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Where might I find a ruana?
Sounds very pretty. The man definitely was insensitive. But I don't believe he was malicious. I think he was trying to be helpful. When he was overweight he was probably very proactive as far as asking for advice directly. And like most people, he probably assumed, you where like him. Do you have the website he was talking about? BTW, I hope I am not being insensitive. I've lost 50-60 lbs. myself. I broke my leg, quit smoking cigs and broke my heart a couple of times. I was not going to spare myself any pleasures obviously...so food became my bestest friend... I started distancing myself from it when I began to notice the heavier of those in the older generation having knee problems... That was motivation enough for me...:)
posted by
mysteria
on January 19, 2006 at 9:43 PM
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RIght up there with strangers patting your pregnant midsection.
posted by
majroj
on January 18, 2006 at 9:02 PM
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I just don't understand people sometimes
Posted by on November 8, 2004 at 3:21 PM (permalink)
It is just plain rude for a complete stranger to comment on something so
personal. I get the same kind of remarks, only I'm slim and short. "Do you eat at all?" or "You must weigh about 90 pounds wet."
What is wrong with these people. They have no sense of decency or manners keeping their comments to yourself!
Once I had someone at work say, "Wow you're really small." I answered with a thankyou. The guy was astonished because he didn't mean it as a compliment, but I obviously took it as one.
Posted by on November 8, 2004 at 12:36 PM (permalink)
I don't mean to sound like the old man, when I say this...
but, taking into consideration I've been in his position(size thirteen to six in roughly three years), maybe he wasn't trying to be cruel? Maybe he was just trying to sympathize with you or the restaurant he worked at wasn't paying him enough, so he was trying to get you interested in this weight-loss thing online; maybe he's the promotion man for it, lol!
Posted by on February 23, 2004 at 7:34 PM (permalink)
Well, maybe that whole karma thing
will turn back and bite him. :-)
Posted by on February 19, 2004 at 6:17 AM (permalink)
I have no clue what website it was...
I was so disconcerted I can only remember thinking "Please go away."
Posted by on February 18, 2004 at 5:46 AM (permalink)
I agree with you that guy was a major ass...
I KNOW my forehead says "abuse me... I like it." People always insult me and I don't realize it until they walk away or I stop to think for a moment then I fume.
What in the heck website was it??? I'd be curious just to see what he was so brainwashed about that he would accost you in a RESTAURANT where HE works!!!
Posted by on February 17, 2004 at 7:08 PM (permalink)
Great point, Too!
Check out those Reubens chicks. They were no string-beans! And the Venus de Milo...she wasn't any Twiggy for darn sure. And what about the Venus in "The Birth of Venus", where she's rising up from the water buck-nekkid and standing in a scallop shell? She isn't exactly skinny, either.
Posted by on February 15, 2004 at 3:18 PM (permalink)
I just wish
the Renaissance woman would come back in style. I hate that people make so many judgements about you if you don't conform to the twiggy look.
Posted by on February 15, 2004 at 3:12 PM (permalink)
I'm angriest at myself
I stood there and took it. Eyes downcast, letting the old arse get away with it. I am terrible at standing up for myself. It makes me angry at myself.
Posted by on February 15, 2004 at 3:06 PM (permalink)
HAD THAT BEEN ME
I might have been ticked in the teeth, and I may have been in jail for using martial arts on a geezer.
ps. I have always wanted a rauna, but haven't found one in all black yet.
Posted by on February 15, 2004 at 3:00 PM (permalink)
posted by
editormum
on January 18, 2006 at 8:58 PM
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