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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: New Person on net (Actually: Overweight singles)
Message-ID: <176@moncol.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 00:05:09 EST
Article-I.D.: moncol.176
Posted: Wed Jan 30 00:05:09 1985
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Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
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>From: becky@cylixd.UUCP (Becky Bates)
>Message-ID: <129@cylixd.UUCP>
>
>...  In regards to net.singles is there anyone out there 
>that gets disgusted with just trying to fing someone nice to go out 
>with...
>
>I dated a 300 lb. (blind date) and gave this person a fair chance.  
>He was very sensitive and a lot of fun, but to be fair to him in 
>the long run I had to decide whether I could deal with his weight or 
>be embarassed.  I realized that my own prejudice would not be fair 
>to him in the long run. 

I have to make a statement here: I am overweight, enough so that this
person would probably not want me either. When I first read this, I
was a bit upset and felt like using my 'r' key virulently or even
resorting to flaming. Having calmed down a bit, I'd like to ask the
following:

Is this a prevalent attitude in society? Do any of you who are
overweight see this attitude as a problem?

I'd like to see some discussion of this area; we've talked about big
body parts, now let's attack the thing as a whole!

Personally I have no problems with the weight of an MOTOS, but since
some people do...


[Note: PLEASE, no mail about why/how I should lose weight. I'd
rather see a serious discussion in this forum.]

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	John Ruschmeyer			...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john
	Monmouth College		   ...!princeton!moncol!john
	W. Long Branch, NJ 07764

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