I’ve had a thing for fat and weight gain for so long that I have no recollection of how or when it started. All I do know is that it started during my early childhood, long before I understood what a “kink” even was. It wasn’t until some time after stumbling upon the world of furry art by accident that I found works that appealed to my taste. Naturally, this made me a furry in the process. Since then, I’ve picked up a number of other fetishes as well, suggesting that I’ve always been naturally susceptible to acquiring new fetishes.
As for IRL experiences, I don’t have any proper ones to speak of. The only time I ever told anyone that I liked BBWs was to the clerk of an adult store. Aside from that, there was the one time my family asked what kind of girls I was into, to which I just said that I preferred chubby girls. I deliberately avoided saying anything implying that it was a kink.
The weirdest thing is that I’ve become so dependent on my fetishes that I’ve started to doubt my ability to have relationships with real people. It’s documented fact that many people struggle to get aroused without something appealing to their fetishes. That said, my suspicions could be partially due to the fact that I’ve never not been single despite being 25. I’ve never dated anyone, never kissed anyone, never hit on anyone or even been hit on. Then again, most of what I’ve seen on Pornhub has fallen somewhere between boring and unwatchable.