I'd like to start of this off stating that I love kids. Kids are fun. Yeah, I don't have any of my own. But that doesn't mean I can't appreciate them. But sometimes what's frustrating is the mirror that children reflect back on you. I feel with any kid that I meet there is always that completely innocent statement saying something about my weight. 'Why are you so big'. 'Boy you're fat'. 'Why do you eat so much to get fat.' And tonight's great one...'You can go to the Doctor to get that puppy out of you'...which apparently was in the terms that her parents had talked about pregnancy. And the parents always turn a blind eye. I either get an embarrassed apology from them or just complete ingorance and a quick change of subject.
Now I don't blame the kid for anything. It really is innocent. They see the world around them in certain terms and they want to question anything out of their norm. I am the biggest person that I know. My circle of friends is all skinny people. So I know why they're bringing it up. But it never fails that however much I tell myself that they don't mean any harm it always hurts when they say it. I always tear up and get extremely embarrassed. And then I do exactly what the parents do...turn a blind eye or quickly change the subject. I can't tell you how many times I've said afterwards.....so what did you do in school today?...just to get tehm distracted.
I'm not really sure what I'm getting at with this post except to say that I'm continuing on with this journey also because I'm tired of getting called out by children. I appreciate their honesty but sometimes their honesty hits too close to home. I'd like for them to notice me for something other than my weight. Anyone else have any issues with this? And how do you get through it?