Yeah, why do you all care so much about what other people think?
Yeah, why do you all care so much about what other people think?
Blandardized America wrote:
Yeah, why do you all care so much about what other people think?
I think those who criticize the OP need to be a little more understanding.
It may be one of those "straw that broke the camel's back" kind of experiences: one too many comments on her appearance....
Don't you ever have those days when you think "Enough already!" and want to blow off some steam? Some do this by yelling at their spouses or their kids. The OP did it by a rant on LR, thereby saving kids and spouse from her irritation.
I'm all for giving people a safe space to vent.
johan wrote:
I'm 5'5" an 112 lbs. and am a 41 yr.old male. And i could stand to lose 5 or 6 lbs. You must be kind of chunky.
Jesus Nancy, I hope you're fast because if you ever get into a fight you're going to get you're ass kicked.
All too familiar, many of these stories.
Definitely can feel like a double standard, when calling someone fat is totally foul, but calling someone too thin or too skinny is somehow not a foul. Right on the money to the poster with the comment about HR.
I'm almost off the low end of the chart BMI-wise. 18.3-19.3. Always have been. Actually even much lighter as a kid before I started running. I've accepted my body type and thrived with it. Wish other people didn't feel so free to share their junk with me, try to make me feel bad about myself. But, like I said, I'm cool with my body type and that's made me much more bullet proof about this stuff.
One side note, when I'm in running clothes, I'm sure I look pretty thin, but when I'm in street clothes I seem to look even thinner. I think I look good in running clothes. Many street clothes are designed to make people look thinner than they really are I think. Because of the combination of my height and weight, I have to pick clothes very carefully, otherwise, yes, they do make me look really thin, thinner than I actually am, if that makes sense, and further open me to these comments. Sometimes, even though I'm trying to be comfortable with my body image, I'll catch myself in the mirror in some work clothes, and say, "shit" this makes me look way too thin. Maybe I can add another layer or something. How f***ed up is it that I'm even thinking that.