r/facepalm 2d ago

What even is this? 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/Sargatanus 2d ago

Forbes lets anyone write for their opinion section. Half of the stuff there reads like it was scraped straight from 4chan or Quora.

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u/Professional-Hat-687 1d ago

Also it's by Virgie Tovar, who desperately needs to get a real job.

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u/Low_Cartographer2944 1d ago

I don’t ask Virgies for their relationship advice

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u/aitacarmoney 1d ago

🏅

it’s all i got, take it

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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry 1d ago

Oh my god, Virgie Tovar. The grown ass woman who made a video of her destroying vegetables with a machete. Like...I think she was in her late thirties early forties when she made that video, yet she still seemed to be pissed about all the times she was told "eat your veggies or you won't get any dessert" as a child.

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u/silverboognish 1d ago edited 1d ago

She also accused writer Samantha Irby of “stealing” the idea of a fat friendly pool party for the episode of Hulu’s series Shrill that Irby wrote.

However, fat friendly pool parties have been around for a while. Tovar was upset because she wrote about those parties in one of her books, and so of course THE ONLY way that someone else could have heard about those parties was through her book!!!1 Ridiculous.

I am sympathetic to the fat acceptance movement, but Virgie Tovar is not its best representative. Whatever weird baggage she has is not doing her any favors.

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u/Professional-Hat-687 1d ago

I think fat acceptance has some good points sometimes, but it's an extremely weird needle to thread and so many in the movement seem unable to do anything except throw themselves headfirst into the Oppression Olympics.

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u/Juxtapo5ed 1d ago

It's less fat acceptance than it is about treating people with dignity regardless of body type. It's like people are tired of being ridiculed by strangers for simply trying to exist. It's not that anyone has to accept it, it's that everyone should realize it's none of their damn business and no one worth a grain of salt cares about their shitty opinions.

Let's be honest here though, it has everything to do with her being a woman because Hollywood has been pairing classically unattractive men with model-esque women for years.

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u/Professional-Hat-687 1d ago

Wait until you hear her speak. I honestly don't care that she's heavy; shes such an insufferable twat. A real feminist wouldn't tell other women how much cake they're allowed to eat, Virgie.

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u/1amDepressed 1d ago edited 1d ago

Good lord, wtf is that video? Not only is her voice really annoying, but condescending.

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u/tonguefucktoby 1d ago

Condescending describes the entirety of her being..

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u/N0tInKansasAnym0r3 1d ago

Welcome to Forbes

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u/Mmortt 1d ago

Good grief I did not need to know this existed.

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u/IMadeThisSoICanLurk 1d ago

Jesus Christ. She’s so obsessed with what other people think of her she can’t enjoy the piece of cake she wants to enjoy without everyone else eating the same amount? Not everyone likes to eat a fuckton of cake you stupid idiot. Not everyone even likes cake. Jesus fuck.

Can you imagine not realizing that you’re literally sending the opposite message of what you “intended” with this video?

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u/roast-tinted 1d ago

Yeah I'm a dude and I don't like cake. I still bake/buy them for my family but I don't partake. I prefer a whole ass block of chocolate to myself, yet if I so no thanks I'm fat phobic? These people have no real adversity in their lives and have to come up with some way to be the victim for that sweet sweet sympathy

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u/every_name-istaken 1d ago

You misunderstand. That doesn’t makes you fat phobic. It makes you fat phobic and sexist.

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u/Professional_Echo907 1d ago

I’m fucking fat and I love cake but you don’t have to make it your entire goddamned existence, Virgie. 👀

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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry 1d ago

Also that cake looks pretty disgusting. Like, fine for an eight year old's birthday party but not for a middle aged woman to be so obsessed over that she takes it as a personal insult if you don't want a big slice.

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u/roast-tinted 1d ago

Wow she is a narcissist. She thinks people all like cake all the time? I don't ever really eat cake but I don't eat particularly healthy, it's just not something I enjoy. So I'm fat phobic if I ask for no cake? This woman has never faced the real world obviously.

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u/IknowwhatIhave 1d ago

That sounds an awful like the Christian anti-gay bigots who assume that every man has the same "sinful temptations" as they do, when actually they are just gay and repressed.

