Love

Fat people often get so little attention that feels positive. When someone offers exploitative attention or exploits fat people it can feel really good.

I smiled and walked out the door, choosing myself over a guy, choosing my business over a person who wanted me to be someone I no longer was.

After we were engaged, we tried the trust game several times. I never managed to do it; I always broke my own fall before he had the chance to catch me.

I thoroughly appreciate that there is a primary focus on self-love, but I also feel the painfully deep silence around the healing power of loving — and dating and sleeping with — other fat people.

This Valentine’s Day, our valentines to you are these vignettes of fat love told by the women, femmes, and non-binary folks within these plus size couples.

If you’re going down the gift route, here’s a guide so you can pick up the best gift to give the person you’re “sort of” dating on Valentine’s Day.

He is the first person I want to tell things to when something happens, and the person I want to hang out with the most. I'm in love with my best friend!

People’s health and looks change over time — if you only want to be in a relationship with someone “healthy” you should probably just stay single.