fiberlover, that's exactly what I was thinking reading this. I am not at the point of receiving unwelcome attention from the opposite sex. I am still an overweight, middle-aged, married woman. But I do receive more positive attention in general from people. And in a way, that's kind of insulting when you think about it. I AM still the same person I was 50 lbs. ago. Why would you act more positive to me now just because I've lost weight?
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Thankfully, help is never far away because for every obnoxious jerk out there is two or three nice, respectful men that will come to the aid of a beautiful, in shape, woman!
Those same nice respectful men wouldn't think of coming to the aid of a plain, overweight woman? Or maybe it's me that acts differently towards people and they are responding to the change in my personality. It's true before there were lots of times I just felt kind of invisible, and maybe I preferred that. Even when I was younger, thinner, and cuter, I never really enjoyed being "checked out." It always made me uncomfortable to be the focus of attention. Sorry, I guess I am taking this a little OT from the original post, but it's an interesting issue.