The Real Chubby Tummies Of Lit

Aphroditiac said:

Well, you know, when I first began selectively sharing photos, I would only post boob pics, carefully cropped. I like my boobs, and don't mind showing them off. As I got braver, and showed more, it was with great trepidation. Imagine my surprise tov receive compliments about the "bad" parts too! Could anyone really love my pudge? Maybe...

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I want to find my woman in the sheets, not have to search for her! There are no bad parts on you, nor any of you beautiful women! I'd gladly place my hands on your pudge for all to see!

Aphroditiac said:

Well, you know, when I first began selectively sharing photos, I would only post boob pics, carefully cropped. I like my boobs, and don't mind showing them off. As I got braver, and showed more, it was with great trepidation. Imagine my surprise tov receive compliments about the "bad" parts too! Could anyone really love my pudge? Maybe...

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Right?

When I was still new-ish here, a close friend asked me to do something scary: photograph my nude body from every angle and send a few pics to him for feedback. I did. Inner thighs, jiggle belly, saggy breasts, some other parts I won't mention here. I expected his response to be flattering and sincere, but I didn't expect the respect, the honor... almost a sense of awe. He knew my insecurities, he knew my fears, and he hit them hard. 'Look at that beautiful belly that was home to all of your children,' etc. etc. etc.

I already knew that he thought I was sexy, I needed to hear that he thought I was beautiful, too. And hearing it made me feel very sexy indeed.

Superficiality has been spoon fed to all of us for a very long time. Gaze upon someone else's definition of beauty, and if you don't subscribe, obviously there's something inherently wrong with you. But none of it is real.

Funny thing is, I don't recall seeing any airbrushed cave paintings, tribal cultures fertility idols don't look like Kate Moss's rib cage, and just about every depiction of beauty from before/during/and after the renaissance wasn't a size 3. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, that's true, but what we instinctively find attractive is the exact opposite of what we are bombarded with. There's no shame in scars that you've earned, no reason to cover up the fact that you're a mother, you're perfect in your imperfections, and anyone that makes you feel like less for looking the way you do or not meeting a bullshit standard that isn't even actually theirs? Well. They can go right off and fuck themselves, now can't they . Not worth any more of your consideration than the time it takes to wipe your feet when you get home.

I'll take reality any day.

She's the most beautiful woman in the world to me. Even though she thinks she's so flawed, been made to feel that way before, she can't argue with me. Because I love her for what she percieves as imperfections. They're part of who she is, part of the reason I noticed her in the first place. Inside and out, I want it all. She's mine, she's gorgeous, she looks like sex to me, and she's MY ideal.

Nice thread Honey, I dig it.

I dig it, too.

The woman I've been sleeping with for 36 years qualifies for this thread, and I love every inch of her still. Both of us would be healthier if we weren't carrying so much extra weight. But the love has only increased with the body size.

She's still as beautiful to me as she was the day I fell in love with her. Don't reckon that's going to change in the next 36 years.

Hiya Necro! Thanks for sharing.

Thankyou for this thread, Honey!

Like lots of other women, I had a baby well over a decade ago...and I still haven't come to terms with the changes to my body. The stretch marks, wrinkles and section scar are totally worth having my daughter for. But I can't look past them.

Spending so much time here, I'm not comparing myself to magazine covers...I'm comparing myself to porn stars. If that's not bad for the ego then I don't know what is!

The irony is, of course, that I can appreciate similar features on other women. Women create life, we are absolutely amazing.
Your profile pic is utterly beautiful, I've always thought that you have a lovely figure.

PapaRomantic said:

The woman I've been sleeping with for 36 years qualifies for this thread, and I love every inch of her still. Both of us would be healthier if we weren't carrying so much extra weight. But the love has only increased with the body size.

She's still as beautiful to me as she was the day I fell in love with her. Don't reckon that's going to change in the next 36 years.

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PapaRomantic said:

The woman I've been sleeping with for 36 years qualifies for this thread, and I love every inch of her still. Both of us would be healthier if we weren't carrying so much extra weight. But the love has only increased with the body size.

She's still as beautiful to me as she was the day I fell in love with her. Don't reckon that's going to change in the next 36 years.

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This makes my heart smile.

TheSilverLining said:

Thankyou for this thread, Honey!

Like lots of other women, I had a baby well over a decade ago...and I still haven't come to terms with the changes to my body. The stretch marks, wrinkles and section scar are totally worth having my daughter for. But I can't look past them.

Spending so much time here, I'm not comparing myself to magazine covers...I'm comparing myself to porn stars. If that's not bad for the ego then I don't know what is!

The irony is, of course, that I can appreciate similar features on other women. Women create life, we are absolutely amazing.
Your profile pic is utterly beautiful, I've always thought that you have a lovely figure.

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Hello-hello! So glad you came by!

What you say about being able to appreciate in other women what we dislike in ourselves rings so very true for me. We are so hard on ourselves...

