mikeofaustin
Bronze Member
I was talking to a good friend of mine today and we were talking about T-shirt sizes. I was surprised he was at a 'large' and I told him that I'm a 2X. He told me, "Mike, you are a very big guy". And that's when the conversation started... To me, 2X is 'normal' for my size.
Now, personally, when I experience my surroundings, I don't feel gigantic, but I do have this sense [for as long as I can remember] that everyone around me seems to be 'made' for a lot smaller person than I am. For example, everywhere I go, seats in a restaurants seem to be made for 'small' people. Baseball caps are always made for small people and kids (I've never had one that fit my head). Even shoes, drinking glasses, seats on an airplane, garden gloves sold at Home Depot... Everything seems made for very small people, and I've always explained that to myself as "Oh, those companies are just cheap and don't want to put a lot of material into making a superior product".
But again, low and behold today... he tells me that I might have gigantism. He then clarifies and says, "Yes, you might be a few pounds heavy, but even if you dropped that weight, you would still be a huge guy". Then the group that I'm with starts talking about how people with this problem die early, etc, etc... that thought alone made me think... But truth be told... I'm now, for the first time, thinking that everyone else just might not be 'small'. But, maybe I'm just 'big' and didn't see it from my perspective. I guess it would explain why I seem to break a lot of chairs I sit in...
I've done this all my life... I've ALWAYs thought that everything in this world is made cheaply and for small people.... But the strange thing is, I don't 'feel' big at all. I've got some thinking to do. (for the record, I weight 265, and I'm about 20 pounds overweight. 235 and I'm slim(!)).
Now, personally, when I experience my surroundings, I don't feel gigantic, but I do have this sense [for as long as I can remember] that everyone around me seems to be 'made' for a lot smaller person than I am. For example, everywhere I go, seats in a restaurants seem to be made for 'small' people. Baseball caps are always made for small people and kids (I've never had one that fit my head). Even shoes, drinking glasses, seats on an airplane, garden gloves sold at Home Depot... Everything seems made for very small people, and I've always explained that to myself as "Oh, those companies are just cheap and don't want to put a lot of material into making a superior product".
But again, low and behold today... he tells me that I might have gigantism. He then clarifies and says, "Yes, you might be a few pounds heavy, but even if you dropped that weight, you would still be a huge guy". Then the group that I'm with starts talking about how people with this problem die early, etc, etc... that thought alone made me think... But truth be told... I'm now, for the first time, thinking that everyone else just might not be 'small'. But, maybe I'm just 'big' and didn't see it from my perspective. I guess it would explain why I seem to break a lot of chairs I sit in...
I've done this all my life... I've ALWAYs thought that everything in this world is made cheaply and for small people.... But the strange thing is, I don't 'feel' big at all. I've got some thinking to do. (for the record, I weight 265, and I'm about 20 pounds overweight. 235 and I'm slim(!)).