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[coryanotado]

Let's all be for real here: I am not a skinny boy. I do realize that I am rather portly. Fat, even. But you know what? That's not a problem. And, for those of you who think differently, please take the time to watch this video. Those who are ashamed of being large, watch this video. Those who have the bandwidth to spare, watch this video.

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I agree with what she says. She says the things that I know I want to. I want to stand on top of the fucking world and scream this to anyone who will listen.

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

At least she can go into some of the more normal stores and buy clothes sometimes but if she were heavier she wouldn't be able to at all.

I don't know if you are a dude, a chick, or an amazing being somewhere else so I can't really totally address your argument on those grounds.

But for chicks, Old Navy is pretty off-limits once you hit about 180. (Which is where I am.) Gap? Even harder. I have found ONE size 18 outfit in Old Navy over the past 4 years, and that wasn't when I was size 18.

On the guy's side, it's different I think because Cory can still walk out with pants he likes; but I'm not able to, and I weigh a lot less than he does. She really can't shop in "normal stores" very much. I mean, hell! I barely can!

[kakaze.livejournal.com]

Well, I like to think of myself as an amazing being someplace else... But alas, I'm a dude.

Never having been to an Old Navy or Gap I don't know what sizes they go to but I do know that places like Targét and Wal Mart and Kohls usually have sizes that a woman her size could wear. They're not as prevalent, of course, as the smaller sizes, but my mother—a woman of particular girth herself—is able to find most of her clothes there. Lately, however, she buys most of her clothes from Catherine's—a store for big and tall women—but mostly because she works there part time and has a discount.

Otherwise it's the normal type of store she goes into.

Now, me, I require at least a size 42 pant...it's very rare that I find them that large in places like Targét and Kohls and such and if I were to wear pants around my stomach and not under it, I'd be out of luck everywhere but a big and tall store.

Shirts are a completely different matter entirely...I can wear a 2x shirt no problem but I need those pants that go around my stomach to do so otherwise the shirt is waaaay too short. 2xt shirts are a little better but are still too short for me which is why I wear 3xt shirts that I have to get from a big and tall store and find that the collars are generally just a bit too big for me even if everything else fits well.

And this all just goes to reiterate, for me, the fact that I really need to learn how to make my own damn clothes so I don't have to worry about this crap anymore.

At least I don't have to go to a big and tall store to get shoes.