Do birds have fat friends tooo?

That was my attempt at a clever title for this post.

but good news for all you die-hard readers and commenters!! ( well maybe my future readers and commenters, because as of right now i have 2 comments)

anyways, just like all your skinny friends, Your Fat Friend now has Twitter and is tweeting up a storm. So if any of you have twitter feel free to follow me! I like to think my tweets are pretty funny so let me know what you think!

BTW- yourfatfriend was already taken on twitter so you'll have to pardon my username being thefatfriend. either way i think people will get the point!

So now you guys can be with me all day long!! :)

Sincerely, Your Fat Friend

Im filling you in on a little secret...

This is exciting!! My first videooo! Let me know what you think of my new venture and how you like video blogs instead of my crappy writing!

COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT!
and tell your friends because i only know of 2 people who actually read and follow my blog hahah!

YOU Give me Hope.

I came across a very inspiring website the other day

www.givesmehope.org

Basically the website publishes stories that are very uplifting and reminds us how much impact a small act of kindness can have.

I challenge you readers to look at the website and then commit yourself to doing one small selfless act per day. It can be as easy as hugging a friend or family for no reason or smiling at a stranger passing you on the street. Because you never know what an impact that little gesture will make!

A post from Gives Me Hope:
Five years ago, I witnessed an overweight girl being harassed. A group of "popular girls" had pulled down her pants while we were leaving school. The girl grabbed her pants and ran away crying. Our school's star quarterback chased after her to comfort her. 

I just came back from their wedding. GMH.






Today, our history teacher was telling us about a man who was famous for transporting Jews to safety during the Holocaust.

A student in the class said "That's my grandfather." 

Our teacher began to cry, and said "He saved my entire family." 

Beautiful coincidences GMH

You gotta slay a couple of dragons before you get to the princess- or prince?

Dave was a nice guy, don't get me wrong, i just don't know if there were any sparks. 

First off his idea of a date was going to the movies, and I had already told him I don't like movie dates because how are you supposed to get to know someone by sitting in silence for 2 hours. But the 10 minute drive there and back wasn't too awkward, we talked but not really of much substance.

We will see what happens, its almost been 24 hours and he hasn't texted me. Isn't there some three day rule?

Ohh well we will see. 

If he texted me, I'd be up for a second date, just so I could get to know him before writing him off. 

and how often does The Fat Friend get to go on dates anyways?

I'm not heartbroken, for once I'm being level headed.

And as for the weight issue of mine, he definitely shouldn't have a problem with it considering the little weight issue he has of his own that he neglected to tell me.

So like the name of this post, dave may just be another dragon slayed on my warrior princess quest to find prince charming. 

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

Talk to you soon, 

The Fat Friend

Acceptance Advocate

Today, while procrastinating studying for my midterm worth 30% of my grade I came across a fellow blogger. I was intrigued by here determination and her powerful voice supporting self acceptance, no matter what size you are. Some of the self-portraits she has taken of herself are stunning. It motivated me to write today because i too strive for self acceptance, even though it seems pretty difficult to come across.

I envy Lisa for putting herself out there and taking beautiful and tasteful pictures of her imperfect body. I wish  had the courage to do that myself. Maybe it will come with time and as I begin to move out of my teenage thought patterns I will begin to understand that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.

Lisa, thank you for your blog as I can see it is an inspiration to hundereds of women. And good luck with your public speaking, I'm sure you'll do great!

Sincerely,
Your Fat Friend.

Ps. Here is the link to Lisa's Blog, take a look and tell me what you think?
 http://claimyourbeauty.wordpress.com/

A Date! For Me?

So its been a whole 2 minutes since I published my first blog post but I thought this is definitely worth mentioning and needed its own post!

So I, Your Fat Friend, have a date.

His name is Dave, and as much as I don't like to admit it i met him online. Sounds pretty sketchy, but he goes to my university and I have seen him in the halls a couple of times.

So you're probably thinking "whats the big deal? shouldn't she be happy, The Fat Friend got a date?" Well he asked me out via text message on monday ( actually he bet me, if the leafs lost I had to go on a date with him- they had been doing well with a 4-0 record so I thought why not? ). Then we were having our usual evening chat on MSN and some how we got into joking around about an arm wrestle. I told him I could hold my own and he replied HE COULD BENCH PRESS MY WEIGHT.

So maybe in retrospect I should have put up a full body photo. But what do you expect, I didn't want guys running away! When he then guessed my weight his estimate was 120. SIXTY POUNDS OFF!

Well there was no time like then to clear up his misconception. I let  him know I'm not skinny. I didn't use the term fat to scare him off, but let him know I was interested in becoming a plus size model hoping he would get the hint. He asked for more pictures and then said "you look fine" well fine is a heck of a lot different then what i was hoping for, LETS BANG! Haha. He assured me its not all about looks, but since that night I have been freaking out.

Will my weight really be a deal breaker for him?

There are plenty of big and beautiful girls like Sara Ramirez and Chloe Marshall that have men swooning over them.

Well tomorrow will be the big night and I will update the blog as soon as I can to let you all (this is me assuming someone might actually read this) know how it went.

Finally its me needing the support!
I think I'm going to like this.

Talk to you soon,
Your Fat Friend

Welcome Friends

So heres the deal, this isn't going to be some fancy blog. This is my life and you have now become a part of it. Think of me as your friend, Your Fat Friend. Im the girl who is there for you when the guy of your dreams breaks your heart or when you need help getting a date with the hot girl from work. Yes thats me, always the brides maid never the bride.

I have been told countless times how good a friend I am and how I give such good advice. well if I'm the love guru why am I always the single one? Well I'm fat. I don't mean fat in a derogatory way, more like as a description. I am not ugly, I have a beautiful face, just not the ideal body to match. I dreamed of being a plus sized model (I'm 180 pounds 5'8) but where should I even begin? Even then I still wouldn't be like the normal models. I'd be the skinny models best friend because I make them look good.

Sometimes I feel like thats the only reason my girlfriends keep me around. They look 20 pounds thinner standing next to me. Not that I don't love my girls, but for once it would be nice to be the girl guys look at!

Anyways, I'm still unsure of exactly what this blog will be about. All I do know is that it has been on my bucket list for quite some time! So send me your questions and comments and I will reply. I'm a bit of a dating expert, only cause I've helped about 60 girlfriends through it. So ask away, I'm sure i could help in some way.

I wont get into my super dramatic crazy desperate-housewives-like life and childhood, Im sure we will get to know each other shortly anyways.

Thats what I'm here for.
Sincerely,

Your Fat Friend