do you like your girlfriend/boyfriend skinny or with love handles?
By oyenkai
@oyenkai (4394)
Philippines
June 19, 2009 1:59am CST
I read in a magazine that the modern women's ideal body (based on what they see in televisions/internet/Hollywood,etc.) is actually TOO THIN according to the taste of a majority of guys.
I wonder if you like your girlfriend/boyfriend skinny/slim or with love handles?
I'm not fat but I'm still a little bit concerned with my love handles and am working on getting rid of it. I don't know if it's because I'm convinced that a good body has the least amount of fat as possible... if that's the case then I might have to reflect again on my health goals.
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33 responses
@justinxwebb (24)
• United States
19 Jun 09
Well, if a girl is beautiful to me, i dont care what anyone thinks. I will date them. A little big or a little small, it does not matter to me
@darkangel079 (1498)
• United States
19 Jun 09
This is how I see it. I have dated a few women in my time usually mexicana of filipinas. One thing that I find a big turn off is too skinny women. The question is why are they so skinny? Some of them are afraid to get fat. What's even annoying is that no matter how skinny they are, they still think they're fat. I mean slim women are ok, as long they don't have rib cages showing their their sides or bones that are too viewable around their stomach. Kind of like an woman that is 80 pounds, like you pat her in the back slighty she'll bounce off and hit the wall to make a dent.
However, thick women are a turn on. Usually it's called Baby Phat. And the anthem to thick women traces back from De La Soul's hip hip track Baby Phat. Thick thighs, thick legs, thick arms as long they slender, the thick booty that knock people over when they bump into it and isn't shy to eat well. I'm talking about 140 to 150 lbs thick.
If you got love handles, nothing to worry about, I'm sure your man would appreciate you. I have a friend I'm going to meet up in the Philippines when I soon get back. I even told her, stay thick. She like belly dancing so yeah I'm waiting the time to get with her when I do. Nothing wrong with thick pinays. The kind that can wrestle, pin you down or put you on a headlock.
This my girl's picture I posted on the bottom.
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@JOIEMARVIC (2335)
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
My boyfriend has love handles. He has a lot of them . lol.. Seriously, it doesn't matter if my boyfriend is skinny or not. As long as he is healthy realtive to his body structure i do not see anything wrong. Im not skinny and not fat, Im something in betwwn, and my boyfriends loves me for that. I do not know if hw would still like me if I become fat or too skinny, but for me, I would still love him regardless of his fat content.
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@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
19 Jun 09
hehe "love handles", I didn't know what it means until recently. I used to have a bigger love handle but now I'm getting skinny again so my love handle to losing... I htink a fair thin blody with a little love handle is the best to squeeze with :)
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@superchoque (8)
• Brazil
19 Jun 09
My girlfriend and skinny,more even if I cannot continue like it was the same until then to start dating!
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@vetiver12 (163)
• Spain
19 Jun 09
I prefer my boyfriend has some overweight than very skinny, since well, then you just feel the bones with you are with him, he he, that´s not very pleasant, really
@doctorsubbaiah (412)
• India
19 Jun 09
I think there is a difference between skinny and slim. Slim is better than skinny, skinny looks like skeletal and altogether do not like that stature. We can not be assured that once slim will always be slim. From my side I was slim before marriage and as days passed I could accumulate fat and look like a fat. But in the beginning the slim matters as days roll it does not matter because we get accustomed to it and don't feel any state attractive or repulsive. A nice discussion. As a general rule slim rules and fat commands, may be or may not be correct to all.
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@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
22 Jun 09
I think that any girl that isn't to completely over obsessed with the way they look that they lose a lot of personality and intellect is a very beautiful girl. Society nowadays I believe has lost the definition of beauty. We are all beautiful it's kind of just how we present ourselves to each other. I think our actions and how we interact are how we can present how truly beautiful we are.
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@eighternity (363)
• Philippines
24 Jun 09
In women it must be slim but in men, it doesn't matter for me as long as it is not over weight.
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@greeneyedlady (1439)
• Netherlands
27 Jun 09
I definitely prefer a person with a bit of love handles on the side. I just do not like the looks of people when they are too skinny they look ill to me or else they look anorexic. I don't like people to be too big of course but a bit of love handles are OK with me and I think then they look healthier!
