Why I don't end up needing to apologize ...
I want to apologize to all overweight women (and partly to Prof Voluptuary) for my earlier post on 'fat' women.
Here's the thing ... I don't have to apologize.
I am so honest and so compatible in my own way for my own life.
I don't feel the need to lambast an entire grouping of people to disagree with someone else.
I've learned long ago that many people like what they like, and have ways to make it very compatible.
Why you must feel the need to lambast others and those who agree, I have no idea.
You only end up hurting yourself and your image, not those who you are lambasting.
Prof Voluptuary and I have been going at it and I let it get to me.
As I said off-list ...
You must be right, I must be wrong
You've stated you were the only person try to "help me" before this happened.
You've now been claiming that this whole set of circumstances happened because of my attitude.
I'm not denying that, I'm reflecting on it and I'm trying to better myself.
I'll still stand by my comments prior that you hold way too much judgment on others.
I will
no longer comment or analyze why that may be.
I will do that regardless of what "warnings" you're trying to give me, even if I think you are still analyzing me as a result.
Think carefully what I am saying here, that I have only returned "analysis" with "analysis."
What you call a "warning," I call a "judgment."
What you conclude causes "rape," I pointed out the reality that it has little to do with it, but you inferred it towards me yet.
That's what I've been trying to point out to you for some great time now.
And I've now given you the full avenue to "have at it."
But in the end, what did you do? Or more importantly, what did you accomplish?
I saw you go after many of my posts in other threads, and constantly infer back to this one.
Dude,
You win! Enjoy your victory!
But be careful of all the people you alienate when you do, when you touch on things that have
nothing to do with me.
But I was tired of him assuming that all men must like that type of look. And I honestly thought he was losing touch with reality on that point - a bit.
All men? Hardly!
Furthermore, I have stated -- directly several times now -- that I'm talking about less than 5% of full figured women.
Overweight women often are in denial about their extra weight.
Or, they feel very badly (rightly or wrongly) about it.
What other "views" do you think they should have?
I really don't even understand the "value" in these two sentences at all ... really.
So naturally when an intelligent and confident guy (like Prof appears to be)
Patronizing. Anyone who starts with "an intelligent and confident guy" is either patronizing or leading.
tells them they look great, they will love it. And that's fine.
So all I tell them is that "they look great"?! Umm, I put a lot more depth into it than that!
Because they are "desperate" and I either am or just look "desperate" for doing it?
Again, I'm not seeing your point.
All I see is backtracking ... something I think you could have
avoided in the first place.
But I felt that this was giving him a false sense of over confidence with the members of the opposite sex that he desired. Which may have partly led to what happened in his dealing's with the women in the bar described above.
No, I
knew the woman did
not want me, and
never thought otherwise.
I don't think anyone could even infer otherwise from everything I posted in pure, absolute and utter honesty.
What I did wrong was take my vulnerability and combined it with the comfort she offered, and reacted in a way I was used to when presented with such.
And that was wrong, utterly and simply wrong, and it hurt someone dearly, and made me question myself.
But between "stretching" this non-sense as a "guess" along with the Fox-Poggy "stretching" on rape, I'm sorry, I'm not that dumb.
Yes, I'm pretty dumb, pretty stupid and pretty much questioning everything in my life now, but some things still don't apply.
In fact, are you so sure that your "analysis" of me prior, and had I "just listened" to you, would have prevented any of this?
An analogy would be that he was playing in the minor leagues of baseball. And doing VERY well. But it gave him a false sense of confidence. Whereas most of us strive for the 'pros' like the many slim and gorgeous women displayed on this site.
Oh yeah, that's a real "save" there ... good one!
But I went too far and I just kept rambling.
Is this post any different? Seriously!
Re-read what you just stated in the preceding "analogy" -- damn! :1orglaugh
I apologize to him for being so blunt out of nowhere. Not for my point (which I still agree with), but for the way I made it - which was badly.
But MOST OF ALL - I want to apologize to any overweight women that read it (though I imagine that is not many). I myself was 60 pounds overweight years ago (I am no longer). And I know how emotionally debilitating it can be.
And you didn't add to that, but just "lumping" them "all together" as one big "fattie pile" of concern?
Furthermore, you're a man -- have you
ever been a woman had put under the same level of "attack" ...
In every media form?
In every social form?
In every comment ... "well, accept it!"?
And yes, there are attractive, voluptuous women.
But they are in the "minor leagues," right?
They aren't "slim and gorgeous" like the babes in the "major leagues," and have to "settle" for guys like me.
I'm glad we got that "cleared up."
You may think I'm a jerk and you may think I'm being argumentative.
I won't even deny those facts in this response either.
But it's still the truth and the reality.
But make no mistake, being overweight is NOT healthy. Neither for the body or for the soul. And I felt MUCH better when I lost the weight. And I have a general problem with the glorification of a state of personal health that inevitably results in a shortening of ones lifespan along with the reduction in one's happiness during that time.
Unfortunately, some women can't break a size 10, and they can't reach the "major leagues" without health issues in the opposite direction.
I'll use
Kate Dillon as an example.
She'd be slender and fit at a size 10.
But she chooses to be a size 14.
She could starve herself and get back down to a size 6.
And she'd be in a state where she should be in the hospital.
It's all 4 sizes different from each end, right?
I'll take her at a size 14, and complement her on her choice.
Sometimes letting a woman be 2-4 sizes bigger, with plus 20-30lbs., is not a thread on her health.
Even if that means she's 50-60lbs. beyond her BMI.
Which is what Kate Dillon is, who would be a size 8 or less at her BMI, and utterly unhealthy.
And to get back to her "next Cindy Crawford" title, she'd have to be a size 6, which is tempting death.
But to those whom I offended, I am sorry.
But the hits just keep on coming ...
There is saying your sorry, and then there is being truly sorry.
You can hate me for responding to this or blaming me further, but you really need to think about the difference.