For about a year, I've had a friend who is basically the female equivalent of myself. She's into a lot of the same hobbies as me, making her really easy to talk to, is down to earth, and open to trying stuff. She's also objectively very attractive. She gets hit on everywhere she goes and is told she looks like a very well-known pop idol (imaged here).
There's only one thing: she is downright frail.
At least by my standards. She's about 5'0 and 90 pounds, but according to herself, that's "chubby." She tells me she wishes to be a Victoria's Secret model in her next life because in this one she's already past the point of no return. But to me, it looks like she could be carried away by a light breeze. Something that should easily turn me off. That being said, I can't help but fall for her. And I think there are a few reasons why.
The first is what I mentioned earlier: how she's really easy to talk to, laid-back, and very typically beautiful. The second is that I detect a little bit of potential.
The last time I saw her, she had just gotten back from a week-long family vacation, and I noticed something: a slight double chin. Although the rest of her looked mostly unchanged- maybe an extra millimeter in her waistline, a few grams of adipose here or there- that double chin hadn't been there before. That day she told me that she was officially going on a diet because she had gotten "too heavy." But not before delighting in a giant bowl of ramen. That brings me to point #2 that shows her potential: her appetite. She regularly outeats me and has described her impressive past feats. Two Big Macs in one sitting, three bowls of ramen, and 40 plates of sushi were light work for her back in the day. Nowadays she claims to have a shrinking stomach, but I think that gluttonous part of her still lingers.
The third thing is she's said she feels uncomfortable living in a country where these strict beauty standards are enforced. She says she exercises hard every day and diets to stay slim, but she envies women from overseas who are allowed to feel themselves no matter their size. Because of that, she wants to spend more time traveling or working abroad. I think part of her would be more comfortable letting loose, in a sense.
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