Thank you for your kind words. It's difficult for me to hear them, and it's difficult for me to leave the pic up. But that is my real tummy, and if posting it somehow makes it easier for someone else to look at her own body and smile, then good.

A wonderful idea for a thread, each of the wonderful ladies of Lit has beauty inside and out, you inspire some of us guys who are no where close to having an adonis type figure. Beauty is so much more than just a size zero frame with nothing inside.
Keep on keeping on

Aww, all this tummy love.

Some really lovely thoughts in here.

My Kitten has a beautiful tummy - I love it to bits! So smooth and stroke-able...

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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Beautiful!!!

Beautiful! You look very tasty!

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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That particular picture is actually a good example of the feminine curve and its mystique as your shape is often encountered in erotic literature and paintings. It’s a great picture and very admirable so as I mentioned before it surprises me to believe that you would be in any way self critical. I’m very appreciative to be gaining more insight on this entire tummy thing because I’ve always appreciated rounded curves on a woman. I honestly believe that what W_H has called the chubby tummy is as much a part of the feminine curve as it actually exists as are breasts, hips, shoulders and thighs. YMMO

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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Curvalicious

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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Beautiful.
Not ready for that for myself, yet.
Here, at least.

Wild_Honey_66 said:

Ladies, if you please...

(My contribution in profile for a limited time.)








**Inspired by the Chubby Tummy thread and my women friends with their own chubby tummies, and gratefully dedicated to the men who make us feel sexy and beautiful.

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Simply delish.

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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This is simply a beautiful woman who has captured a beautiful picture of herself.
I would note, Aphro does a nice job with her pictures. Many of the ones in the thread have lovely composition. She's got a "great eye" as my photography teacher used to say. I admire talent. It's sexy. Just like her body is sexy too.

This thread makes me want to cry - in a good way, for the most part. I considered just sending a pm to the ladies supporting this thread, but that would be cowardly given what y'all have posted.

I get a great deal of satisfaction and ego stroking from posting pics here. Yet, it is always tempered by the thoughts that go, "Yeah, thanks, but angles and lighting are hiding the bad parts," so the comments, while nice, are still tainted by a measure of what I consider to be deception. I've always been Type A and competitive, and, although it's petty and immature, it always stings when I see someone else getting attention for something I'm trying my best at. No matter how many times I tell myself there is no single body type that "wins," I don't really believe it. I "know" what body type ultimately wins and I don't have it any more.

What ought to be an opportunity without true cost to put myself out here and receive validation just for who I am, still remains impossible in my mind. It's a constant struggle between achieving true body acceptance and being the best. An astute Lit man (whom we all love) even mentioned to me once how clever I am at subtly covering the challenging parts of my anatomy. I believe he truly meant it as a message of acceptance, but the acknowledgement that parts of my body are a "challenge" when I've tried so hard to camouflage them, hurt.

My husband, whom I've been with for 30 years, is ONLY into fitness models and athletic slim body types. While he tells me he is still attracted to me, his actions (at least in my mind) are asynchronous with his words. Given this is the message I've heard from the person who loves me most, it is difficult to comes to grips with the idea that anyone who doesn't have true affection for me could ever accept, much less be attracted to, the parts of me neither of us are happy with. And don't tell me that intelligence and confidence and a sassy sense of humor are what you find most attractive - because its very nice to hear, but deep down I don't believe you.

How pathetic is it that I cling to the shreds of body acceptance I receive here? How pathetic is it that at my age, the 20 pounds I gained in the last several months as my hormones decided to skip town permanently, are what weighs heaviest (pun intended) on my mind? How ridiculous is it that they intrude on my thoughts of how to pose and which pics to post here? How ludicrous is it that I actually stress a bit over letting people down by not being hot enough?

So, I suppose I just wanted to say that I envy you ladies - your personal acceptance of your bodies and the acceptance provided you by your significant others. Until I can get my hormones back in check I won't have that. I need to lose the weight for health reasons, and I'm working on that, but I gotta say how much I love this thread.

Thank you ladies - . I just can't heart this enough. That shall be the end of my vent.

Real pics of real ladies. What a nice change. Props to all the ladies posting in here. You all rock.

Oh, Kitty.
I have such love for this. Your heart. This post alone shows your beauty.
You speak for me on many, many levels, and I daresay a lot of women here.

This is exactly why Honey posted this. Exactly.

Aphroditiac said:

Not many pics yet.

So I will play.

Usually I shoot specifically to minimize or not show my stomach.

But here's one that does show my marshmallow middle.

In spite of that fact, I liked the picture.

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You really have a most lovely tummy Aphro...well, you're lovely all over actually! You look so cuddly to me, which, when I use that word, means "I'd love nothing more than to cuddle with such a beautiful, inviting feminine body."

Love the pic!

After Kitty posted that I went to her profile and then, whammo, the girls staring right at me. I wasn't fully awake before, but I am now.