In our Men, Men, Men series, we speak to five guys at varying stages of their respective relationships to dish out some love advice from a man’s perspective because let’s face it, getting guidance from your girlfriends is great but when it comes to guys, why not go straight to the source?
In addition to our barrage of questions, the guys also sat down for our ‘5 Guys, 1 Conversation’ roundatable so we can dig deeper into their psyche. Check out the video below:
And here’s what each guy had to say when we asked them our burning question of the week, ‘What Do Men Think About Their Wives Gaining Weight?’:
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“Looks is important but it’s up to the individual because beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you want to look someone objectively, she might not be beautiful in the traditional sense but I think it is important to look good, especially for, I mean I hate to say this, but I think men in general are just a lot more shallow and superficial.
That’s just the way society is, you look at social media, and you look at everything else and women have a lot of pressure to look good, do their hair, do their makeup, and dress well, photoshop or touch up their pictures so they get more followers. It’s not an easy job but it’s up to us, men, to appreciate it too.”
“I’ll always tell the truth because hey, trust, right? I’m the only person she’ll probably ever ask ‘Do I look like I’m putting on weight?’ and I’m always honest with her. Most of you have seen Jean [Danker] so when she asks me that question I’m like ‘What? Are you kidding?’ I’m mean I’m asking her to eat more. I’ve never said ‘Yes’ and that’s because truly, she’s not fat. But if she does put on weight, I will tell her.
Sometimes I wish you wouldn’t ask us questions like that because if we look at ourselves in the mirror and we feel we’re putting on weight, we hit the gym. I mean I don’t know about you guys but have you ever asked your other half ‘Do I look fat?’”
“I’m at a very lucky phase right now where I can say ‘Yes, because you are carrying my child’. My wife is pregnant and she’s getting bigger and it’s beautiful.”
Paul: Before the pregnancy?
“Oh yeah I’ll definitely say ‘No’.”
“Always say, ‘No, you look fabulous’. When my wife put on weight when she was pregnant, I put on weight too. When she was 90 kg with my first child, I was like 89 kg. I was 59 kg before I went to 89 kg. So when she was plump, I was plump too so I didn’t have this problem.
I don’t know about other guys, it may be different, but I tend not to care too much about how I look but it’s always my wife who always wants me to look better but I feel I don’t need to look better so I’m always fending her off.”
“I’m with Glenn. Same thing, [my girlfriend] Jenna’s not fat by any means but it’s all in the mind, you think you are. We all have body issues in our own psychological space, we all think we don’t have enough muscle or we put on a little bit too much weight. I like to think I’m either fit or unfit, that’s my two phases.
I think it’s more of a safety blanket for a lot of girls when they ask that question. It’s more of a ‘Can you just give me a confidence boost? Or not?’ in a way. Guys won’t say ‘Do I look fat?’ we’ll say ‘How do I look? Do I look good? Do I look okay?’”