Totally off-topic... I haven't seen your kids in forever and a day, but apparently they just keep getting cuter!

And on-topic, I duno. I never had a problem getting a date when I was fat, and I don't particularly have a problem now that I'm thin.

I DID have a problem finding dates when I was self-conscious and terminally shy (as opposed to today's mere painful shyness). I think lots of fat women feel that way because of societal pressure, which then becomes one of those nasty perpetuating cycles.