Being big

[DrFaroohk]

I'm fat, but even if I wasn't fat I'm still pretty big. 6'2", I was about 350 at my biggest but I'm at 300 right now.

I'm not complaining about my size, I've rather come to terms with being fat and huge and in some ways its even beneficial.

But sometimes being big leads people to believe that I'm invincible. If I twist my ankle or hurt my back, just quietly whining to myself people will start yelling at me to grow up and tough out the pain. If another good looking tiny guy gets hurt in the same way, people will practically suck his cock to ensure he doesn't have a moment of discomfort, but for me, I'm just told to shrug it off. Even if I dont say anything to anyone and just suffer in silence, if they see me limp or wince in pain because I'm in agony, I'm met with hostile remarks about dealing with it.

I've even had no luck getting help from police because of it. I reported an assault to them once, but because I'm big this guy was little, they just shrugged it off and didn't do anything. I told them I was afraid for my safety because someone else had a grudge against me, and they just shrugged it off, because after all I weigh 100 pounds more than this guy, so that's all there is to it right? I'm bulletproof now!

Same with my emotions. My feelings get hurt too, ya know! Just because I might appear to be a giant, I'm not made of stone. If someone makes a crack about a particularly sensitive area for me, it hurts, but people seem to think that being a man, and a large man at that, makes me impervious to even emotional forms of harm.

I bleed too, dammit! I'm not out looking for pity or sympathy, sometimes I just want someone to recognize that I'm not as tough as I look. Under this fat, doughy exterior, there's a fat, doughy man inside who just wants a hug. If I'm cut, I want someone to give me a bandaid. Not yell at me for bleeding too much.

[HYHYBT]

In your example of a twisted ankle, it's *worse* for larger people. More weight on the joint when it twists is more force pulling it in the wrong way, and more pressure, etc on it every time you use it at all while it's hurt than for a light person.

[powerboy]

I know that feeling. I am 6ft myself and about 300 pounds. I get told that at times also. It sucks and they don't understand that.

[blas87]

I know I'll probably get some slack for this, but I.....I kind of have a beef with "bigger" people (and NO, I don't mean overweight, I mean taller or tall and bigger guys) who get out of doing certain things at work because it's too uncomfortable for them because of how tall or large framed they are.

It takes me twice as long to do a few tasks because of how small I am. I am too short to reach, so I need a stool to change a setup on some machines. My arms are too short, so I need to go around to the other side to adjust knobs or press buttons. A lot of times, I need help lifting things because I am a small girl, not a 250 pound 6 foot tall guy.

I don't get out of anything, even if it takes me longer to do something because of my size. Yet these guys get out of doing certain tasks because they are too tall or too big and it's uncomfortable. Standing on a stool frightens me half of the time, and I think it's plain old stupid that some machines are so big that I have to walk all the way around because my arms are too short and they must have invented these machines before women were in the workforce.

[DrFaroohk]

I can't speak for everyone, but I know I've rarely ever gotten out of a task simply because I was tall. And many tasks are hard for me since I'm tall, such as something that involves standing in one spot doing something at a work station, say washing dishes or working a cash register. Typically those are placed at a height for average people, but for me, I have to bend down just slightly and over time it kills my neck and back.

It's also been typical for me to asked to do certain jobs that involve heavy lifting since I'm such a big strong man. It's rather annoying that any time someone has a moving project I'm usually tapped for it. Hey, I'm big, I must love moving heavy objects around! It's especially fun when it's me on one end of the five hundred pound couch, and Shorty McShortfuck on the other end, so I'm basically hunched over trying to lift it, and then people are like "Hey what the fuck is up with DrFaroohk? He can't lift shit! What a pussy!" and then when I wince in pain from the terrible strain on my back they're like "Oh suck it up big guy, fuckin pussy! Quit your whining! Whiny bitch."

On the other hand, being tall is something I enjoy. I feel like it's the only thing someone can't change. You can dye your hair, wear contacts, lose weight, gain it, work out, lots of stuff, but you can't really change your height.

[HYHYBT]

Blas: well, that depends: if it involves getting into a place they won't fit, and a small person can, then you should trade with them and they can do the high stuff

The one and only thing I always got someone else to do was clean inside the tunnels of the Playplace, simply because it takes so long for someone my size to get through it, while a shorter, thinner person has no trouble at all.