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u/DoubleAGee 1d ago

Gross.

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u/williamtkelley 1d ago

It's got to be a parody, right?

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u/Professional-Hat-687 1d ago

She is very serious and one of the pillars of the fat activism movement. A well known crazy.

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u/uncle_flacid 1d ago

Fat activism. Fuck, if this shit would've existed when I was fat I would've been ashamed of being fat.

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u/Technical-Banana-498 1d ago

Goddamn that whole video reeked of I’m so quirky and condescending energy

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u/gecko80108 1d ago

DEAR GOD

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u/Mwilk 1d ago

Comments are surprisingly turned off.

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u/Vtgmamaa 1d ago

She makes me want to diet.

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u/Aedrieus 1d ago

The way she describes herself as a "fat activist"... yup, definitely the only thing active about her.

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u/vanwiekt 1d ago

She looks like a professional victim.

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u/twistedgypsy88 1d ago

Thanks now I’m going to have nightmares

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u/gedubedangle 1d ago

incredible. before i clicked that i closed my eyes and pictured her. she's pretty much spot on to what i pictured

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u/Lopkop 1d ago

fuck whoever decided that simply being fat was its own identity

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u/Auran82 1d ago

As someone who is overweight and needs to lose some of it, one of the funniest things I heard someone say on the subject was YouTuber/streamer Asmongold of all people.

“You know what’s fat phobic? Your body is.”

If you struggle to lose weight or get the motivation to do so, I get that, but don’t bury your head in the sand and pretend that being overweight is healthy.

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u/MurphyPandorasLawBox 1d ago

You mean that checks notes being a “fat activist” isn’t a real job?

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u/SuspiciousMention108 1d ago

or Reddit

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u/GrandMoffTarkan 1d ago

Oh! Self burn! Those are... freakishly common on Reddit

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u/SmoothOperator89 1d ago

Forbes really is just Cosmo for finance bros.

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u/BZenMojo 1d ago

Astrology for finance bros? Stocks.

Crystals for finance bros? NFTs.

Eat, Pray, Love for finance bros? Wolf of Wall Street.

Fried Green Tomatoes for finance bros? Wall Street.

The Euro for finance bros? The Dollar.

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u/TapPrancer 1d ago

No no no, the astrology of finance bros is the MB test.

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u/lizbee018 1d ago

This honestly makes so many things make so much more sense. I'm often like "wait ...this is Forbes?!"

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u/SufficientTangelo367 1d ago

plus they got a fraud problem or smth: theranos and ftx

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u/adamcmorrison 2d ago

Mixed weight romance

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u/dancegoddess1971 1d ago

Is that like competing above your weight class in wrestling or boxing? I wasn't aware this was a thing.

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u/OneHundredEighty180 1d ago

In this corner, wearing the black and gold trunks standing 5 foot 4 and weighing in at 235 pounds, the Master of Ass'er, Faaarrrrrrrrrttttiiiiiiiicccuuusssssssss!

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u/Iwantmy3rdpartyapp 1d ago

No, I am Farticus!

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u/OrgasmoBigley 1d ago

No, I’m Farticus, and so is my wife!

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u/OneHundredEighty180 1d ago

This is going to make the Metamucil and Cheerios sponsorship more difficult if there's an Ass-action lawsuit. Butt-out.

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u/What_Dinosaur 1d ago

Inter-weightial relationship

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u/Tigeranium 1d ago

Intergravitational intercourse.

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u/HairyZookeepergame52 1d ago

I was raised on mixed weight relationships

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u/HairyZookeepergame52 1d ago

4 words The King of Queens

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u/Powerful_Lynx_4737 1d ago

Yea but the man was heavier. It’s never an issue when the man is heavier, but god forbid the woman is bigger their little brains can’t comprehend why a man would love his partner no matter their weight.

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u/1rarebird55 1d ago

The Jeffersons have entered the chat

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u/-CuriousityBot- 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think that's a less impactful statement when the husband is fat as part of playing a fat-oaf character. As a chubby dude, I don't exactly see the king of queens as empowering or inspiring.

