10 *subtle* ways to tell her she's too fat

[Gather]

Number 8; ok, get yourself fit and talk about it (Maybe even invite her out when your jogging, spending time together!? SAY IT AIN'T SO!) with your girlfriend...

Number 6, eat healthier and hope it's monkey see-monkey do. I think How I met Your Mother also covered the "replace sexual intimacy with ice cream and cake" bit (Then again, it is a TV show) by saying when your with the person you like, you are now in a comfort zone and do not have to stay out in the single world looking the best you can be in order to attract a mate. But yes, eating healthier... Your helping yourself gain a healthier lifestyle in the efforts that the opposite will follow suit. I'm having trouble seeing the problem here, it's not like your going "EAT THE DAMN SALAD FATTY!"

Number three... "Hey, I just want to let you know about this fancy dinner place I put a booking on somewhere in ... Not to mention I reserved a night at a hotel. I can cancel but I really want to go with you."
What's so bad about that? You don't put anything else on it, it's all up to the other to decide.

I do agree the others are a little bit more questionable but those... Eh, I don't see the problem of the ideas at their core.

Edit: Here is the wikipedia of the episode [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rough_Patch]. They called it the "Relationship Gut"

 

[twaddle]

I hated it; it was disgusting; it was repulsive; I'm seething.

If my boyfriend did any of those things to me? I would dump him. That may sound petty, but that list seemed horribly controlling and manipulative to me.

I totally agree. It's not even funny tbh. If it was a list of funny stuff that no one would actually ever do I could laugh, but this is the kind of thing men do to be controlling. I've been in a mentally abusive relationship like this it's not amusing.

Don't get me wrong I can laugh about most stuff other people would find offensive but this is manipulative and awful.

actually i found quite a bit of the information to be mildly enlightening on. the other hand, most of it wasn't high on dignity. the pictures is one of the insensitives.

 

[A random person]

It's Askmen. Are you surprised? That rag is some of the most vile sexist bile ever put in print.

To support this statement, I've seen them linked to positively on The Spearhead. Look it up and you'll understand what I mean.

Let me see...

Those of you familiar with my blog and my comments on other blogs know that I have said that arguments between feminist women and anti-feminist women are really just arguments about how to best extract money and other resources from men.
[...]
Feminism is really just left wing female supremacism.

...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA!!!

I think Pro-male/Anti-feminist tech wrote that. He's one of the most reasonable people there for dismissing conspiracy theories. Then again, their supposed horrible troll is notable for saying rape is bad.

Here's a thread I made about them [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/528.181341-Misogyny-in-masculism-featuring-The-Spearhead#5352561], with links to some of their articles along with a couple of rebuttals I wrote further down the page. Also, search for a commenter named "globalman," he'll either make you laugh very, very hard or send you into depression.

This thread needs more white knighting.

"Dear god, I am absolutely repulsed by the very idea that people might want their girlfriend not to be fat!"

Judging by your use of the term "white knight," are you by any chance from the site I'm talking about?

 

[Shoqiyqa]

Excuse me while I apply my face to everything solid in the vicinity.

Right idea. Wrong face.

Guys? Tell her. Be nice about it.

Ladies? If he tries any of that s___, dump him like he hit you. If he tries to tell you, listen. If he's trying to be nice, take it as him being nice. Men wear a tie because they think they should wear a tie and that's as far as it goes. He's not wearing a striped tie again because three years, two months and one week ago Sarah seemed to warm to him and he was wearing a striped tie then and Sarah's sister Jessie is going to be there too tonight and he's trying to cheat on you. He's just wearing a tie. Likewise, if he says he's concerned about your health because you're putting on weight, he may very well be concerned about your health because you're putting on weight. Before you throw your salad at him and eat his portion of chocolate cake in the bathroom (we've all been there, right?) stop and check whether he's telling the truth about you putting on weight and getting out of the healthy curve for your height, and look at it this way: he just said he wants you to be around for a long time.

If you're 5'11" and 110lb and some jerk tells you to lose weight, invite him to help you work out at the Women's Self Defence club. G______ model agency slime ...

 

[Vorpal Chill]

What a comical article, some of that stuff will get you kicked in the balls.

 

[Treblaine]

(1) don't
(2) don't
(3) don't
(4) don't
(5) don't
(6) don't

and so on.

Seriously, if you're at sea and there is only room for a final very light person on the boat then tell her ANYTHING other than he weight is the reason she can't come on board. Tell her she can't come on because of her skin colour or because she's female... that'll make her Angry, but at least it won't make her suicidally depressed.

you can tell her you are worried about her blood pressure, diabetes and so on, but you can almost never directly state a woman is too fat... in the Western world at least.

 

[Evil the White]

It's Askmen. Are you surprised? That rag is some of the most vile sexist bile ever put in print.

Reminds me of a certain series of comics our dear friend Tim Buckley did over at Ctrl+Alt+Del...

