The legacy of scanning the chairs for me still hangs on....im 192 pounds....but id still be cautious of sitting in those picnic style chairs....sorry you went thru this :(

I have had nightmares about chairs! The worst ones are at my university, where the desk is part of the chair and I can't actually get the desk to sit right cause my belly is in the way! How embarrasment.

AGGGGHHhh! That just brought up one I almost forgot about. I had the same desk/chair one-piece in a class at Uni, and after I got into the chair (a tight squeeze) I then couldn't get out. I was stuck and basically lifted the chair with my girth and had to slide out of it when I was part way balanced on my toes. Needless to say, I dropped that class. :(

* just as a bit of lighter fare (not to hijack :)) - Another time at uni I was hitting on this girl at the bus stop and a seagull crapped on my head. As I ran into the McD across the stret to wash my hair and kill my pain with a coupla cheeseburgers, I realised that was the end of any potetntial relationship.

Take a deep breath at the movies when you try to *melt* into the seat? Yes, these are my favorite moments. I love the seats that the arms raise preferably, but I've lost a few pounds and it isn't like it was 50 pounds ago, thank God!

How about the picnics where the chair legs start sinking into the grass and dirt and before you know it, the chair is six inches lower than everyone else's?

Some people are jerks, plain and simple and sometimes these people are our "friends." It's harder when they are close to us. I have a great friend who just manages to put her foot in her mouth all of the time. Sometimes she realizes later what she said and apologizes, but diarrhea of the mouth can be just as debilitating as any other disease, can't it? I try to give people benefit of the doubt unless they repeatedly are hurtful. You would think adults would be just that-- adults. Hard to find.

Ugh.. Chairs... I live in the Philippines where the average woman would be about 5 -5'2 tall and weigh anywhere from 90-110 lbs. Me? I'm at 260+.
Chairs are a nightmare for me.
When I was in nursing school the armchair could barely fit half my *** so I had to take a right-arm chair and left-arm chair and put it together to be comfortable. Of course people would look.. did I care... yes I did but I figure if I tried to balance one butt cheek on a chair and left the other side hanging I would only have half of a semi-toned butt. LOL
People here are also fond of monoblock chairs. They are supposed to be heavy duty up to 350lbs but if I sat on it.. especially on a tiled or marbled floor... the legs just kinda spread out.. OH the horror of trying to look like nothing is wrong or just waiting for it to give way. HAHAHAHA
Ya I can laugh about it now but there was nothing funny about it while it was happening.