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u/AskMeForAPhoto 1d ago

It's not meant to be empowering or inspiring though. It's the fact men can play just about any role and audiences are fine with it. But as soon as the genders are reversed, suddenly it's an issue.

And also, the "oaf" character, is always redeemed through heart and comedy. They're viewed as flawed but ultimately loveable characters. People think Homer is stupid but we love him anyways.

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u/TheInfamousDingleB 1d ago

yeah but we didn’t see them engage in softcore porn and slow camera pans of Dougs ass

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u/PzykoHobo 1d ago

Ugh. Stop reminding me of what was stolen from us.

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u/TheInfamousDingleB 1d ago

🤣❤️

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u/Donglemaetsro 1d ago

I saw a website the other day listing all the shows with overweight guys and skinny wives in TV.

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u/HairyZookeepergame52 1d ago

Or in South Park the reverse is true with Kyle’s parents

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u/Straight_Waltz2115 1d ago

Dolphins can weigh up to 600 lbs

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u/Melodic-Supermarket7 1d ago

The exact face I made 🤣🤣 didn’t expect it to be the first comment

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u/ForgivingWimsy 1d ago

These people haven’t watched the movie hairspray

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u/_SpiceWeasel_BAM 1d ago

They weren’t ready for it, okay?!?

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u/HairyZookeepergame52 1d ago

Never seen Hairspray but it reminded me of Fat Amy and Bumper

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u/SunshotDestiny 1d ago

Apparently these people haven't seen sitcoms for the last couple of the decades

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 1d ago

The man is always the person with the higher bmi in sitcoms, except possibly the original Rosanne.

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u/HairyZookeepergame52 1d ago edited 1d ago

Kyle’s Mom is fatter than Kyle’s dad in South Park

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u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 1d ago

Eric's mom is his dad

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u/Yakostovian 1d ago

Eric's mom is his mom. Cartman's dad was eaten by his half-brother.

Get out of here with your out-of-date information!

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u/kromptator99 1d ago

You see, in this instance it isn’t played for laughs, and some mean girls who never grew up are big mad.

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u/Fickle_Ad_2112 2d ago

Plenty of big fat men with skinny women on shows. Always have been

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u/tabristheok 1d ago

It is interesting that "fat guy skinny wife" has been a sitcom staple for years, but you rarely see it go the other way.

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u/shann1021 1d ago

Kevin James’ entire career.

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u/BenderDeLorean 1d ago

I loved the idea of 'Kevin can fuck himself'. A sit com that shows the dark side of living with a fat asshole. Too bad the execution was not great - still good idea.

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u/RelativeStranger 1d ago

What? The execution was excellent. At least series 1. Series 2 wasn't released for free over here

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u/Ok_Use_8899 1d ago

I got put off that show because it was billed as a comedy. If I didn't come in with the mindset I would get some chuckles, I'd probably have enjoyed the first episode more. It was grim.

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u/rshawco 1d ago

That's because no one is bigger than Kevin James.

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u/Raskel_61 1d ago

George and Louise Jedferson have entered the conversation.

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u/JettFeather 1d ago

Freaking love that show. Personal favorite sitcom.

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u/PurringWolverine 1d ago

I honestly can’t think of any sitcom that has been successful with skinny guy/fat wife. Fat wife only works if the husband is also fat.

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u/Hamiltoncorgi 1d ago

"Good Times" with John Amos and Esther Rolle.

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u/JacksonIVXX 1d ago

Reba . Her husband left her for a bigger woman.

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u/Rheostatistician 1d ago

That's a country song right there

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u/JacksonIVXX 1d ago

They made a whole series about it. Ha

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u/smalltownVT 1d ago

American Housewife with Katy Mixon and Diedrich Bader. She’s wasn’t like obese, but her face shape, large chest, and post baby body were in stark contrast to the mean PTA moms she dealt with at school.

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u/Tiny-Reading5982 1d ago

Her face wasn’t even big though. I have a round face which looks fat no matter and hers is a good shape lol.

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u/Content_Chemistry_64 1d ago

There were a few instances where there was a smaller man and an obese wife. I think even some old cartoons would show it. I just can't name any. The husband was generally a complete slave to his wife.

