I've always been "plus-sized." Even as a teenager in size 12 jeans, it was still "more than" the other girls my age. Regardless, I had a vibrant single dating life, I had a loving married life, and I had a post-divorce dating life. Throughout it all, I remained plus-sized in clothing, seating, and life in general. I've dated men who accepted me just as I was, men who slapped tortilla chips out of my hands at a restaurant, and men who told me they'd love me more if I just weighed some ideal number in their mind as well as every nuance inbetween. What I learned early on was that their opinion didn't really matter; how I felt about myself is what made the experience what it was. It takes some mindset shaping to reach the "Let Them" stage, but once you've reached it, the view is great.