# Would you date a fat person that wore tight clothes all the time? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077 "2014-07-26T03:09:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/61 "2014-07-28T04:55:25Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > These are all really good theories, but you know what we’ve insured beyond a shadow of a doubt? That the poor chap won’t show back up in here no matter what. Unless, of course, it’s now to say that he’s above it all because he’s so much more evolved and enlightened than to be bothered by such untrue drivel. True story. 😛 It has been an interesting analysis. Unfortunately all of it is completely untrue. What _is_ true is that fat people in tight clothes neither put effort nor pride in their appearance, and that spills over into other aspects of their life. If they’re not willing to take care of their bodies, then they’re probably not willing to take care of their living space, their career, or their personality. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/62 "2014-07-28T05:11:37Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > It has been an interesting analysis. Unfortunately all of it is completely untrue. … says the guy who is so obsessed with fat people that [he sees them in something as innocuous as a numeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17586722&postcount=17). ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/63 "2014-07-28T08:30:24Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > It has been an interesting analysis. Unfortunately all of it is completely untrue. > > What _is_ true is that fat people in tight clothes neither put effort nor pride in their appearance, and that spills over into other aspects of their life. If they’re not willing to take care of their bodies, then they’re probably not willing to take care of their living space, their career, or their personality. So again, you ignore Jenni? I’m not a fan of hers, but you can’t argue that she wasn’t successful (and wore tight clothes). ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/64 "2014-07-28T10:14:39Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > So again, you ignore Jenni? I’m not a fan of hers, but you can’t argue that she wasn’t successful (and wore tight clothes). And she was damn good-looking, too. Even the prudiest prude can see that. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/65 "2014-07-28T10:50:59Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > … says the guy who is so obsessed with fat people that [he sees them in something as innocuous as a numeral](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17586722&postcount=17). At this point he’s probably yanking chains. Better to be known as Fat-Shaming Guy than Guy Who Shrugged his Shoulders at Possible Child Rape. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/66 "2014-07-28T10:58:38Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > At this point he’s probably yanking chains. Better to be known as Fat-Shaming Guy than Guy Who Shrugged his Shoulders at Possible Child Rape. Say, is popcorn low-cal? Ima gonna find out. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/67 "2014-07-28T11:23:23Z")
Some of us like fat people who wear tight clothes. So, yes (in answer to the OP). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/68 "2014-07-28T12:26:15Z")
> [@JohnClay](#): > > Incubus: > This is part of your reply to me in 2004 in my first introspective thread: > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5652857&postcount=6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5652857&postcount=6) > I could say something similar to you - > > “if you are so put off by those two qualities [being fat and wearing tight clothes all the time], you are really missing out on meeting a potentially genuine person…” > > Though perhaps you can be a lot pickier than me. For anyone who missed it. Good on ya, **JC**! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/69 "2014-07-28T12:47:28Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > It has been an interesting analysis. Unfortunately all of it is completely untrue. > > What _is_ true is that fat people in tight clothes neither put effort nor pride in their appearance, and that spills over into other aspects of their life. If they’re not willing to take care of their bodies, then they’re probably not willing to take care of their living space, their career, or their personality. Awwww. Risen to the bait. Good job, **Inky**. Keep dancing and entertaining us! And at this juncture, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Hot, Mexican Wife ™ actually belonged to a brother or someone else close to his bus driving self. I also think **lorene** nailed it in one. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/70 "2014-07-28T12:58:54Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > It has been an interesting analysis. Unfortunately all of it is completely untrue. > > What is true is that fat people… I’ve already asked you twice in this thread why you post so much about fat people and particularly why you keep starting threads about dating fat women and whether fat women are attractive. Yet you keep dodging this question and instead continue to go on and on about fat people. Do you understand why you do this? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/71 "2014-07-28T14:16:37Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > He also dropped into the [When is it okay to call a woman a slut?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=729269) thread to say that [it’s okay to call a woman a slut if she’s fat and trying to look sexy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17581640&postcount=78). > > Like I said, he spends an awful lot of time thinking about this sort of thing for a married man who claims he isn’t even attracted to fat women. Eh, you know what? This happened last time the wife went out of town. He spent the week very randomly dropping pot-shots at “spergy” people and “neckbeards” in places where they didn’t belong. That’s the kind of stuff he finds really funny. His motives are pretty transparent anymore. The wife shoulda taken the keys to the liquor cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/72 "2014-07-28T14:50:47Z")