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u/Odd_Age1378 1d ago

“Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, And so between the two of them, they licked the platter clean.”

^ written 1639

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u/Vtgmamaa 1d ago

I see it a lot IRL skinny dudes love big women.

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u/stevewood6 1d ago

Yep came here to say just this. How long have we watched beautiful women with the chubby dad who’s not a good husband or father but somehow we are suppose to believe she’s still head over heels for him.

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u/Bravens1223 'MURICA 1d ago

Family Guy, The Simpsons, Gumball, The Fairly Oddparents, American Dad, all off the top of my head. Plenty more that I'm not thinking of, but I can easily continue considering this is a trope that's been around forever. Yet it's somehow a problem in role reversal with a chubby wife

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u/mung_guzzler 1d ago

Stan and the dad in fairly odd parents arent fat

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u/Straight_Waltz2115 1d ago

Plus, this guy only naming cartoons...

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u/LucentP187 1d ago

I will not stand for you shitting on Stan Smith like that.

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u/zeenzee 1d ago

The Honeymooners, 1955

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u/Sweet-Emu6376 1d ago

That's because men's value in society is their earning potential. As long as their weight doesn't get in the way of that, they're welcomed as "one of the guys". Think about any popular TV show. Skinny, conventionally attractive, guy with no job, no car, is often a "loser", or as TLC put it "a scrub". Large guy with no money is usually depicted as some sort of uneducated hillbilly. Large guy with lots of money wears fancy suits and smokes cigars.

Women's value in society is their appearance. The trope of wives "letting themselves go" is as ancient as patriarchal society itself. Once your standing is secure, you don't have to worry about your appearance unless you want to.

The fact that these outdated beliefs are still prevalent today just shows how much work still needs to be done towards a more equal society.

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u/Live_Carpenter_1262 1d ago

72% of screen plays are written by guys so maybe this culture shift in ending stereotypes should start with our gender instead of hoisting it upon women

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u/OUMUAMUAMUAMUAMUAMUA 1d ago

My gf is bigger and older than me. I'm the lucky one. Fuck Forbes.

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u/LukeD1992 1d ago edited 1d ago

Clearly you guys were ready for an mixed-weight and mixed-age romance then

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u/tittyswan 1d ago

What about the opposite though? That is much rarer and has a negative response.

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u/Icy-Cockroach4515 1d ago

It doesn't even have to be fat men with skinny women or vice versa. Even the completely average man and average women will also technically be a mixed-weight relationship.

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u/God_Bless_A_Merkin 1d ago

Anyone who thinks mixed-weight marriages are new needs to come down south and visit the real boondocks: all the husbands look like a strip of rawhide left out in the sun for 40 years, and the wives look like they ate the lean, the fat, and Jack Sprat, too.

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u/Guilty_Speaker8 1d ago

Or visit any military function! All these fit in shape guys are married to regular American women

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u/jedensuscg 1d ago

The term is dependapotomus.

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u/cc51beastin 1d ago

Dependa's out here single handedly keeping the economy afloat by buying chevy tahoe's with their husband's paychecks

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u/ELIte8niner 1d ago

Tricareatops

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u/SleepyMastodon 1d ago

I’ve heard dependasaurus and dependapotomus, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen the masterpiece of a word that is tricareatops.

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u/Fabulous_Parking66 1d ago

Today I learnt I belong in the south.

But I think it’s the pattern of marriages where the husband has a labour intensive job. They work hard, they eat, their wives eats too because it’s hard not to when your husband brings home three blocks of chocolate and a family sized custard danish. The wife ends up eating significantly more than when she was single. Husband still loves his wife forever. So, not southern, probably just have lots of religious friends.

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u/sitophilicsquirrel 1d ago

I'm in urban North Texas and it's not as prevalent here specifically, but if I drive an hour out of the DFW metroplex it seems like that's all I see.

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u/westviadixie 1d ago

Jack sprat and his wife...

I was born in mississippi and grew up in louisiana. you're not wrong.

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u/Laurenwolf14 1d ago

Get the fuck outta here. Mixed weight?? Lol. This is just 2 people.

