Anyone else here a rubenesque admirer?

[mkregel]

I was - pre marriage.

Wasn't attracted to obese women, mind you. But women who were above the skinny types. Say, 5'4" and 130-160 lbs. Basically Delta Burke or Emme.


Am I the only one out there?


ON EDIT: If the term chubby chaser offends you - I apologize fully. I'd change the title but I can't at this point, but I never knew the term "chubby chaser" was that offensive. I've heard it used frequently among some of my rubenesque freinds of the opposite sex.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Don't call them chubby...call them full figured and voluptuous

I think people with a few extra pounds might not like that. Everyone's body is their own work of art.

[mkregel]

2. I agree

but you must have heard the term "chubby chaser" before?

I never really pegged that as a derrogatory term

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. It's not an issue for me but it has been at DU

for others. I didn't want you to suffer for that fact.

[pmbryant]

3. You can edit the subject line still

I'd change the title but I can't at this point...

You can still edit the subject line up to one hour after you make the post.

One of the great new features of DU2!

:bounce:

--Peter

[mkregel]

4. Thanks :)

Just did...tho it doesnt have the same ring :)

[short bus president]

5. hope yer ready for the PeeWee Herman jokes. n/t

[Lars39]

7. Times have changed: Marilyn Monroe was a size 18.

[mkregel]

8. Size 18 is a nice size :-D

I can't see how any guy could find a size 0 attractive....

[Lars39]

9. Size zero clothing just looks like really sophisticated kids' wear!

I used to do alterations, and I would get 0's and 3's to work on, and it would just boggle me that anybody is actually that size. Just doesn't seem right somehow. :shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Some of us can't help it y'know

I'm a size 1-2 and I eat like a horse...I have the metabolism of a gerbil.

[Lars39]

14. I know.

I was going to put a disclaimer on my message but I didn't know how without sticking my foot farther in. Every size has their own set of problems. I wish I could still eat like crazy the way I could in my teens. Now I can just look at something and it immediately globs itself onto my hips. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

15. LOL

I'm in my 20s, and the women in my family tell me to come back when I'm 35 and see how skinny I am. :-)

Being small has it's disadvantages:

-I'm often cold, because I have no insulation

-It's impossible to find pants that are the right length

-My mom always tells me to eat more, no matter how much I eat

etc.

I love big people & small people, because all that really matters is on the inside anyway! :bounce:

[Lars39]

16. Yep, that's all that really matters!

:)

[KCDem]

23. amen for saying that.

Why are women constantly judged on their size, no matter how big or small it is?

Sheesh.. I'm not blaming men at all. We do this to ourselves.

At 16, 5'4", I weighed 140. Fine for a 30-something of the same height, but not for a 16-y-old. At 17, I weighed 95. But, as far as the mirror told me, I was still fat. Size 0-2, yet I couldn't recognize it.

Now, I'm very happy with my weight. Sorta thinking of dieting, but that's 'cuz I just weaned my last baby and I want to make sure I don't change sizes since I just bought a lot of clothes in my current one.

[mitchum]

18. I read Richard Roeper debunking that yesterday....

according to his research, she was actually a size 8 or 10.

[PinkTiger]

28. Marilyn had a Barbie build....

She wasn't that tall, but she had a t iny waist and large hips and bust. True hourglass figure. She probably wore a size 14 top because of the bust.
She probably had to have a size 14 skirt, too, but had the waist taken in.

I'd say it would be hard for her to find something off the rack to fit right. It would need alterations.

[kathee]

10. Glad to hear this!

Personally Im a size 12 or so, in the range you describe above, and love to hear guys admit this. I think a lot of men are truly attracted to women who arent the "accepted norm" but are afraid to voice this, esp. around other guys.

Probably the most widely used and accepted term is BBW(big beautiful woman). I like the term voluptuous. I dont really qualify as a BBW, nor am I nearly as skinny as some. Wouldnt want to be! To me, healthy looks sexiest on either men or women.

[Qutzupalotl]

17. Voluptuous women do turn my head.

I guess I just want women to look like women. Having curves is a good thing.

No offense intended to those with high metabolisms. I just think it's heinous that the fashion industry leads some people to starve themselves for no good reason that I can see.

When I jump someone's bones, I don't expect it to hurt.

