
I am 23 years old and I've never dated anyone, as I gained weight in my early teens. I am not ashamed of my body, but I am constantly judged for it and guys also stay away. If there were any that would actually pay attention to me, I worry that I might not notice them, or not trust them to not make a fool out of me.
I was wondering if I am the only one who has been going though something [like] this, or it is something that happens a lot? Furthermore, how does one get over it?
— Ioana
Dating as a plus-size woman isn't easy. A lot of men (and some women) have a "type," and that type is often straight-size.
That's a hard pill to swallow — not just in terms of finding potential partners, but also in terms of your own self-esteem.
"Confidence is a challenge, for sure, especially when your figure doesn't fit the societal ideal," Dr. Gretchen Kubacky, a Los Angeles-based psychologist (and "a plus-size woman and veteran of the dating scene myself") told Revelist.
So what's a plus-size girl to do?
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