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