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u/Ravekat1 1d ago

Steady on. Don’t call her that.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Shit I laughed way too hard at that 

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u/NewLibraryGuy 1d ago

I wish I'd thought of this when I was double my wife's weight. That's fuckin funny

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u/Primary-Gold-1033 1d ago

It’s a dumb label, and we’ve seen plenty of big man/small woman on-screen relationships, but there is still something relatively new about portraying a bigger woman as a love interest story that’s NOT exclusively about her weight.

How many people have asked Kevin James whether he thinks it’s brave for him to be shirtless on screen?

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u/adiosfelicia2 1d ago

Kevin's so brave.

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u/cybered_punk 1d ago

It feels new because of established social stereotypes of men and women. Women always go for power and money and men always go for the youth and body. People find it surprising when they learn most people don't fit the stereotype.

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u/No_Banana_581 1d ago edited 1d ago

She’s not even big. She’s a uk size 10 ffs, that’s an American size 6. She has a small waist too. Its bc she has a round face that’s it, thats why they’re calling her obese, like she’s the size of the stay puff monster

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u/Yallneedjesuschrist 1d ago

There are older pictures of her where I could actually see her being a size 10 but I think she has gained weight since then. Can’t believe she is still supposed to be a size 10 now.

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u/maringue 1d ago

We've had tons of fat dudes with skinny women, yet this happens and this bullshit is the headline?

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u/aloonatronrex 1d ago

American TV is built on this concept, it seems.

Attractive, thin women throwing themselves at unattractive overweight men normally, however.

Unattractive overweight women with attractive men is a new thing, I guess.

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u/Sufficient-Dare-2381 1d ago

And she‘s not even unattractive-just overweight.

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u/Evil_phd 1d ago

Mixed Weight Romances were a staple in television for literal decades...

... though granted it was almost always an overweight man who had inexplicably pulled the hottest smoke show on earth

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u/DeadlyPants16 2d ago

We don't need labels for fucking everything and I'm sick of it

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u/EarAncient4942 1d ago

Fucking exhausting

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u/phunniemee 1d ago

Cool down pal, We're Not Ready For Mixed-Fatigue Romance

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u/Wise-Juggernaut-8285 1d ago

Thats the thing. Making up terms for everything is so fucking annoying

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u/02meepmeep 1d ago

The Honeymooners and Laurel and Hardy don’t count?

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u/Eoghey 1d ago

They were fine with Chris Farley getting the hot, skinny girl in movies.

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u/BonhommeCarnaval 1d ago

Do people not find Nicola Coughlan attractive in this show? Like she’s got great skin and curves and they’re giving her awesome hair and clothes too. 

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u/phdpinup 1d ago

I think she’s absolutely stunning! But I get what you’re saying- it’s like that journalist who asked her recently about ‘people like her’ and she commented “oh women with perfect breasts?” god, she’s wonderful for that reply.

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u/Aspirience 1d ago

I loved her before, but damn I love her for that reply!

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u/laurasaurus5 1d ago

We were "ready" for this pairing two seasons ago!!

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u/Vtgmamaa 1d ago

My jaw dropped when she stepped out in the dark green dress. Sooo pretty.

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u/ThrowRArosecolor 2d ago

We aren’t ready for a relationship where the man is fit and the woman is overweight. (Even in the book, she is, so they aren’t changing things).

The amount of shit that poor actress has gone through for daring to be sexual onscreen whilst being fat is insane.

(Also their first time is super sexy and female focused. It’s so hot).

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u/Vtbsk_1887 1d ago

She is very sensual in that season

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u/kuzosake 1d ago

I wouldn’t say no to her at all. The flak is fucking stupid.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls 1d ago

I would say no to her, but I still agree that the flak is fucking stupid.

Just because she's not my ideal sexual preference doesn't mean she deserves to be shit on relentlessly.

And in the grand scheme of things, she's not even that big. If she was 200lb heavier it would make sense to talk about it, but watching the show it never occurred to me that the weight difference would be a thing.

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u/Slamantha3121 1d ago

The reactions to her body are wild to me. I weigh 300 lbs, I know I am fat. This girl is short and a little chubby. I would looooove to be as 'fat' as her!

thank you BluBalls for being normal about her body even if you aren't into it! It is not hard people!

