Submitted by maikelhoo t3_11xg4yf in relationship_advice
My girlfriend is chubby/overweight. I like it, but she is a little insecure about it. I don't want her to become more insecure about it, and I want to be prepared. When I am with my girlfriend, and someone says to me like 'your girlfriend is fat', I want to have a response ready which makes her feel good. I was thinking to respond to it like:
'I think she is beautiful'
'She is really great to cuddle with'
I think these responses are not bad, but I think its hard to not preface them with 'Yeah but', which acknowledges their statement.
For example, if I didn't think this through, I would respond with: 'Yeah but I freaking like it.`.
If she would personally ask me if she was fat, I would respond with that. I don't want to act like she is skinny.
What do you think? How do you personally handle situations like this?