Spoiler: It's not pretty, folks.

Oh dear, reminds me of a time a friend set me up with a girl. She'd had her hair cut completely different to the pictures that I'd been shown, so there was an awkquard moment of 'Is it really you?'. It didn't go well.

 

[Drakmeire]

remember when I used to be able to bench press you? I miss those days, oh and by the way I'm cheating on you with that skinny friend you have.

 

[Good morning blues]

There are only one or two of these ideas that aren't terrible. It's just encouraging passive-aggressiveness.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

That was actually pretty funny (and I so totally called #10). Also, it seems a lot of people are getting their panties in a twist about this. Oh well.

I'd like to congratulate Miracle of Sound for being one of the few people on this thread who seems to think properly.

 

[Kevlar Eater]

Action: "Play with her love handles"
Retaliation: Playfully and painfully knee me in the frank and beans.

I may be blunt and single (and forever will be), but even I am not stupid enough to try what's on the article.

Plus, AskMen's dating/sex/weight advice... useless garbage at best.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Here's the most subtle of all:

 

[OhSnap]

Wow... I`m disgusted by the article to say the least.

If it gets to the point where you`re concerned about your girlfriend`s (or boyfriend`s) weight, say something about it. No need to be such a manipulative weasel of a person by making someone ashamed of how they look.

:\

 

[NeutralDrow]

Hmm...those are some interesting methods. Pretty easy to sum up my opinion of them, too, which is convenient.

10. You're an asshole.
9. You're pretentious.
8. You're probably more in need of weight loss, anyway.
7. You're a douche.
6. This is good advice. Why the flippin' hell is it on this insulting list?
5. That's not a way to tell her she's fat, you idiot. That's legitimate foreplay.
4. Good lord, you an idiot.
3. ...okay, so apparently this is a joke list anyway. Not especially funny, but maybe it gets a pass.
2. Go. To. Hell.
1. This is good advice. Seeing one's girlfriend in a swimsuit is always a celebratory occasion. It's just advice on an entirely different subject.

So yeah...I'm really really hoping the whole thing is a joke.

 

[Doctor VonSexMachine]

You don't need to tell her, she knows.
She just wants you to like her anyways, at least until she can do something about it.

 

[Arawn.Chernobog]

I recommend the following

"You know you're letting yourself go and despite anything modern era Hollywood movies claim... It does make you less attractive to my eyes"

 

[Bek359]

What a load of passive-aggressive bullshit. Anyone who does any of these things is a terrible person. Well, I suppose 8, 6, and 3 aren't that bad, but the rest are just awful things to do.

 

[Eleima]

Wow... I can't believe people would actually take advice from this piece of... *sigh* I can't believe that they even had an original number 3, "sabotage her chair" which was so hateful that they had to replace it... *groan* I'm almost glad I didn't get to read the original
It's my firm belief that if you feel you need, and I quote, to "shame her into an acknowledgment of her recent weight gain", then obviously, this is not a healthy relationship. Being "manipulative" never worked either. Communication is one of the cornerstones of a relationship. At least, that's what I'm sticking with, and it's served me well so far.
Also, as a woman, I'm just going to come out and say it: guys... that list won't work, and it's not exactly as "subtle" as it claims to be.

Hmm...those are some interesting methods. Pretty easy to sum up my opinion of them, too, which is convenient.

10. You're an asshole.
9. You're pretentious.
8. You're probably more in need of weight loss, anyway.
7. You're a douche.
6. This is good advice. Why the flippin' hell is it on this insulting list?
5. That's not a way to tell her she's fat, you idiot. That's legitimate foreplay.
4. Good lord, you an idiot.
3. ...okay, so apparently this is a joke list anyway. Not especially funny, but maybe it gets a pass.
2. Go. To. Hell.
1. This is good advice. Seeing one's girlfriend in a swimsuit is always a celebratory occasion. It's just advice on an entirely different subject.

So yeah...I'm really really hoping the whole thing is a joke.

*giggles* Love your list and your optimism, but they sound pretty serious to me. Which is, you know, completely baffling...

 

[Mafiastyle]

This article is horrible if it thinks it will get the guy in the safe zone. I think if they were to try any of those things they would get a good kick to the curb.

If the problem itself ends up becoming very unhealthy for her then you should probably sit down with your girlfriend and talk about it. Relationships are all about communication with each other. If you can't do that, why are you together again?

Btw when I say talk I don't mean be a douche, I mean, be caring and try not to go over the yelling line. Never raise your voice it gets you into deep plot holes and bad drama.

 

[nofear220]

The only 3 that I would ever think about trying would be: Taking her to a place where she has to wear a bikini, Grabbing her love handles playfully, and setting out on a weight loss plan yourself. Although the weight loss plan for myself would be N/A because I Go to a Muay Thai gym 3 times a week already