First off my husband is an amazing person and is perfect for me. He's always been a little bigger, but that's who I fell in love with and was initially attracted to. This isnt so much about his physical appearance.
Second, I admit we both have an unhealthy relationship with food. I hardly eat. I have maybe one meal day with snacks sprinkled in throughout the day. So my eating habits make it really difficult for me to understand my husband's. It just makes me frustrated with him.
I feel like he eats so much. And most of his meals are fast food. I've tried keeping the fridge stocked with healthier items but he chooses fast food instead. And since I hardly eat, we throw away a lot of food. Even if we cook a meal, he eats it once and we end up throwing away the leftovers because they go bad before I can eat them all and he just chooses fast food again. He's tried using nutristem but now we have two large boxes and a freezer filled with food he wont touch. Our food budget is ridiculous, and there is always so much waste.
Additionally he's starting to get health problems. His back is constantly hurting. We've even had to buy a new mattress to help. And his snoring has turned so bad I've been sleeping on the couch for the last few days.
He's noticed the issues too. But he just gets mad at himself. He is losing his confidence and lately he won't have sex with me because of how he feels he looks.
I don't know what to do. He's constantly trying to eat better, but just can't seem to stop buying fast food. It's not like he's unaware of the situation. I don't want to tell him how I feel because I dont want to be rude. So if I do say something WIBTA?
[–]Reptilian_Brain_420 5 points6 points7 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Nothing in there suggests she is fat and his eating habits do suck (he is gaining weight to the point that it is impacting his health and self image, eating lots of fast food and ignoring left overs).
They obviously have some issues to work through but I don't see anything wrong with her position.
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I don't see the problem with this post. His weight is something they both agree is a problem, and more over his food addiction truly sounds like a problem. btw, it doesn't sound like she's fat. She never specifies, but it sounds like she's skinny because of her food issues. So they both have work to do.
More than this post, however, I think it's a valid concern regardless of the gender. You want to be sexually attracted to your partner, and if they do something to fundamentally alter that it's worth a conversation at least. I get you were more pointing out the hypothetical hypocrisy of the situation, which I guess is "whatever" ( I don't get worked up unless someone demonstrates ACTUAL hypocrisy ).