[catpower2000]

12. BTW, 5'4" and 130 pounds is in the "normal" weight range. nt

[KCDem]

24. yeah, the tables are pretty messed up.

I always heard: 5 feet =100 lbs, + 5 for every inch. So, 5-4 should be 120, but 130 is close enough. I'm 5-4, and have been both weights. I've been size 6 at both weights, I've been size 8 at both weights. Weights don't take build into consideration at all.

Thank you, McKregel, for giving non-0s a thumbs-up. But, you know, most of us can't really help where we are right now.

[pmbryant]

13. Me!

:hi:

:-)

--Peter

[KG]

19. i've dated BBWs and pixies

and everything in between.

they were all delicious.

[dbt]

20. Just give me ANY woman who decides

that she doesn't have to look like a model in a magazine! Women who operate outside the brainwashed "norm" of what's beautiful have WAY more appeal to me than the Fashion Slaves.

For example, the pre-plastic Courtney Love was immeasurably hotter (though dangerous to all living things in her path) than the Hollywood version.

Throw me some curves,
:loveya:
dbt

[Heddi]

21. :ahem: as a lady with

rather feminine features (I look like I was built for breeding), and quite a number of :ahem: love cushions (hubby's wonderful word for fat), I can't tell you how utterly SEXY it is to find a guy that is attracted to REAL women with REAL bodies.

Could I lose some weight. Sure. I could also use a hair-cut too. None of them are life-threatningly dangerous at this time (although the hair-cut is coming mighty close).

I was shunned in school by boys because of my non-size-2 proportions (although they didn't mind the fact that I was wearing a bra in 2nd grade), but oh god---finding a guy that revels in rubbing my tummy like I'm buddah...oh wonderful! Like George Costanza getting baby-oil rubbed on his head by the maid :)

I have found that guy that prefer rubenesque figures (which is such a wonderful description!) are generally smarter, more intellectual, and kinder souls than those who "would" date a fat chick, but would always be on her case about jiggly thighs :)

CHUBBY and FAT and OVERSIZED and LARGE and RUBENESQUE and CURVY
CHICKS
RULE!!!

:)

[midnight mouser]

27. You're good stock too, huh?!

I am not really overweight, but I am certainly FULL-FIGURED. 6 foot tall, with the shoulders, feet and hands of a F*ing linebacker! I carry a little extra in the belly, hips, and rear, but my biggest problem is finding clothes that will fit over my shoulders!! Dress shopping is especially nasty!

Thankfully my boyfriend is one of those smart, sensitive fellas who loves to talk about the uber-children we will have! (He's 6'3" and built like an ox!) He wants babies that can drive the plow!!

[rppper]

29. IMHO...there is nothing sexier then......

...a woman with a little "meat on her bones"(as my elders used to say).......

"36-24-36...
Only if she's 5'3"sir mix-alot

as a 6-2, 240lb man, i just don't find a lot of smaller girls who seem to be attracted to me...smaller as in thinner...oh well, no loss, i have always found an hour glass figure more appealing to me anyhow...my girlfriend now is 4-10 with measurements along the lines of the above mix-alot quote...she is the apple of my eye.....

this is sexy.......


this...well...i just want to cook her a big country breakfast....

[mkregel]

30. Yep...Camryn Manheim is a hottie!!!

Curvy....bodacious :)

It's all HOW you wear it :)

[ForrestGump]

22. I love 'em all

But some more than others.

Sometimes safer from a distance, though rarely as rewarding.

Curves are nice, and I've always loved that look possibly 'cos I saw Marilyn Monroe movies at a critical period in my development (or maybe it was Benny Hill....dunno), and in recent years I felt like starting a society for the preservation of voluptuousness in the face of what appeared (in the media) to be a decline in curvature. But that less curvy, athletic look's nice, too. Still, my favorite Spice Girl (aparently they also sang, though I don't recall that) would still probably be Gerri Halliwell, whichever she was - Grumpy, Dopey, or Constipated Spice.

Man, I don't know - I think I was right when I just said I love 'em all (as physical beings), but don't necessarily love 'em all (as people). When my perfect match and I meet, it won't matter what size dress she wears.

[KCDem]

25. for some reason, that doesn't surprise me.

:hi:

You're so accomodating! :loveya:

[ForrestGump]

26. Tell it to SOteric!

:-)

She doesn't believe me. Thinks I'm just blinded into incoherence by the sight of an oversized pair of......



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