I want to tell yāall a story about supporting and loving your partner, starring my amazing wife.
Iāve mentioned before that I had an eating disorder for many years, and though I consider myself ārecoveredā there are aspects of my disorder that I still struggle with today ā being quite a bit heavier than my wife is one of them.
When my wife and I moved in together back when we were still girlfriends, I was at my skinniest. She used to pick me up all the time and lift me off the ground, and Iād laugh and kick out my legsĀ ācause I was just delighted to have her holding me.
But I started gaining weight as I went through recovery, and where once we were pretty close in size, I began to get bigger. And bigger. And bigger. And she remained her naturally petite self. I began to almost dread when sheād try to pick me up, sure that this time she wouldnāt be able to get me off the ground.
But every time, even if I protested, sheād lift me up and say something like: āSee, youāre not so big that I canāt lift you!ā
And one time I just blurted out: āBut someday Iām going to be so fat you wonāt be able to.ā
She looked me dead in the eye and said: āNo you wonāt. Because if that ever happens, Iāll start working out.ā
It was the best possible thing she could have said to me, because she wasnāt saying I wasnāt going to get fat
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neither of us knew that for sure. She was just saying that I was never going to beĀ ātoo fatā for her.
And every time I worry about getting bigger, I remember that Iāll never be so big that she canāt lift me, because baby knows how much I love being held, and sheāll change her own habits to ensure that I never feel ātoo bigā or ātoo heavyā because in her eyes Iāll never be ātooā anything.
Anyway, thereās a moral to this story: Find yourself a partner who will never consider you an excess. You should never be ātoo muchā to someone who loves you ā too big, too loud, too passionate, too awkward, whatever your ātooā happens to be. And even as you change and grow (in my case, literally), the right person will be there through the changes, to tell you that youāre always just right for them.
My strongwoman, the wind beneath my wings, the arms under my ass.Ā Ā ššĀ š
Do yall also have these mutuals that you just??? Grew really fond of?? Like, you never properly talk to them and all you do is like each otherās posts but whenever you see them on your dash youāre likeĀ āhello sunshine, I hope youāre drinking lots of water and being happy your health and wellbeing is so important to meā and I hope thatās not weird because honestly thatās me all the time