Vacuosity

Size doesn't matter

Julia and I have some friends, a couple, and they are quite overweight. There's no debating the issue; they are without a doubt the largest people I know personally. I'm not a good judge of weight, but I'm sure each of them is over 300 lbs.

When I first met them, all I could think about was "How can they possibly be that big?" I was amazed.

We went to McDonald's a short time later and I could not believe what they ordered. She had a Big Mac combo, super-sized everything, and a six-piece order of nuggets. I don't even know what he got. "No wonder!", I muttered to myself. I thought too, that their entire life must revolve around food. I was disgusted and a little bit angry about it.

It wasn't long, though, before I came to realize that this couple, was a happy, fun-loving, active pair; far more active, in fact, than most couples I know. For them food was one of the many pleasurable things about life that they enjoy. Being large is a choice for them, one that they are comfortable with, and demonstrate it unabashedly. While it's not a choice I would make, I have to respect it. I even kind of admire it.

posted by David @ 10:37 p.m.