I’m a fat woman who is confident and comfortable with her body. I’ve been fat my whole life, and it took a lot of struggle to accept myself, I was able to.

But sometimes when I’m with my (much thinner) boyfriend in public, I completely lose all confidence and comfort with myself. I get dirty looks, people whisper about how awful it is of me to force myself upon him. Sometimes other women, who are thin, will flat out come up and ask him out in front of me like I’m not even there, hoping to ‘save’ him from my fat ugly clutches.

He’s always been super supportive to me and loves me, not because of or despite of my fatness. It helps, but I hate that other people perceive my fatness of taking too much space or that I’m invisible.

Shit hurts, bro.