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u/BabserellaWT 1d ago

How many times have we seen a hefty guy married to a skinny gal in sitcoms?

Oooooh, never mind. Different because everyone knows larger women are subhuman. Got it.

(Most definitely /s, btw.)

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u/Stewie_Venture 1d ago

Wait a minute how is this news why does anyone care in what world-oh wait this was written by virgie tovar? Miss. Cake related fatphobic incident, a woman that dumped a date cuz he didn't like ruffles or blue sour patch kids or something. Yah that checks out carry on then.

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u/theherderofcats 1d ago

So ridiculous they’re both beautiful people

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u/thekinkyspengo 2d ago

I'm sick of all this "woke" stuff! What's next? Mixed-Height romance? /s

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u/Some_Ad511 2d ago

Fatty and skinny went to bed, fatty rolled over and skinny was dead.

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u/Tonio_DND 2d ago

Mixed age romance next? 💀

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u/VariationLogical4939 1d ago

Jerry Seinfeld has entered (exited) the chat.

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u/Remote_Goat9194 1d ago

Shhh Drake will hear you

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u/Cael_NaMaor 1d ago

I think it's pretty obviously asking if the public can handle a show where a beautiful over weight woman is romantic with a fit attractive man. I don't know of a show that has that... sure, you get the pretty slim wife & a chubby hubby... or both are relatively same size... but name a popular show where the wife is heavy & the hubby isn't & they have a romantic relationship...

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u/TraumSchulden 1d ago edited 1d ago

Defuck you call peter an lois, and to a less extreme, homer and marge.

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u/Feminazghul 2d ago

Oh my, I'm not sure we're ready. There has never ever been a TV show or movie where the man in a couple appeared to be heavy or even overweight and the woman appeared to be normal weight or underweight, so people might be confused and strip naked and run into the woods and never be seen again. 🤯

(Some people will know that the Flintstones are based on an older TV show.)

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u/PsiNorm 1d ago

I think that's the point. People are fine with big guys and skinny girls because we're all OK with skinny girls.

The problem people have with this relationship portrayal is that it's the girl that larger.

I'm not sure why people can't observe a separate relationship without being like, "I'm not attracted to one of them, so the other shouldn't either". Just let the story be about two people that aren't you and enjoy it.

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u/Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrple 1d ago

Thank you, this thread is full of people wildly missing the point here.

There’s another aspect to this where in the book she loses weight before they end up together; it’s a change from the original story line that she stays fat. Some people don’t like any deviation from the source material.

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u/ChalkCoatedDonut 1d ago

There are lots of couples like that in movies, books and series, Forbes tend o ignore them and appropriate of the concept as if they invented it, just like people recalled day drinking or alcoholism as "brunch".

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u/VibrantAura72 1d ago

Huh? Heavyset men have always been portrayed with supermodel like women throughout media when it comes to “mixed-weight romance on screen.”

You see this with the Cersei Lannister and Robert Baratheon in GOT.

The Zookeeper.

Any movie with Adam Sandler.

Any movie with Jack Black.

Other versions of Gomez Addams with Morticia Addams.

I can go on. You see this in real life as well. Very rarely you see the roles reversed. Reminds me of the couple in the internet, the husband being buff and conventionally attractive while she is unconventionally attractive. Or that actor with his lifelong wife. People criticize both men for marrying down and even encourage them to leave their wives while viciously fat shaming their wives.

Yet gods forbid if an overweight man with a conventionally attractive wife gets fat shamed.

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u/nicunta 1d ago

I love how you say "other versions" of Morticia and Gomez, because Angelica and Raul will always be the Morticia and Gomez Addams!

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u/Superpupu 1d ago

How about Shallow Hal? Jack Black's character only sees his love interest as a gorgeous skinny woman because of hypnosis when in real life she's obese.

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u/AdExtreme4259 2d ago

Mixed weight... well, that's a first

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u/El_GOOCE 1d ago

King of Queens was an entire show about this. Plenty of women were outraged at the concept of this beautiful women being with a fat man like it's just totally normal. People just don't want to see fat women doing normal things. It's a dumb double standard in our culture.

