I got on the bus with my husband last year, there werent many seats so my hubby and I sat near some teenagers. they laughed and made fun of me in (not very quiet) whispers the whole time. even had the kid next to me move closer and took a picture. it was the most humiliating thing ever. one of the kids apologized as they left the bus. people can be jerks.I wish I had said something but I tried to ignore them.
Can I just say that the phrase "dingle berries" made me giggle
I love this forum
I have a friend who has no qualms about saying anything to anyone who disrespects anyone - especially for weight issues. I am not quite there yet...and hope to be able to stand up for myself and others one day. But she is my hero for being able to do that.
Makes me feel good to know that folks on here are compassionate. No wonder I like coming here
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Reason: Because I can't spell after 8:00 pm.
so strang you bring that up i was talking about this with my friend the other day i told her i think weight perjudice is the worst of all kind. See on things like being black, female, or limbs missing or whatever people get so upset about this kind of perjuide because one can not help it but for some reason the averge response most people say if a fat person get picked on is like hey they should go on a diet or it their faulty or stop eating and they shurg shoulders and act like it never happen. go fig.............
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I always console myself with the thought, those skinny minnies in ten years, maybe less, will be obese, themselves. And the guys will have a beer belly and dirty fingernails.
At the university where I'm studying abroad, my name was up on a whiteboard yesterday to indicate that I had a package.
During break I watched some people erase the letters in my full name one by one to spell out "L-A-R-D" in its place, laughing. When we made eye contact, I smiled at them and said "I'm sorry, I thought we were in college..." and they just looked at the ground and walked off.
Good for you for standing up for her, people are so ignorant it's not even funny! But we are all positive, beautiful people -- imagine being so miserable that you have to take others down with you!
I have been laughed a couple of times in public but my favourite reply is..."I may be a little heavy right now but after my bypass surgery I will be a slender little fox but you will still have your fat mouth and fat head." After giving them that I just walk away leaving them speechless.
Duckslove: BRATS! RUDE! IGNORANT! A few years ago, I could have killed them by sitting on them. Now I could kill them, or seriously maim them with my GAS!!!! I can make a skunk gag! Funniest thing is, in a few years someone will probably be making fun of them for being obese. I hate it when I see an obese person, because of the physical and mental pain I know they are going through. Especially hard to see little fat, fat kids.
KlassyKid: You go girl!
Annie: DITTO!
I got so ashamed one time when a woman gyno made fun of my weight, I didn't go back for years. Almost died because of it! I think she did it for shock value, but I already knew I was fat didn't need it crammed down my throat.
That's the problem- people think we put it on ourselves so we DESERVE to be made fun of. It makes me furious. I am healthier than most thin people I know. It is NOT my fault I have all the issues I do!
I probably would have "accidentally" spilled my drink on them
going to politly disagree with Jiff,
I agree about the Dr's they should be more sensitive.
as for kids, I have a few and for some it can be as inocent at why is that person so/big/black/ white/in a wheel chair etc. it really is the parent job to teach kids about being different it may not be a rude thing at all...but the teens....I say have at em'
I have two replies to people being horrible about my size. " I might be fat but I can lose weight, you will always be flipping ugly!" or " if we get stuck in a lift together I will be the last one to die, my reserves will last longer than yours"
I would be mortified if a gyno or my doc made rude comments about my weight. I'm already so stressed out when I visit them that anything compounding that stress would give me more of an excuse to avoid seeing them.
I got so ashamed one time when a woman gyno made fun of my weight, I didn't go back for years. Almost died because of it! I think she did it for shock value, but I already knew I was fat didn't need it crammed down my throat.
That is horrible!! Like it isn't already hard enough to face those stirrups! We already feel so vulnerable at the gyno, making you feel ashamed about you weight in such an environment is... unforgivable!!
