Hi everyone I am back again, as well as getting back on the horse yet again, this time for good. I have been a member for 7 years but just recently revisited this site.
Anyway, I am just wondering if anyone else has dealt with people around them being obliviously insensitive. I am not talking about that completely stranger yelling "hey fat girl" at you just for having the nerve to be out in public (true story), I am refering to people making comments that may not be purposefully mean, but they are indeed very insensitive.
My roomate is a male and he is pretty slender and can eat whatever he wants, as he works a job that is very physically demanding and last night he decided to go on one of my walks with me just for something to do. As we walked he kept getting ahead of me and I asked him to slow down and his response was "i'm sorry, I am not used to walking this slow". I know he did not mean it to sound insulting but it hurt my feelings to think that I thought I WAS walking fast only to find out that I am not. As well as the fact that I am trying to diet and he is constantly bringing cake and snacks into the kitchen and leaving them out, even though I have asked him if he would just have the decency to put them into the cabinet where I dont have to see them. It has made it a challange to say the least.
It isnt just one person that is being insensitive though, I mean I have heard comments from people after I have told them I have lost 10 lbs that are along the lines "thats good, how much more to go"? Or "Its great that you are finally doing something about your weight". It is starting to appear that manners and consideration have gone out the window. I am just worried that I will work so hard just to get to the point where I feel a little more confident in myself someone will say something awful and I will not be able to look the other way at which point I will just say "why even try" and give up.
Has anyone else dealt with this?