Wednesday, July 27, 2005

The Columnist Manifesto: Relationships 101: "Do I look fat?"

"Relationships 101: 'Do I look fat?'
A lesson in how to answer 'the question'

Here is a bit of human experience that seems to fall into the “things everyone has to learn for her- or him- self” category: how to handle the question from wife/girlfriend, etc., “Do I look fat?” And yet the pain of that relearning process seems so avoidable. We all know the question will be asked. Why wait around unprepared only to be caught like a deer in the headlights when it finally comes up:"