We live in a weight obsessed society. But should a marriage be based on it?

There are some divorces caused by one spouse or another gaining weight. What happened to someone loving their husband or wife until death do them part.

After you are married, it can be easy to gain weight. Especially after the kids and age comes on a person. Looks are important, but when you have a home and family, I don't think they should come first.

But there are spouses breaking up their homes over the other spouse's weight. That just blows my mind. I have seen men telling their wives on talk shows to lose the weight or their marriage is over. So basically what they are doing is walking out on the wife and kids over weight? Has our world really became so shallow?

I can only imagine how hurtful that would be. Not to mention how stressful. The truth is though, if someone really and truly loved you, they are not going to throw you out of their lives just because you gained weight. In my mind, I would have to wonder if there wasn't other underlying problems. Maybe the spouse has just decided to see if the grass is greener on the other side, but they want to lay the blame at your feet. I don't even know if I would want to continue a marriage with someone that would think and feel that way about me.

I'm curious as to other's opinions on this, so please feel free to share your thoughts.