It is funny how they avoid the obese male/“normal” female pair. In the case of obese female, the male is virtually always either a desperate fetishist creep,   12d9  or a psychopath feeder control freak. That to me is much worse than the typical obese-male situation where she simply receives a material benefit. So I guess TLC’s viewers are accepting of being manipulated and abused by psychos and perverts, but they absolutely have to be independent womens who don’t need no man.