Why do women insist on lying about their weight ???

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CKent

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Because "men" (I use this term very loosely) insist on calling any who are over 100 lbs. fat. Granted, if a woman weighed more than me I'd feel uncomfortable, but I'd at least consider the possibility that I was too thin.
 

Legend

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Originally posted by: CKent
Because "men" (I use this term very loosely) insist on calling any who are over 100 lbs. fat. Granted, if a woman weighed more than me I'd feel uncomfortable, but I'd at least consider the possibility that I was too thin.

I haven't seen any men gossip about a woman's weight based purely on numbers. I have heard people talk about someone being fat, because of their fat.
 

bennylong

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American women are just fat. Go for Asian women, they really have to work on their eating to be fat. American women are lazy and just eat
 

KrillBee

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Originally posted by: Legend
Originally posted by: KrillBee
theres really no point in someone lying about their weight.

If they are overweight, everyone will be able to tell, no matter what number they are spurting out of their mouth.

Yep, fitness/appearance is what matters. Not a number.

yep, its a lot easier to look at someone to determine whether or not they are healthy, than to have them step on a scale and calculate a BMI :)

some people just get lost in the details.

Originally posted by: bennylong
American women are just fat. Go for Asian women, they really have to work on their eating to be fat. American women are lazy and just eat

you'd be surprised, ive seen some pretty fat and ugly asian women.

when they start living the american lifestyle it catches up with them. no one is exempt.
 

Evadman

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Originally posted by: CKent
Because "men" (I use this term very loosely) insist on calling any who are over 100 lbs. fat. Granted, if a woman weighed more than me I'd feel uncomfortable, but I'd at least consider the possibility that I was too thin.

100 lbs is a fricking stick. Ribs are for eating, not for showing.
 

chickadee

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a good reason is prolly because most women tend to avoid the scale. so we like to just guess what we are. usually picking a number slightly higher then we'd deem we're comfortable with so we can still complain all the time we think we're fat without sounding too fat, but that is still lower than what we actually are.
 

bennylong

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Originally posted by: KrillBee
Originally posted by: Legend
Originally posted by: KrillBee
theres really no point in someone lying about their weight.

If they are overweight, everyone will be able to tell, no matter what number they are spurting out of their mouth.

Yep, fitness/appearance is what matters. Not a number.

yep, its a lot easier to look at someone to determine whether or not they are healthy, than to have them step on a scale and calculate a BMI :)

some people just get lost in the details.

Originally posted by: bennylong
American women are just fat. Go for Asian women, they really have to work on their eating to be fat. American women are lazy and just eat

you'd be surprised, ive seen some pretty fat and ugly asian women.

when they start living the american lifestyle it catches up with them. no one is exempt.


I have seen fat asian chicks, but fat white chicks or fat black chicks outnumber fat asian chick 10 to 1.
 

KrillBee

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Originally posted by: bennylong

I have seen fat asian chicks, but fat white chicks or fat black chicks outnumber fat asian chick 10 to 1.

depends. if by fat you mean 'super fat' then yes, i'd say you are right. it would be very rare to see an asian woman more than 200 lbs. Whereas with black and white women, this can unfortunately be a common thing.

but there are plenty of chubby asian women. maybe not fat to the point of where they look like they will die tomorrrow, but chubby and enough so that you wouldnt care to stare at them for too long.
 

FelixDeCat

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Originally posted by: KrillBee
Originally posted by: bennylong

I have seen fat asian chicks, but fat white chicks or fat black chicks outnumber fat asian chick 10 to 1.

depends. if by fat you mean 'super fat' then yes, i'd say you are right. it would be very rare to see an asian woman more than 200 lbs. Whereas with black and white women, this can unfortunately be a common thing.

but there are plenty of chubby asian women. maybe not fat to the point of where they look like they will die tomorrrow, but chubby and enough so that you wouldnt care to stare at them for too long.

Like Lucy Liu?
 
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Lola

Originally posted by: LookingGlass
Not all women lie about their weight, just the ones that are over weight do. :p

ah... exactly.
edit: all those that are saying american women are hogs... YOU'RE WRONG. a lot are... many are not. A lot of us take pride in ourselves and bodies and care about being healthy.

:|
 

DanTMWTMP

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Nebor
American women are hogs, but they don't want people to know they're hogs.

:thumbsup:
c'mon dain, don't feed the troll.
truth hurts doesn't it? Why is it that honest people are trolls? :confused: THAT's A FACT. Honest people ARE TROLLS. ah well, lol.

After my recent trip to Korea, I find Nebor's comment to be true. Well, actually, that statement applies to both sexes. I saw a normal american pass by, and i felt embarassed for the country for which I am a citizen of. :(.

At some Korean ancient palace tour:
I finally found a skinny white people, but out of their mouths came out German. Next to them were a relatively "normal group of americans" by american standards. I compared them to the rest of the people standing around, and put my head down in shame.

