Predicament
Dan and I were in a very tough spot. We were totally broke! Luckily, I got hired for a new job starting on Monday. The job would give us some breathing room. The problem was that the required uniform was black pants and a white shirt. I had two pairs of black pants and one white shirt, but I had gained so much weight that I was afraid they’d be too tight on me. “My first few days on the job are going to be hard with super tight clothes until I get my first check,” I told Dan. Dan looked at me with some doubt in his eyes. He poked my navel and said, “Are you sure you can even still fit in those?” I shrugged. Dan then said, “Why don’t you try them on before Monday? That way we have time to get you bigger clothes if they don’t fit. You’ve really gained a lot of weight, I’m not sure those old clothes will still work.” He put his finger back in my navel and did his favorite little tease move- jiggling my belly up and down. So I went to my clos...