Things you wouldn't admit to in real life

[TwinklyFawn]

Light hearted. I dislike my mum's boyfriend. I am sick of his constant grunting when i ask him a question. It is like he is incapable of saying yes or no to a simple question. He is a terrible bus driver. He drives like he is on a race track.

I think that’s quite common. Has he shown you kindness and understanding that you aren’t getting from anyone else in your life?

You mean the post that begins "I am naturally skinny and would struggle to put weight on if I tried" 😂😂 Clearly demonstrating a thorough understanding of metabolic conditions and the challenges of obesity 😏

I'm off, too! Good night

Do you feel the same way about alcoholism and drug addiction?

So Western that no-one's fat in India, right, or in China, Mongolia or in Africa?

"Self indulgent" - that's a moral judgement, is it not?

So if you acknowledge that obesity causes health issues why oppose weight loss drugs that counteract the biological factors that make weight loss nigh on impossible for some people.

Last I looked, Tonga, Nauru, Tuvalu and Samoa weren't "Western".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_rate

So then it is like taking pain relief.

The post which highlights how much food one has to eat to reach obesity, which is only when you experience the challenges of the condition. Prevention is a part of accountability. Metabolic issues in non-obese people is also an excuse most of the time. But please do carry on deliberately missing the point to suit your own argument.

Night.

My first serious boyfriend’s parents were awful. They were snobby, pseudo- intellectual, middle-class wannabes, and openly and unrepentantly racist. I was so besotted by their only marginally less awful son that I would nod and smile and laugh along dutifully with their awfulness, then go home and want to cry at my own fucking cowardice and hypocrisy.
I still feel guilty almost fifty years later. To make it worse, I found out after we broke up that they’d never liked me, and thought their precious son could have done “much better than that common girl”.
Pair of utter cunts.

This puts the cart before the horse, ignores all the research from actual experts in the field snd shows a woeful lack of understanding of what food availability does to contibute to the obesity epidemic. It’s like being shocked that junkies who are surrounded by easily accessible class A drugs and have a little bit everyday struggle to kick the habit.

There are a plethora of biological factors that make weight loss impossible for some people and WLM assists with that.

Do you have the same view of junkies, alcoholics and anorexics.

If you read my post again, you’ll see I said the majority of the population are slim, which of course means a small minority are overweight. I don’t know why people like you go to the extreme and pretend I made an outlandish statement, like there are countries with no fat people at all. It doesn’t make your argument any stronger.

Where have you read that the biological and emotional factors that cause / contribute to obesity only arise when obese?

Food availability- which all comes back to my point about lack of self discipline and accountability 😂 you’re making my point for me now. No one forced the food in their mouths. I love the trend in this country that everything is always someone else’s fault. It’s easier than taking a hard look in the mirror I guess.

I do have the same views of junkies and alcoholics too actually. We all have choices in life.

Slim people don't qualify for these drugs, because they obviously don't need them, no matter who's paying for them.

And I'm sure most slim people are happy about that and not inclined to moan about purely imaginary "cheating" by morbidly obese people who clearly do need to lose weight. The effort required by reasonably slim people to stay that way is far, far less than the effort required to shed massive amounts of weight after years of chronic obesity.

The injections help these people stick to a weight loss diet - it's not some magic "quick fix", they have to do massive dieting successfully for a long time to shed all that weight.

In many cases, the drugs make this feasible when previously it seemed impossible.

Obviously, Randian-style "libertarians" will regard anyone not personally paying full price for their medicines as "cheating", as they are opposed to all publicly subsided health measures.

But I'm happy to admit in real life, and here, that I regard such people as basically evil.

I do, as it happens, yes. You don’t become an alcoholic or a drug addict overnight. Plenty of people have tough lives and upbringings, most do not resort to drink and drugs.

Also it’s easier to sympathise addicts when you don’t personally feel the knock on effects of their conditions. The stealing, lying, manipulation to get their next fix, followed by aggression and sometimes violence.

I have been watching MAFS UK. Anyone who knows me
would be surprised.
Dean is the one in the group of men I would be most attracted to if I was younger. Can’t explain why. He has some irritating points, but so does everyone. I appreciate some of the men are traditionally good looking, but Dean would the one I’d go for.

I’m glad someone does fancy him as Sarah clearly never!

I’ve been married for 20 years and last year fell in love with a man online, never met him but we became so close, chatting every day for 18 months. Things recently ended and nobody knows but I am walking around with a completely broken heart.

She didn’t, and wouldn’t ever. I know lots wouldn’t but I would. I’d have to get rid of the rapping and liberal use of “innit”, but there are women for him out there. He has lovely eyes. Alas, I’m married and too old for him even if single.

I could go a lot of avenues with this thread!

My most brutally honest one though is that I honestly can’t wait to pass over to the other side. My life is so bleugh; family etc. I’m so looking forward to the - hopefully - peace and quiet in the next chapter and am very jealous of my gran who at her age probably won’t have long left. I’d happily swap. Yes I know it’s very doom and gloom; apologies!

I almost signed up for this season of MAFS btw but would never tell anyone that

I’m sorry life is rubbish right now.

ooh, would you have matched with any of the current contestants?

Ash or Leo are my types I’d say - wouldn’t be mad if I’d been paired with either of them looks wise ;) will see if Leo shows a bit more personality and that’ll decide for me whether he overtakes Ash ;)

I tell people I am allergic to flowers and plants indoors now after years of secretly getting rid of any given to me.

@PearAndGingerCake I like both of those. Ash seems lovely and is trying so hard. I hope they both don’t turn out like Steve.

I want DP to marry me and rescue me from a job I have become completely disillusioned with.

(No, this isn’t about money or becoming a kept woman.)