Except she’s been home this whole weekend laughing it up with me. After we got back from our monday morning 3-mile run, I showed her all the comments people made in this thread. It was fun reading the thread together, almost like reading something out of Cracked or something. A real bonding moment; my wife and I serenaded online to a chorus of dopers. It made us both glad we have such high standards for each other. And by the way, [fatness isn’t genetic](http://whyareyousofat.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/1-series-obesity-is-not-genetic/). Sorry to disappoint you guys. Some people are simply more motivated than others. There’s lots of ways a person can be lazy in life, but by being fat they are making their laziness and bad habits very visible. That visibility makes it easier to understand what they are doing wrong, and the depths of denial and ignorance they can spout about their problem can be very annoying. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/73 "2014-07-28T14:58:42Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > Except she’s been home this whole weekend laughing it up with me. After we got back from our monday morning 3-mile run, I showed her all the comments people made in this thread. It was fun reading the thread together, almost like reading something out of Cracked or something. A real bonding moment; my wife and I serenaded online to a chorus of dopers. > > It made us both glad we have such high standards for each other. And by the way, [fatness isn’t genetic](http://whyareyousofat.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/1-series-obesity-is-not-genetic/). Sorry to disappoint you guys. Some people are simply more motivated than others. > > There’s lots of ways a person can be lazy in life, but by being fat they are making their laziness and bad habits very visible. That visibility makes it easier to understand what they are doing wrong, and the depths of denial and ignorance they can spout about their problem can be very annoying. How did she feel about the comments regarding her molested niece? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/74 "2014-07-28T15:03:40Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > How did she feel about the comments regarding her molested niece? Heh. There is no wife. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/75 "2014-07-28T15:07:40Z")
I’ve concluded that **Incubus** is a fat autistic man. Because no neurotypical, normal weight individual would perserverate as much as he does over these two topics. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/76 "2014-07-28T15:14:32Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I’ve concluded that **Incubus** is a fat autistic man. Because no neurotypical, normal weight individual would perserverate as much as he does over these two topics. And if he is being honest about his life, it sounds like he and his wife are a perfect match! ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/77 "2014-07-28T15:15:44Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > After we got back from our monday morning 3-mile run, I showed her all the comments people made in this thread. Having run or witnessed a number of 10K and half marathons over the years, I can say with a great degree of certainty that the ability to run 3 miles has no bearing whatsoever on the size of the person. Hell, I got passed during the last half marathon near the finish line by a pair of women easily twice my size. So if you meant this as an illustration of how awesomely fit y’all are…you fail. And I’m not so sure your “wife” found the remarks about your lack of interest in helping her niece amusing. If she did, she is seriously in the wrong line of work. ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/78 "2014-07-28T15:25:18Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > There’s lots of ways a person can be lazy in life, but by being fat they are making their laziness and bad habits very visible. This statement makes it sound as though you believe ALL fat people are lazy, disorganized, slovenly, worthless, etc.–not just the ones who are wearing tight clothing. Is this a correct interpretation? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/79 "2014-07-28T15:29:30Z")
This thread is basically “I don’t like fat people, and I especially dislike fat women”. The fact that the **OP** is so open and unapologetic about this goes to show how anti-fat bigotry is still quite accepted in much of society. And whether or not being fat is genetic, and whether or not being fat is a “choice”, it’s still bigotry – just like homophobia is still bigotry whether or not being gay is a choice. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077/80 "2014-07-28T15:31:33Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Having run or witnessed a number of 10K and half marathons over the years, I can say with a great degree of certainty that the ability to run 3 miles has no bearing whatsoever on the size of the person. Hell, I got passed during the last half marathon near the finish line by a pair of women easily twice my size. So if you meant this as an illustration of how awesomely fit y’all are…you fail. Ha, that’s exactly what I was thinking. _Ooooh, 3 miles! How did you ever manage that?!_ 3 miles is ok, sure, but it’s not what I’d expect from a fitness expert like you. I consider myself a casual runner at best, but 3 miles doesn’t feel like a fitness-affirming achievement to me at this point. That’s not even half an hour of running for a really fit person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-a-fat-person-that-wore-tight-clothes-all-the-time/694077.md?page=5)