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[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago (3 children)

yea a lot of people have kids and get fat

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

About 40% of Americans (which I assume OOP is) are obese, so yeah, most people get fat.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t most need to be over 50%?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"obese" doesn't include the ones who are only overweight. If you add those up, it's over 70%

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What's crazy to me is that most people think I'm "skinny," but until a few months ago, I was actually a few pounds overweight, and I could still stand to lose a few pounds because I'm right at the border between normal and overweight for most BMI calculators at 24.5-ish (haven't done an actual medical BMI/body fat calculation though). I'm tall w/ a 34" waist, which is near the lower end of the pants sizes when I go to the store.

So when you go out looking at people, just understand that the "normal" ones may also be overweight.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Pregnancy and childbirth are quite hard on the body, it's one of the reasons it should be her choice whether to endure it. Of course, strict religions often don't allow her to choose anything else. Apparently her husband chose to default on his vows, though.

Raising an infant into a child and then an adolescent and hopefully an adult is also quite hard and ages a person considerably. It puts a strain on finances, especially as a single parent, such that cheap carbs are often chosen over more expensive fresh vegetables.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe he died. OOP doesn’t seem like the type for nuance

And probably not truth. I'm guessing Ashley is actually relatively normal shaped, but anon is so bitter that he will focus on flaws. Ashley could also be happily married, but just not showing pictures of her hubby on her socials (I don't post pictures of my SO, and my SO doesn't post pictures of me, out of mutual respect for privacy).

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Got fat, 2 kids, no husband does sound like a doozy. It's not a direction many would like their life to go I'd imagine and it has to make dating a real bitch.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good news, it's probably not true, Ashley probably has two kids, is fit, and has a happy marriage.

[–] GottaKnowYourCHKN@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

This. And even if she did gain weight it's not a bad thing. For him, gaining 5 pounds on a woman probably equates to 200.