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Carolyn Hax, February 20 2024: “Sedentary girlfriend’s weight gain is affecting their relationship.”
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Carolyn Hax, February 20 2024: “Sedentary girlfriend’s weight gain is affecting their relationship.”

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Carolyn Hax, February 20 2024: “Sedentary girlfriend’s weight gain is affecting their relationship.”
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My take: To recap, the LW’s girlfriend is not into physical fitness and has gained a lot of weight. The LW is “very fit and enjoy[s] exercise and all of its benefits.” He loves her, but wants “her consistent weight gain” to stop. How can he tell her?

Carolyn tells him: “Her inactivity is the relationship problem; her weight s…

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