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NEVER SETTLE FOR A FAT GIRL | Coach Red Pill

Channel: CRP Archive
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJLiITSiXg

The speaker argues men should never enter a relationship with an overweight woman, framing it as a special case of a broader rule against settling in any important area of life.

Key points

  • He distinguishes casual sex from relationships: he says a one-off encounter is harmless, but a relationship with an obese woman is a mistake.
  • He claims severe overweight signals a lack of self-control (he calls gluttony a sin) and underlying "head issues" a partner cannot fix, dismissing thyroid, culture, or "thin privilege" explanations.
  • Settling as the real theme. Weight is treated as one instance of a life pattern: you get what you settle for; lower your standards in school, job, or partner and you get the "dregs." He cites his own choice to apply only to Ivy League and top-tier schools (got into Dartmouth, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Yale; rejected by Harvard).
  • He frames avoiding settling like staying sober as a recovering addict: "it only takes one time," and loneliness or insecurity is what drives men to settle.
  • Claims men control whether a relationship happens while women control sexual access, so the man decides and should hold high standards.
  • Tells a story of breaking up with a "perfect" 19-year-old around 2009-2010 and later marrying someone he found hotter, as evidence that better opportunities keep coming.
  • Advises men to tell overweight women bluntly that they are fat, including girlfriends who gain weight, claiming women need that pressure from men.

Reception

  • Largely supportive and heavily memorial, with many tributes to the late Gonzalo Lira and "never settle" affirmations.
  • Several men say the video describes their own situation: one admits he is currently dating a woman he knows he is settling for and needs to leave.
  • A recurring theme that women are far harsher about men's height, status, and income, so the criticism cuts both ways.
  • Some extend the rule to "never settle for a single mother" and to wanting healthy children.
  • Pushback and mockery present: commenters call him hypocritical for criticizing weight while overweight himself ("looking like Winnie the Pooh").
  • One commenter pushes back on the college point, arguing the field of study matters more than the school's prestige.