Unrecognizably Yours — The Weight of the Past

A few minutes later, Chase replied, What can I say? I care about looks. Knowing I dated someone that huge for over a year makes me Then he added, Guess she should have been prettier.

That evening, another guy asked for my number on the way home. I turned him down and kept walking alone. Then I caught my reflection in a store window. A slim waist, long legs, and curves in all the right places. I knew I was pretty now. Guys had paid for my drinks and meals more than once, and even a talent scout had approached me once. But before I

Chase, none of that ever happened. I had been fat since I was little. By high school, I was almost 200 pounds. I had heard it all. So I grew up insecure. The bigger I got, the less I wanted to dress up, and the less I tried, the worse I looked. I had crushes too, but whenever a guy I found out I liked him, he acted as if I had insulted him. Every time I tried to lose

my parents told me not to bother. They said I was cute the way I was. They were both heavy so they never thought my weight was a big deal. I spent most of my teenage years getting laughed at. Then I met Chase in a game. He liked my voice and insisted on adding me. We played together a few more times and slowly got close. After a while, Chase confessed. I knew he came

from money. He had bought me tons of skins in-game and tried to send me expensive but I always refused them. He never posted clear pictures of his face, but his profile was full of vacation photos

from all over the world.