The Happy Syndrome: Gaining weight because you're in a relationship

A friend of mine told me a story about this girl, who after a breakup, lost 60 pounds. She gained 30 of those pounds while still in the relationship. This is called, The Happy Syndrome.

The Happy Syndrome is someone gaining weight because they are in a happy relationship. Some people may call this being too comfortable but if the two of you are honestly happy, then I see no reason as to why not to get comfortable.

When in a happy relationship, the two of you can't get enough of each other! You begin rearranging your everyday schedule so that you can be together for longer periods of time.

And while together, what better thing to do then to eat.

In the courting stages, all a man ever wants to do is show that he has money by taking the female out to eat and all a female wants to do is show that she is "wifey material" by cooking for this new man.

The beginning stages of a relationship are something like a never ending rainy day. On a rainy day, people tend to partake in indoor activities in their best attempt to avoid the rainfall outside.

When in those beginning relationship stages, the two of you are just happy to be together so you'll stay inside all day and all night just to spend time together like watching movies and t.v. shows. You'll decide not to go to the club with your girlfriends and instead lay in bed all night with your new found boo.

No one is judging you because it's obvious that you are happy.

But, we all know what happens when you sit in the house all day: you eat. And when you sit in the house all day with your significant other, you do more than just eat:

This the schedule of a couples' "rainy day" while finally in the relationship:

• Sex
• Eat
• Nap 
• Sex
• Drink (alcohol)
• Sex
• Eat
• Sleep

(with a couple of laughs and showers thrown in there)

As you can see, you two are prone to eat before the relationship, the beginning stages of the relationship, and of course, while you're seriously in the relationship. You most likely will be gaining weight with all of this eating, drinking then sleeping but it's exactly what the Happy Syndrome is all about!

I say who cares if you gain a lot of weight, as long as you're happy.

Now, after the two of you break up, that's when your weight excuses have run out and it's time for you to run along with them and lose some of that weight! How else do you plan on getting your next man?