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Encore: Body Weight and Romance — with Ashley C. Ford

Dear Sugars

CHAPTER

Is Your Partner's Weight a Factor in Your Relationship?

I'm 31 and he's 34. We have tentative plans to get engaged soon. A few months ago, i went through a period of questioning the relationship. His physical changes have gotten more pronounced. I can't help but think of my sister and her best friend whose husbands both gained at least 50 pounds after they got married. Neither my sister or my friend has any plans to leave their marriages,. They're both still happy and in love. But my sister confessed to me that if she had met her husband at his current weight, she might not have fallen in love with him. If he wants to get in shape, it has to be his choice, not mine. And seeing how things

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