I'm so glad I never gave up

So quick backstory I grew up an average looking dude. I always dated in high school, college etc. But what really changed everything was when I had a year of major depression and coming out of that definitely made me look pretty chubby. I thought I was disgusting. Then I had a relationship with a woman, then I was pretty much on the rebound after that and dated a lot. But everything around that same time I was so caught up with dating it was all I could think about. I was sickening, skinny and gaunt, I looked like a meth head. I was doing what everyone told me would get me the ladies, but I never got the ladies, I was pretty much just a lonely wreck. <br><br>Then this woman comes into my life, gorgeous, fat, smart and funny. We went on a date it went well. Then we went on another and another, and I thought she was just going to ghost me like they all do. But somehow she stuck around. It's been a year and a half now and I could not be happier. Yes she's chubby, but it's the way I always envisioned a woman to look. But what kept her around was the fact that I had been working on myself. I'm not skinny anymore. I'm not depressed. I'm happy. I have friends, I have a job, I have hobbies. I don't care about dating, I'm so happy with who I'm with. <br><br>In conclusion, if I never gave up, I never would have been happy enough to be with the woman of my dreams. And to all you ladies out there, don't give up, because we want you, and we want you the way you are.