I'm sure even skinny people are scared of these. At least I am...

People need to remember that manners are free. I once met a cyclops and didn't make a thing about it.

As I mentioned on the "towels" post - using double or triple the material to create clothing that would "fit" an obese person costs double or triple the materials-cost to the company making it. Either companies are going to have to charge more for larger clothing sizes, as they literally use way more material to make them, or the cost of everyone's clothing, including normal-sized ones, are going to have to go up in order to cover the costs of manufacturing clothing sized for obese people.

Let's be explicitly clear: @jaebaeofficial you are not the victim here.

It's not a ridiculous comment when said obese person is literally spilling over into half of my seat .

Who thought this would be a good topic?? Non-obese people will be afraid of down votes, while obese people are ether in denial (I'm not fat, I'm just thick), or don't want to come out admitting they don't like having to buy 2 airline seat tickets for their un-accommodated booties? In case I get downvoted to death, it was fun while it lasted (leaving snarky comments). Btw, my profile pic was from before Covid. From the pandemic comfort foods, menopause, my rheumatoid arthritis, and my lower back now needing multi-level vertabrae fusion, I gained 30 lbs, but am looking to get more active once I am allowed to after my fusion surgery. So, I am not sure if I would classify myself as in denial or plus sized yet

I'm considered 'morbidly obese' but I am no where near that lady's size. You get that big from over eating [I'm guilty of this] so expecting an airline to make accommodations for a minority of overly large people isn't fair to the business.

Flew on a long a*s flight to SE Asia with the first leg of the journey to Vancouver. The lady next to me was larger and tall. She kind of hunched over her tray table as she was barely able to get it flat down. She squashed my left shoulder for a few hours from NY to Vancouver. Was I relieved it happened on the shorter leg of the journey? Yes. Did I feel bad for her as she was clearly uncomfortable? Also yes.

Well I'm pretty skinny but I wouldn't complain if they started making airplane seats wider to accommodate many of today's population, that's more rom for the rest of us too

When I was younger I never wanted someone to sit next to me on the bus because of that reason

Airlines are even coming up with standing seats. They won't get bigger unless you're flying first class.

You know if you’ll fit or not. You need to buy two seats if you can’t fit in one.

American planes were the most uncomfortable seats I’ve ever been on.

I am not really that wide, as my hips are narrow and I have no butt, and I do not fit in some places simply because of my stomach. I can't adjust my own car seat while pregnant because I'm so short, but it does not accommodate my bump.

Simple answer: Even not-fat people can barely fit in today's seats.

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Slight rewording here, "Always wondering if you're going to "fit" (airplane seats, public transportation, etc)." given the life chosen you made and your complete lack of respect for others.

I feel like half of these complaints completely overlook the fact that there is limited space on a plane to begin with.

The amount of fat-shaming comments on this are staggeringly disappointing. I foolishly thought humans on BP were better than this.

Buy your own and take it with you!

This used to bother me, the little fold down desks on the uni seats too. Then I lost weight…

Downvote me into oblivion, but I will die on this hill: most of the time, obesity isn't a disability in the same way that cerebral palsy is. Or being paralyzed, needing a wheelchair due to spinal/brain damage, only having one leg (or none), birth defects, having had a stroke or injury that results in brain damage, being blind, etc. Many of my family members are morbidly obese, and none were born that way. All of them became obese due to over-eating. While it's not always their FAULT that they became addicted to food, it's their responsibility to lose weight. It is not the world's responsibility to make everything accommodating for obese people. I've struggled with drug addiction, so I KNOW what addiction is like and how hard it is to change and get healthy. But saying it's a "disability" that you can't help or change is absolutely untrue. (Final disclaimer: yes, there are medical conditions that cause obesity without massive caloric intake. Most obese people are not obese due to that.)

Are bunk beds in the list because plus sized people are complaining about not being able to use the top bunk??

Book a queen/king room at the time of booking. If the hotel tries to force you into a room with two twin mattresses instead, demand the room you paid for (king/queen bed). You paid for the king/queen bed, you should GET the king/queen bed!

Two words: Bath sheets🙌

Really, why do they do this, it’s not like they run out of metal or something.

You don't have room to move even if you are skinny scrawny!

Try 'can't even get into the pool because it has no wheelchair hoist' that's the case for like 95% of hotel pools, even ones with accessible rooms! Least obese people can sit on the floor/ still access the pool!

It just happens to lots of people being overweight has nothing to do with it. I'm skinny and every flight I get pulled aside by airport security for additional screening, apparently I must look dodgy

It's a plane they ain't gonna make em wider because you are fat.

Try a product like Megababe Thigh Rescue. There are also anti-chaffing fabric thigh bands. How do I know? /used to be obese. Practically speaking, it's hard work, and psychologically there's constant body disphoria.

as a former fat woman who struggle this A LOT. Since childhood with awful comments an rejection let me tell you: its your life, that’s no way to live, we both know you want to feel better, i was not happy, ir hurts every day. I learned at the hard way hurting my self worried of what others see. They are not important, probably never see them again, you need to do it for you, not for others opinions. I know how hard it is, even coming from my mom who don’t even want to sit next to me on an airplane because she was ashamed of me. It’s not normal been so beautiful and young and need to use oxygen, if you need to talk I’m here, trust me you are not alone. I’m 35 now and I don’t care if anyone sees my cellulitis, scars, stretch marks, I love them because now I’m feeling better, that’s the only think that matter, the way I look to myself, no by others.

You have to bring your heavy oxygen machine with you, and you're wearing open toe sandels. Why would you want to hike?