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merely_a_muse
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I gained a ton of weight when I met my boy. I did gain "happy weight" from doing nothing but bone and sit in bed and eat snacks

but I also went from working retail full time with a one meal a day habit to working an office job where all of a sudden I was eating 2 or 3 a day and was not on my feet or nearly as active..

But both things were happy additions to my life, and well worth the added weight.
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OneTwoPunch
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
Oh, courtship weight, from going out to dinner. Sure, I get that, too.
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Penny
08/19/09

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Whatever, being a slightly rounder and happy girl is better than being a scrawny, anxious girl. In my opinion, at least.

My boyfriend definitely experienced the BF Layer. He was daaaaaamn skinny when we started dating, like 150 pounds at 6'2". He's now around 175. Perfect either way, but I am glad he's not a ball of anxiety like he was when we met. I guess we calmed each other down and encouraged some poundage.
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bowleserised
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
German has "Kummerspeck" or "grief lard" – the weight you put on from comfort eating. Also, "Winterspeck" or "winter lard" - a layer you put on to keep you cosy in winter.
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Snowbunny
08/19/09

@bowleserised: Germany is awesome.
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morninggloria
08/19/09

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Whenever I see "LC," I think, "You know what? LC would be a good shorthand for 'laconic.'" And then I think about how much I wish that LC and the entire cast of the hills were actually laconic instead of uesless, vapid famewhores.
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badmutha
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
Mr. Badmutha lost weight when we started dating, and I didn't gain weight because we did lots of things outdoors. Besides, my head would explode if my life mirrored hers.
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ronniedobbs
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I just figured out what to call birth control related weight gain: "the player layer."
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youbehim
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I gained weight when I started dating my boyfriend because all we did was go out to eat for our dates because we're both big food people. I was also just happy lounging with him and watching movies when we were at his place. I don't think she meant anything other than what I just described.
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idyll
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
That's interesting, because all the boyfriends I've known have always called it the "You feel so much better during intimate relations" layer.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I'm not sure which depresses me more, Lauren Conrad referring to her love handles as the"boyfriend layer" or People referring to LC as a "best-selling author." Either way, I'm going to have to comfort myself with lots of chocolate and booze. Then LC and I will go to the gym together so I can lose my "reality star who is more successful than I am despite doing nothing and having little to no discernible talent GOOD LORD WHY ARE YOU FAMOUS AGAIN!?!?!" layer. Fun.
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Ailatan
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I have what is know as "husband compound" emphasis on pound, whatever, I'm happy.
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Yahtzii
08/19/09

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That extra half-inch of spangley pink fluid surrounding your brain that dulls your outrage to celebrity idiocy will now be known as "The Hills layer."
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Snowbunny
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
Weight gained over Christmas holidays shall henceforth be known as the "Santa layer." And we shall all be "Santa layer-ers."
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save jinger
08/19/09

@Snowbunny: I call it my "bowl full of jelly."
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dianersb was bit by a zombie
08/19/09

@Snowbunny: Weight gained over Thanksgiving? Gobble layer.
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save jinger
08/19/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: That's just extra stuffing.

Mmmmm...stuffing.
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Snowbunny
08/19/09

@dianersb was bit by a zombie: Oft have I covered my hand in pumpkin pie filling and pressed it 'gainst my stuffing-filled Gobble layer and drawn a charming turkey upon the turkey in my belly.
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bluebears
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
I get this. I also refer to it as being happy. Not that you need a boyfriend to be happy per se, but just the beginning of relationships tend to be euphoric and romantic with lots of staying in all weekend and being cuddly etc. In my case this usually involves smoking weed, watching movies, sex, and lots of snacking.
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NellMood
08/19/09

@bluebears: That's pretty much how the beginning of my current relationship went, if you add in multiple cocktails and a boyfriend who cooks, very well and a lot. And by beginning, I mean entire 1.5 years of dating.
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bluebears
08/19/09

@NellMood: Oh yes, there are also cocktails and beer. Frankly current BF and I are still sort of there 2 yrs on, we're just busier on the weekend over the summer.

ETA: Plus what can you do when you're BF turns to you on Sat night at 12am and says "pizza?" say no? I think not.
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morninggloria
08/19/09

@bluebears: Usually, when I work out a lot, it's because I'm bored. The beginning stages of a relationship usually involve making googly eyes at the guy and occasionally drinking a lot and going home together. That really cuts into the gym time.
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bluebears
08/19/09

@morninggloria: totally. I was at my absolute thinnest during the first year of law school because I was not near any of my friends and 98% of the people I was in school with were awful. This left HOURS for me to spend at the gym.
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LawFairy
08/19/09

@bluebears: GET OUT OF MY BRAIN.

Seriously, I love my boyfriend, but he's made me the fattest I've been in my life, and it's PRECISELY because of midnight pizza runs and dessert with EVERY meal.

Not that I'm super unhappy about it, but I do really miss fitting into a few of my favorite dresses.
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hellosunshine
08/19/09

@bluebears: See also, "Wendy's?" You don't turn down nuggets. That's just plain crazy talk.
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maybeimamazed02
08/19/09

@bluebears: I think we went to the same law school!
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LaComtesse
08/19/09

In reply to The Girlfriend Experience
If this were the most repugnant thing ever to spew forth from LauCon, I'd be cool with her. This doesn't strike me as super awful. I dubbed the weight I gained after moving back to NY (and nearer all my friends and family) my "happiness weight."
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