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I don't know what to do with this.

I guess it's true.

I mean, here's a study about it.

It says couples that gain weight together are happier.

I guess so.

I guess they're not allowing for couples that don't gain weight together.

Try to stay in shape, but I guess they're not as happy as couples that gain weight together.

Okay.

It says something to do with you're comfortable with each other.

You're not trying to look good to attract anybody else.

So you just kind of let yourself go together.

Well, it doesn't have to be you let yourself go.

No, that's what they're saying because...

Oh, you let yourself go. Okay.

These couples don't have to worry about their partner loving them for their looks now

so they can go on and so forth. Yeah. Okay. I don't, I don't think that's true. You don't?

I don't know what to say because this is touchy. It is really touchy. It is touchy. Well, I mean, I think

it's easier.

The way I took what you said was the fact that if there's a person that's gaining weight in a relationship and a person who is not and they're fit and they're all doing, I could see where that would put strain on a relationship as opposed to both of us have decided to sit here and eat this whole cheesecake together.

Yeah, I'd like to hold open the possibility of both.

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