Round abounds
Wait a minute. Are you telling me I spent two months sweating my ass off in the gym, dropping the weight equivalent of my one-year-old, only to find that fat guys are "in" this summer because they "know how to enjoy themselves"?
There is no limit to my social unacceptibility.
Don't sweat it (so to speak). Fat guys are NEVER in - that's all just wishful thinking.
Posted by:21stCenturyMom | June 23, 2006 at 01:29
I'd like to see a publication tell WOMEN that being fat is "IN". Never going to happen! Therefore, bring on the hot men! I'm sure LOD qualifies! Don't they remember how Vince Vaughn was an asshole for the duration of that movie, and when he had "mended his ways" at the end, he was also down about 20 pounds?
Posted by:amy | June 23, 2006 at 08:33
Hahahaha....Fat is the new Black!
Posted by:MetroDad | June 23, 2006 at 09:50
I'd lead here with the whole "why is it okay for men to be flabby but not for women to carry extra weight" thing, but I think we're all on top of that one, no?
Call me boring, but I like a guy who exercises to feel energetic and healthy, and maybe even to have some fun, but who can also appreciate good food. I feel the same way about women. Incidentally, it's also my goal for myself. I'm not all the way there, but I'm working on it. It's perfectly fine to want to look good (most people want that, I think), but if the focus is actually on general health, the looks will come.
You and M. seem to be generally healthy individuals inside and out. Kudos to you both.
Posted by:Susie | June 23, 2006 at 10:00
Hee. I heart MetroDad.
Posted by:Susie | June 23, 2006 at 10:01
This is fantasy. Just like all the really beautiful women married to slobs on sitcoms like it talks about. This is when men are in charge of media. Though I do think women are more accepting and open to a variety of male body types than men are for women.
Posted by:Lisa V | June 23, 2006 at 10:25
Fantasy? Pshaw. The Observer "observed" two tubby guys in two current films and proclaimed A Trend. That's not fantasy; that's crackerjack journalism!
Posted by:LOD | June 23, 2006 at 10:51
Just a passing fad...?
Posted by:Tony | June 23, 2006 at 12:20
I am one big socially unacceptable lady...don't fret it, thin is always in!
By the way, I have a guest blogger today if you have time, stop by and give her a whirl!
Posted by:Jerri Ann | June 23, 2006 at 12:30
men in charge of media blah blah blah objectifying women blah blah blah hypocritical blah blah sit coms blah...
where's my gin martini? and my djarum?
suckers!
Posted by:El Charulastra | June 23, 2006 at 17:42
Ooh, bad news for you, dude, but that just made my day.
We're coming up on the end of pregnancy, which would mean the start of my (likely vain) efforts to lose my pregnancy gut--but now I can put it off for at least another three months.
Sweet.
Posted by:Papa Bradstein | June 23, 2006 at 23:38
Passing faddy?
Posted by:Ned | June 26, 2006 at 12:57
Darnit. Just when the whole metrosexual thing seemed to be sinking it's talons into the male psyche.
But I agree with some above - this is a fantasy. Demented women who starve themselves until they look like boys are now attracted to men with breasts? I think we can safely ignore these people.
Anyway, who needs social acceptability when you've already got a hot wife? (as you keep pointing out)
Posted by:Sara | June 26, 2006 at 19:26