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love handles
腰间赘肉

Date: Jun 21 2012

Themes: Health, Romance

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Quote

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“I guess she must like guys with love handles.”

- Actor Chris Pratt, joking about how he got his wife, Anna Faris. (Us Weekly)

Definition

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the fat that is located on people’s sides, below their ribs and above their hips

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Love is mysterious. You never know what is going to draw people together. You might not even be able to predict what kind of person you will fall in love with, or for what reasons. Still, chances are, love handles aren’t going to be on your list of “must-haves” when it comes to finding a partner.

The term love handles sounds nice, right? But telling someone they have great love handles isn’t actually a complement. Love handles are that extra bit of fat that hangs over one’s belt. They’re called loved handles because someone who loves you can use them to grab onto you!

The actor Chris Pratt jokes that his wife loves him for his love handles. But it might be more honest to say that she loves him despite his love handles. On the other hand, when someone has love handles, there is more of him to love!

What made you fall for your girlfriend or boyfriend? Do you think it matters if someone has love handles?

Examples

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“My boyfriend is starting to get love handles. It’s cute now, but if he keeps getting them, I might have to put him on a diet.”

“I don’t mind it when girls have love handles. I dislike it when girls are too skinny.”

“I think I need to cut down on the candy bars, or I’m going to get love handles.”

Winners

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	It's the area of fat around a women's or men's waist that is usally seen when their pants are too small for them. by Irene Forever
	love handles are layers of fat on a person's skin around waist by anges491
	It's the fat a little above the hips. by candycandice
	the area of fat around the waist. :) by goodmahsa
	fatty folds above the belt by oksana08

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wicca*

Turkey

i can be sweet :D

ramonhsc

Brazil

“But telling someone they have great love handlesisn’t actually a complement.”

It’s actually COMPLIMENT, not COMPLEMENT, isn’t it?

lalind_lanna

Thailand

true love is the most important than love handles if both love each other.

we can take it out.

parion

Turkey

who loves so much,who endures Partner’s love handles :))))))

otherwise, dont say ” ı love you”

parion

Turkey

Oksana,

its so nice comment…

it seems you dont have this love handles already :))

it happens to women after births,to men after 40 aged,

live your life without love handles :)

Parion

bkmiller69

United States

Is spite of love handles, I fall in love with him? It’s definitly true love.

t.amanda

China

Love is a deep and strong feeling between two persons, if he/she really loves her/him, love handles means nothing.

oksana08

Ukraine

If love handles are nor very big, it’s not a problem, but if big…. it’s necessary to stick to a diet.

mauroyamaguchi

Japan

If the girl is nice, I don’t care about his love handles.

CatcheR

Indonesia

Parion,,,, how did you build that?D

CatcheR

Indonesia

okay then I want to quickly build love handles so that girls will love me hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. ........ I’m too skinny and girls don’t like skinny boy, that’s poor me, really :D

nada kurmeno

Sudan

hahahahahahah i just loooooooved the term “love handels to describe the extra fat english language can be realy considrate some tims ….. thanx for the great lesson

parion

Turkey

ı have love handles for a few years ..and ım handsome with it ..:)

and usually some women have it ,and they are beautiful with it ..:)

LOL..ım not in 20 :))

parion

Turkey

Heater,

ı think, double stantard is a reality of life and all people has this contradiction …

woman in your example called ,a great business woman :)))

ı think ,everybody has patterns of different judgement …

I think ,we cant see love handles as a fault or unpleasant thing in our beloved persons..its our double standard or our contradcition :))

and your mom is very wisewoman :) she is very experienced about life :)

thanks for wonderful comments..

emi0808

Philippines

Love handles doesn’t matter to me. what’s improtant is he’s a warm hearted, loving, romantic, thoughtful and caring like The Guy Next Door but most of all I want the guy that I love and who loves me just the way I am…. ;)

tutorheather

United States

as020…...That’s a double standard, perhaps? ( Double standard: When two groups are judged against different standards of beauty, behavior, etc.)

Examples: A woman is an excellent executive at a company. She is strong, commanding, intelligent and “in charge.”

A male executive is exactly the same way.

But, the man is called a great business man and the woman is called…..something different, and something not so polite, even though they both act the same and bring success to their companies.

As my mom used to say – “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” (A gander is a male goose. )

Anyhow, just a thought. I love reading everyone’s comments.

a2020

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I guess i am handsome and my gf has fallen in love with me! i think love handles is ok for boys even boys are more cute with love handles but i don’t recommend it for girls at all.

ErinDong

United States

i dont have a boyfriend and i have never seen anyone with love handles

tutorheather

United States

Refaah – not sure where your confusion is coming from. Is it the word “handle” itself?

There are door handles, drawer handles, etc. Anything you use to pull something open, grab something, etc.

It’s a figure of speech…a joke. People don’t walk around and grab people by their love handles. It’s just a “euphenism” (a nice way of saying something bad or something that might be offensive or uncomfortable) for fat around the hips.

Actually, the pic that accompanies the quote shows more of a “beer belly” than love handles.

refaah

Pakistan

Love is ….Love. but love handle, the word itself is so odd.. I’m wondering how it is made. I’ve not fallen in love yet.. I had studied somewhere that LOVE IS FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS CAUGHT FIRE… but I can’t understand this HANDLE thing…I hate it for now. how awkward that They’re called loved handles because someone who loves you can use them to grab onto you!

HOW’S THAT?

anyways, have fun everyone