>>23362 (OP)I'm with
>>23363, you don't need to come out. People will see a pattern in terms of who you're dating. One fat chick... "Aw, he sees her inner beauty." Two... "Okay, that's his thing." Your preference might be a topic of conversation behind your back, but who cares? And if someone disrespects you to your face for your preference, consider putting them out of your life. They're probably toxic fuckheads in all ways.
Anyway, my experiences:
My parents figured it out pretty early, based on drawings and porn they found, women I looked at in public, and media I was into (obsessed with). The first then second fat girl I brought home sealed it. My dad teases me once in a while but not in a mean way. Like, "Hey, there's one for you" if we're out and he sees an attractive fat woman. BITD when the Clinton-Lewinsky thing was going on, he My mother has never addressed it at all. The only thing is that she used to be pretty fat-phobic but backed off with the rhetoric when I got married (to a fat woman). My sister is a cunt and I don't care what she thinks lol.
I got some shit from my friends for dating the 2nd fattest girl in high school, but they got over it when it got serious and she became part of our circle. I'm sure they roasted me behind my back but oh well. I went to a very liberal college and suddenly being an FA was to my advantage because it made me "weird" and thus interesting lol, and I had women coming to me for sex, for the first and last time in my life. Pretty cool when you're 19-20, kind of an introvert and average-looking to have a cute fat girl you barely know knock on your door, sit down on your bed, talk for 5 minutes and then basically attack you.
As an adult, or whatever I am, people who know me have probably figured it out, though I can't remember it coming up unless I initiated it in some way. I was at a party a while back and some fat celeb came up in conversation — can't remember who — and I said something like, "Well she's pretty hot" and it got quiet for about 2 seconds and then someone was like, "Oh yeah — definitely" and the conversation moved on.
So I don't hide it but I don't wear size-positive t-shirts or anything. Ultimately my preferences are private, just like if someone is into Asians or tall girls. FWIW, I live in a liberal urban enclave and I think FAism is generally perceived as feminist-friendly, as it's anti-"sizism". Little do they know we objectify as much as the next guy... lol. Also I'm older and my peer group is fattening up by the month so I think my preference is affirming for women I know who are chubbing up for the first time. Happy to provide that service.
The only person I ever "came out" to like a gay person would was my best friend, maybe 20 years ago. We were drunk and talking about women and I was beating around the bush, getting frustrated with myself. So I laid it down, that my fantasy wasn't my 200-something SO at the time, but 400, 500 lbs. He was pretty blown away — he could understand "chubby" but not super-morbidly obese. We never talked about it again except for busting my balls every once in a while, again usually if we're drinking.