@med889 (5941)
•
19 Jun 09
I personally do not like my partner to be skinny, he is slim but not skinny and I tell him every now and then to take some pounds. I do accept him as he is though but just to tease him I tell him that he will resembles as the lizard if he continues in this way. He also like me the way I am as I am not skinny at all and I take care of my body also.
However I heard my boy cousins said that they prefer girls who has "flesh" on them because when they are too skinny they feel that they are touching bones instead of their body.
@my_name_is_coco (4333)
• Philippines
19 Jun 09
I prefer healthy people.I prefer those with "extra meat on their bones".I am a bit scared to be with stick-thin people.they look breakable and fragile.people with a bit of love handles are ok with me,as long as they are still considered healthy.
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@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
19 Jun 09
When I look at the models in today's magazines I see barbie dolls.. People that make it seem to the general public that it is necessary to sit there and starve yourself just to be a certain size, or look a certain way. Looks are more like a perk, not the deciding factor on whom I will be with.. Its the person within that really matters.. You can have a great body, with a poor attitude; sooner or later age gets to you and that great body you were attracted to is gone... Leaving you with a person that you never were really attracted to besides the great body.. Nothing in the end.. So the relationship could fall to pieces due to weight gain.. It may seem inconsiderate or something like that but I would rather have someone one that was overweight with a wonderful personality then someone who is skinny/too skinny.. Weight can and does change over time, a personality to a point will never change.
A "good body", does not consist of little to none body fat.. A body that does not have any fat is weak. A person that is too skinny may fall and break a bone, verses someone that has a little more meat on the bones, may have a bruise that last for a couple weeks.. A good diet, and exercise is the important key to a healthy body. Some people do not have the time to exercise, due to lack of time. A life style change is in order. Instead of taking the elevator all of the time, take the stairs... Granted some have to go up like 10 or more floors.. so get off one or two floors sooner and use the stairs the rest of the way.. It may only be a couple of minutes of exercise but it gets the heart rate up without a whole lot of time.. If you are the type of person that is always on the go, so you have to eat out all of the time, eat salads some times, and fish once and a while.. there are omega 3 oils that the body needs.. Last point not all body fat is bad, the body needs some fat to keep the body going.. I do not remember the specifics but its true.
@trixyteddy (1070)
• India
21 Jun 09
As a teenager, I wanted my guy to look good. Now I know, looks don't matter, as long as we are compatible.
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@kriszelunka (557)
• Australia
22 Jun 09
My partner has recently put on a little weight, and I think he looks much better (and healthier) now!
Not having enough body fat can be almost as bad as having too much. Your body needs a certain amount of fat in order to be productive, so while it's a great thing to want to be fit and healthy, I think many people take it too far.
In terms of personal experience, I can vouch for the fact that my man now has more energy and gets less run down now that he's not as thin as he used to be.
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@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
Well for me it doesn't really matter if my girlfriend has gain weight, I would worry more if she has become too skinny. I agree it might not be too healthy if they are too thin. Also I love it when she has a little more in her sp that I could hug more and not all bones.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
22 Jun 09
I think that any girl that isn't to completely over obsessed with the way they look that they lose a lot of personality and intellect is a very beautiful girl. Society nowadays I believe has lost the definition of beauty. We are all beautiful it's kind of just how we present ourselves to each other. I think our actions and how we interact are how we can present how truly beautiful we are.
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@minniemadz (499)
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
I'm not fat either. But I would really love to have a beautiful body. I guess it's for satisfaction and self confidence rather than on wanting to be loved.
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@andy77e (5156)
• United States
21 Jun 09
Of course this is all opinion based, since the concept of "beauty" is subjective. That said, I find something very attractive about a "natural" women, rather than the dressed up, manufactured, artificial nature of Hollywood.
When a women has $1,000 in beauty products, thousands in surgery, and profession stylists to fix, crimp, and smooth over every inch of them, that to me is fake, and unattractive. They are simply trying to project what they think everyone wants.
As for being too thin, I agree. Of course being grossly overweight isn't attractive either. Just like grossly over weight guys are repulsive too. Again, I prefer natural. There are some women naturally thin. That should go for that look.
But if you are not naturally a pretzel stick, you should not try and be a pretzel stick. Be your normal size. Again, take care of yourself, and don't be a blob, but there is no need to be a size one.
If you starve yourself into a size one, it's because you think you are not attractive as who you are. But that itself is unattractive, because you being fake, and not real. Be... yourself... Trust me, it works.
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