エイブラハム・リンカーンは、ある女性があまりにも太りすぎているという理由で、結婚の提案を断った。リンカーンによれば、その女性の「現在の体格」があまりにも大きいため、彼女の年齢よりもはるかに年上に見えた。なぜなら、彼女の肌は「脂肪で満たされすぎていて、シワが寄る余地がない」からだ。
リンカーン、デブすぎて婚約破棄ｗｗｗ「脂肪でシワがないから年寄りだと思った」
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挿話エイブラハム・リンカーンは、ある女性があまりにも太りすぎているという理由で、結婚の提案を断った。リンカーンによれば、その女性の「現在の体格」があまりにも大きいため、彼女の年齢よりもはるかに年上に見えた。なぜなら、彼女の肌は「脂肪で満たされすぎていて、シワが寄る余地がない」からだ。
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>I knew she was oversize, but she now appeared a fair match for Falstaff. I knew she was called an “old maid,” and I felt no doubt of the truth of at least half of the appellation, but now, when I beheld her, I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother; and this, not from withered features—for her skin was too full of fat to permit of its contracting into wrinkles—but from her want of teeth, weather-beaten appearance in general, and from a kind of notion that ran in my head that nothing could have commenced at the size of infancy and reached her present bulk in less than thirty five or forty years.
[**Falstaff for comparison**](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sir-John-Falstaff)
This is what she said about him:
William Herndon, Lincoln’s former law partner and biographer, later tracked Owens down. She informed him that “Mr. Lincoln was deficient in those little links which make up the great chain of woman’s happiness”.
The two of them would have had the most epic marital rap battles.
Honest Abe crushing the r/rareinsults
If she had no teeth, I can see how that might be a deal breaker. It can really [change how a face looks](https://share.google/bX08rikM2KKqGyQFb).
Four score and thirty biscuits ago I might have dated you.
She must have been a pretty big girl because Mary Todd was pretty damn thick herself.
Maybe his moniker should have been “Too Honest Abe”…
He must have been in his, Disregard females acquire currency, phase.
But he didn’t actually reject it. He tried to convince himself she had good qualities, he proposed to the woman, and she turned HIM down.
Title of this article has it completely wrong!
Despite what he wrote here, Lincoln dated her, fell a bit for her, greatly enjoyed her conversation and intelligence, and then proposed to her for marriage. SHE declined!
[Her wikipedia article.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Owens_(Abraham_Lincoln_fianc%C3%A9e))
“Her dating profile said 25 and athletic. I have been catfished.”
–Abraham Lincoln
“You HAVE to be older than you look because you are so fat that your skin can’t wrinkle.” Jesus lol
The title is wrong because he did in fact propose to Mary Owens, more than once, but she turned him down each time. “I thought Mr. Lincoln was deficient in those little links which make up the chain of woman’s happiness.”
“No fatties”-Abraham Lincoln
…nothing could have commenced at the size of infancy and reached her present bulk in less than thirty five or forty years.
God damn Abe!
“How can you be that fat, without any teeth?”
Would an average-sized rowboat support her without capsizing?
In my mind I’m picturing Lincoln wearing a T-shirt that says “No Fat Chicks” on it and I want a shirt of that now.
Didn’t know Abraham Lincoln was an OG shitlord. TIL.
In 2025
Forsooth, I shall reject this marriage proposal. The many chins I perceive hide the gentle undergrowth of beard that tell me this is no lady. It is in fact an administrative employee of the great electric exchange address known as Reddit.
Presidents calling chicks Piggy for centuries.
“Mr. Lincoln was deficient in those little links which make up the great chain of woman’s happiness”
TIL I may be the reincarnation of Lincoln.
It’s a fantastic reminder that behind the marble statue was a real, awkward, and sometimes brutally blunt man.
Mary Todd wasn’t t exactly supermodel material
She was also FUCKING INSANE
but ok
The first president to utter “Quiet Quiet Piggy!”
“No fatties”
– Lincoln
One hundred and ten biscuits ago, I might have dated you.
“I’m not attracted to you” is one of the very best reasons not to date/marry someone.
Lol she was probably much thinner than the average American now
And he calls himself a southern man smh lol