Quote Originally Posted by Eden View Post
OK a little fortuitous channel surfing here and I came across a weight loss show... the woman's husband just confessed to sabotaging her weight loss surgery (she had it and is now back up to 240 lbs) because when she was getting thinner she was starting to get attention from other men.... so he was intentionally bringing bad foods into the house and getting her to eat them. WOW, that's scary. This time she's going the diet and exercise route. Same scary jealous husband though...
Wow, Eden... that's fascinating... I wonder if she has taken advice on how to reassure him she still "loves him best" and if he is taking counseling for his possesiveness???

I have two acquaintances where weight loss has resulted in relationship-end. One of each gender... and in both cases, the weight-loser played up too much to the new-found attention, and the partner couldn't cope with the extra attention being given to their lighter mate. Very sad.

I have seen a few relationships break up when "she" changes in other ways too (and therefore the relationship changes)... every year there are marriage break-ups where our (adult) students change in their socio-political thinking as well as self-perception - and as someone standing on the outside of those relationships it sometimes appears that it is him who can't cope with the change and won't grow with the partner.