We're like the laughingstock of the world. really pathetic.


Originally posted by: LolaWiz
Originally posted by: LookingGlass
Not all women lie about their weight, just the ones that are over weight do. :p

ah... exactly.
edit: all those that are saying american women are hogs... YOU'RE WRONG. a lot are... many are not. A lot of us take pride in ourselves and bodies and care about being healthy.

:|

so spouting the truth is wrong? I can walk outside for a bit and find that the ratio of overweight people vs people who are fit is extremely disporpotionate. Yes, there are fit people who take pride, but we are a generlizing species who do nothing but generalize to fit outselves into "survival groups" if you will. It's the truth that other people call us american pigs. They say it because as a population, as a group, WE ARE.
 

Injury

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I was watching an episode of the man show where they interviewed women over a hidden scale and asked them a series of health quesitons, including their weight. It was hilarious.

NONE of them gave an accurate number, and only ONE was about about 7 pounds off. Some were close to 40lbs off!

They averaged the numbers and determined that women typically understate their weight by 20lbs!

This is :shocked:ing, to say the least!
and guys lie about their dick size. so what? in the end everyone gets caught lying.


I prefer to be honest and say "I don't know, but you're welcome to take a look and tell me what you think." Not in the cheesy perverted pick up line way, but in the "Everyone's been drinking and talking about dumb crap, why the hell not?" way.
 

krunchykrome

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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I was watching an episode of the man show where they interviewed women over a hidden scale and asked them a series of health quesitons, including their weight. It was hilarious.

NONE of them gave an accurate number, and only ONE was about about 7 pounds off. Some were close to 40lbs off!

They averaged the numbers and determined that women typically understate their weight by 20lbs!

This is :shocked:ing, to say the least!
and guys lie about their dick size. so what? in the end everyone gets caught lying.


Guy's lie about their size? :confused: Are you speaking from personal experience? Have you been dissapointed once or twice?

 

moshquerade

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Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I was watching an episode of the man show where they interviewed women over a hidden scale and asked them a series of health quesitons, including their weight. It was hilarious.

NONE of them gave an accurate number, and only ONE was about about 7 pounds off. Some were close to 40lbs off!

They averaged the numbers and determined that women typically understate their weight by 20lbs!

This is :shocked:ing, to say the least!
and guys lie about their dick size. so what? in the end everyone gets caught lying.


Guy's lie about their size? :confused: Are you speaking from personal experience? Have you been dissapointed once or twice?
how long is yours?

 

lokiju

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Originally posted by: makoto00
it's like guys measuring penis size. we all say we have 10 inch penises erect, but in reality, only i have such an extremity. everyone else lies.

You gotta measure from the anus!

:shocked:
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: monk3y
I'm sure a bunch of guys would do the same thing if it was women asking how much they weigh.

Naw, they'd just stroke their beer belly and say the 250 pounds was "mostly muscle".
 

krunchykrome

Lifer
Dec 28, 2003
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I was watching an episode of the man show where they interviewed women over a hidden scale and asked them a series of health quesitons, including their weight. It was hilarious.

NONE of them gave an accurate number, and only ONE was about about 7 pounds off. Some were close to 40lbs off!

They averaged the numbers and determined that women typically understate their weight by 20lbs!

This is :shocked:ing, to say the least!
and guys lie about their dick size. so what? in the end everyone gets caught lying.


Guy's lie about their size? :confused: Are you speaking from personal experience? Have you been dissapointed once or twice?
how long is yours?


PM sent ;)
 

DaShen

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Dec 1, 2000
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Originally posted by: jEct2
In my opinion they're all insecure.

This conclusion was made after countless many years of studying.





Well honestly I think its partly due to the media and how they portray the perfect women and etc. etc. and too many girls fall into the need to feel like they to be the sexiest girl on the face of the planet. To the extent that girls that are genuinely hott say that they're ugly; either because they're genuinely insecure or want to draw attention to themselves.

edit:
wtf is shens?!!?

QFT... Most women are insecure about body image. Most men tend to be insecure about their lives (that is why it is sometimes hard to get a man to share stuff about their personal lives and struggles <they don't want to appear weak> ).

People in general are insecure people.

and to your edit Shenanigans.

**EDIT**
Oh yeah, and @#$@# size is lied about, too, but when was the last time a guy was asked about that except from a stuck up girl.
 

moshquerade

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Nov 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I was watching an episode of the man show where they interviewed women over a hidden scale and asked them a series of health quesitons, including their weight. It was hilarious.

NONE of them gave an accurate number, and only ONE was about about 7 pounds off. Some were close to 40lbs off!

They averaged the numbers and determined that women typically understate their weight by 20lbs!

This is :shocked:ing, to say the least!
and guys lie about their dick size. so what? in the end everyone gets caught lying.


Guy's lie about their size? :confused: Are you speaking from personal experience? Have you been dissapointed once or twice?
how long is yours?


PM sent ;)
tsk-tsk. you lied again.