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u/RefrigeratorLazy4135 1d ago

What was that American show with the guy outta mall cop something of kings, great show proves they're wrong

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u/thesirblondie 1d ago

Every sitcom about a family: Fat bumbling husband, fit wife.

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u/frogsarecool27 1d ago

why are people acting like these too people are not both insanely attractive😭😭

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u/International_File30 1d ago

Haven’t we already had shallow Hal

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u/laughingthalia 1d ago

Half of all sit-com and rom-com couples are mixed weight romances only its usually either a fat guy or a girl who says she's ugly and/or fat but in reality is neither and she just takes off her glasses and gets a makeover.

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u/mattyrey47 1d ago

There have been mixed weight relationships for years

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u/ChrisCrossX 1d ago

We had a million movies about mixed weight romances. It's just that usually the guy is fat while the girl is slim.

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u/JohnCasey3306 1d ago

As someone in a so-called "mixed weight" relationship, fuck off with this bullshit.

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u/SoggyContribution239 1d ago

I feel like what they really mean is are we ready to see a larger woman with a slender guy. We see larger men with slender women all the time in movies and on tv, but rarely do we see the opposite. Let me tell you, I’m ready for it.

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u/WaynonPriory 2d ago

A mixed weight romance… 😂

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u/Responsible_Ad_8628 2d ago

I'm almost twice my wife's weight. Of course, I'm 6'3" and she's 4'8"...

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u/sutroheights 1d ago

She’s also short. Can’t believe this would ever happen in real life, the producers are so brave. /s

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u/Ravekat1 1d ago

Virgie Tovar sounds like someone who campaigns for free range hummus.

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u/Leftover_Bees 1d ago

Virgie Tovar is someone who thinks someone asking for a smaller piece of cake is being “fatphobic.”

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u/Dramatic_Bean 1d ago

It might not be a romance but I don't see any articles throwing shade at Mary and George Cooper from Sheldon. A married "mIxEd-wEiGhT" couple where the man is overweight 🤨

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u/Advanced_Drink_8536 1d ago

Why? Well, I am guessing it’s a little more than a little bit because of the unbelievably cruel things that people have said about this actress and her body.

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u/I_said_watch_Clark_ 1d ago

Yea, I thought Melissa McCarthy settled this for us years ago.

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u/Devils_A66vocate 1d ago

Let’s pretend like we didn’t watch Shrek.

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u/OneFish2Fish3 1d ago

They really treat being obese/overweight like it’s like being black or gay. Please point me to the fat people concentration camps and the fat people apartheid.

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u/Krendall2006 1d ago

Depending on how national health care expands, that might not be a joke.

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u/DethBySnu-Snu 2d ago

So this "writer" has never seen The Simpsons, Family Guy, or The Flintstones?

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u/Active_Flamingo9089 1d ago

She is pretty. I don't get it...

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u/OCGamerboy 1d ago

Dafuq is mixed weight romance 🤨?

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u/Blackbeards-delights 1d ago

Mixed weight romance??? wtf

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u/Biscuits4u2 1d ago

She's short. They probably weigh similar.

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u/MochasandMerlot 1d ago

I removed Forbes from my news feed after this stupid article.

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u/Rojodi 1d ago

I dated a 5'2" 185 lb women when I was playing intercollegiate soccer and running indoor track. WTAF? All kinds of romances are accepted by most women, because you can't make them all happy!

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u/Relevant_Leather_476 1d ago

Back in the day day .. heavy women were sought for because the were thought of a healthy and strong ( to survive childbirth) As thinner/ skinny were considered to be sickly and weak ..

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u/GJacks75 1d ago

King of Queens ran like 9 seasons.

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u/IanTheMagus 1d ago

Gonna take a wild guess here and assume the guy who's like a foot and a half taller is the one that weighs more.

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u/Fluptupper 1d ago

"Mixed-weight"?

As a great professor once said: "I don't want to live on this planet any more."

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u/MrBubblepopper 1d ago

OHH but please make the man obese as fuck and the woman traditionally beautiful, would love to see the reaction from all the body positivity gals out there