ElizabethIII Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 She said she's a UK6... That's a US size 2. That seems small to me. A woman of 128lbs or nine stone 2lbs as those of us in UK call it, she'd struggle with a size 6 UK. My mum wears an 8UK, US size 4 and she is 7st7lbs. But then again sizes have got bigger these days too to take into account how much fatter people are. Marilyn Monroe was a UK 16 and she would probably wear a 10 UK now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
kiss_andmakeup Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 So OP, doing the math, I am ascertaining that you weigh less than 140lbs? While I agree that sadly obesity has reached epidemic proportions, I also feel that unless you are particularly short, 140 is rather light for a man. Do you have any desire to build healthy weight (muscle)? If not, there's nothing wrong with that, but I think you'll need to re-think this "theory." At 5'8" and 120lbs I have an underweight BMI but I still fall out of your "parameters." By this measure your logic seems flawed to me. I think you are a little bit too hung up on this imagined desirable ratio. A woman who cares that much about dating a bigger guy is probably not going to be interested in you - rather, she will be interested in the tall, bulky gym rat. My husband is a lot bigger than me at 6'4" and 195lbs, but I have dated men significantly shorter and/or lighter. You are thinking about this way more than I, even as a single woman, ever have. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
darkbloom Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 This thread is kind of ridiculous. I'm 5'8 and 155 pounds-- solidly in shape. I work out 5 times a week and eat well. I'm a US size 4. Weight literally means nothing. My frame could never support being 95 pounds-125 pounds. I would be unhealthy. I've never known the weight of anybody I've ever dated nor have I cared. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sorano Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I could care less what a woman thinks about my body. who cares? who are they? The end all be all to determine what you should look like or for them to accept you? I body build. But I don't step on stage. That means, I don't care about being ripped, vascular, or have a six pack. If I was doing this for women, yea, Id get a little muscle, stay tight,lean, six pack and thats it. Not hard to do and easy to maintain. women have no idea what big is. They see a guy who is a little lean little muscular and there like OMG hes big!! I'm 5'9 230lbs. I used to be 250lbs when I was training very very hard and I outgrew my clothes, I couldn't wear a suite, shopping for clothes was a disaster. so I lost 20lbs of muscle mass bc of life. **** happens. I went to italy 3 years ago weighing 235lbs. The people in italy looked at me like I was an alien. especially in small towns. In america, nobody pays attention. In italy, I couldnt even get a girls number. They looked at me with disgust bc I was very very muscular and big. Did I care? Hell no. I was happy. It means I accomplished what I wanted to do. My point is, I dont care one bit what women think of my body. Link to post Share on other sites
angel.eyes Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 :lmao: So basically, you're telling us that you don't date... I am a single 26-year-old Canadian male. According to at least two online sources, the average Canadian adult female weighs 153 pounds - the average U.S. adult female, ten pounds more. For some time, I have believed that the ideal weight for a woman should be 2/3 to 3/4 of her man's weight. So, that puts the ideal mate for me within a window of 99 to 110 pounds. If I'm very generous, I can widen that from 95 to 115 pounds. This means that the average woman in this country would need to lose something in the neighbourhood of 25% of her weight in order to fit into that window. Link to post Share on other sites
normal person Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 This means that the average woman in this country would need to lose something in the neighbourhood of 25% of her weight in order to fit into that window. Question: if you can afford to be this picky, would you even date the "average" woman to begin with, and if not, what's the problem? The odds are you probably only like 3% of women out there anyways. The crossover section between that 3% you like and the 25% who need to lose weight to fit your parameter is probably insignificant. I don't think there's any problem for you. If you can afford this degree of selectivity, then you don't need to concern yourself with everyone else who doesn't fit your criteria. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cookiesandough Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 On this thread, you can finally stop thinking about your own weight and focus on men's weight! (At least, for the most part) For some time, I have believed that the ideal weight for a woman should be 2/3 to 3/4 of her man's weight. So, that puts the ideal mate for me within a window of 99 to 110 pounds. If I'm very generous, I can widen that from 95 to 115 pounds. Dafuq? lol Link to post Share on other sites
Els Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 If you reaaaaalllly feel that way, what's stopping you from hitting the gym and putting on 20lbs of muscle? Wouldn't that solve your 'problem' all around? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
William Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Back when this was posted I self-reported it to moderation as a potential troll but no one acted on it and the starter disappeared after a few days so my apologies for letting this linger, thanks for the responses and I'll close this up. Link to post Share on other sites
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