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abbychelle07

It's horrible what people say!!!

This didn't happen to me, but it happened to my mom. When my mom was first losing weight (she started at about 300 lbs.) she would walk around the neighborhood. She was out one night walking and came home with egg all over her, crying. Some boys in a car had thrown eggs at her and yelled that she was a fat a** b*tch, etc. Grrrrr...

*Edit* By the way, now she runs marathons and weighs about 140 lbs. She sure showed them!!!!!

I can't believe this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would you judge someone like that anyway, or ever throw egg on someone you don't even know? Especially since she was out walking, meaning she was trying to be healthy!

I would have stayed in my house for days, I would have been so upset. I hope you called the POLICE!!!!

abbychelle07

My dad sits me down every once in awhile to talk about my weight. It is so embarrasing, I almost cry. He is very overweight, and so is my mom, so maybe he is trying to let me know he understands. But first, I would rather he ignore it. Second, he doesn't say it very nicely. And third, "do as I say, not as I do!" His example would be better than his words. I am overweight, but try to eat healthy and walk. He doesn't exercise and eats at McD's 10+ times a week!!!

Oh, and my boyfriend told me once that he would be more attracted to me if I lost weight. He said he wasn't very attracted to me at all because I had gained since we got together. He said it very matter of factly, and I didn't say anything at the time, but it still upsets me.

DBranchaud

I long as I can remember i've been chubby. I was always made fun of when I was a kid about my wirght. One thing I can remember is.......

Other kid:"Hey Deanne, Sing!"
Me: " why do you want me to sing?"
Other kid:" 'cause it aint over 'till the fat lady sings!!"


I think I was 10 or 11 when that happened. I blocked out most of those memories.

sculley

Three incidents....

I was preggo with ri ri and i was walking away from the atm and this guy told his buddy....damn she has a FAT *kitten*!!!

and when my 3 year old pulled up my shirt slapped at my pooch and went ewwwwwww.......I was like your the reason the ew is that lol

a old high school friend and i was catching up on the phone and she asked me how much I weight (i was proud cause i lost weight) 156 i said proudly....she was like oh....good i weigh 145 i was worried I was the fat one..........I was like wow....

ligytha

In gradeschool my "friend"'s brother pulled down my pants and got everyone to chant "Jen, Jen, the big fat hen". No, they didn't get in trouble. It was in my own house. It was my birthday party.

My grandmother wouldn't let me eat when she was with me. She'd yell at me and tell me I'd be stupid and fat all my life.

abbychelle07

In gradeschool my "friend"'s brother pulled down my pants and got everyone to chant "Jen, Jen, the big fat hen". No, they didn't get in trouble. It was in my own house. It was my birthday party.

My grandmother wouldn't let me eat when she was with me. She'd yell at me and tell me I'd be stupid and fat all my life.

On your birthday? Those kids deserved some serious punishment!

icandoit

We were in Flagstaff, AZ and we were all swimming. We walked to our room-using the pool towels which was not even big enough to go around my son. When we got to our room, the phone ran and my mother-in-law answered-they said to her-we are far from the ocean, how did two whales make it to AZ.
They were a group of maybe 18-20 year olds that were staying across from the pool. My husband walked over to them, took off his shirt, lifted one fist and they said sorry and ran into their room. We made sure we ate our dinner at the pool picnic area and had our drinks their too. They wouldn't leave their room. The next morning when my husband took out the luggage, he say one of them at their car. The guy was so scared. When we checked out, we let all the air out of the tires. All 4.

GTOgirl1969

I've only had one person say anything about my weight to me, and that was the last guy I was dating... he looked at me and said... yanno Carol if you would lose about 30 lbs you wouldn't look that bad.

My response was something along the lines referring to his manhood equipment and I walked away and never saw him again.

I would have kicked his butt up around his shoulders!! You are definitely a more kind and forgiving person than I am.

amandagreen1980

Great Post.
And I don't know whether anyone has realised but most of the insults have come from ADULTS who are supposed to love us????? :noway:

I mean, I can understand kids saying hurtful things but adults should definately know better!

I have a couple of incidents that spring to mind.

We went to visit my mothers aunt and she was always quite cruel to me but one thing thats sticks out was she looked at me and said "whoa, look at you, what size are you now, 18?" I was about 13-14 years old and a size 14, which is not that bad for my height!! (BTW UK sizes)

Also, it was another great aunt when we went to visit family in Ireland, she had never met me before and i was 16, and she said, "you're a big girl aren't you? The boys don't like big girls you know, you better do something about that if you ever want to get married!"
I was a size 14 again.
I love my parents to bits but they just stood there and never said a word! If someone said something like that to someone i love i would go MAD!!

Size 14 was the biggest i had been at that point, i later went on to become a size 20!!!! I always thought i was really fat so there was no point trying to do anything about it, i was the fat one and that was it i better just accept it. I look back at photos and think i look fine, i was probably about 15lbs overweight.

It really makes me sick that adults to do that to a child.
My younger cousin put on a LOT of weight 2 years ago, she was 14. Everyone was talking about it and I stuck up for her and told them all to shut up and leave her alone, every child goes through a chubby stage, I talked to her and told her about my weight issues etc. I saw her the other day (she is 16 now) and she looks absolutely FABULOUS! she joined a gym and has got down to a nice size and i am just so proud of her!

Sorry this turned out to be a bit long!!

DjBliss05

Wow, so many...

When I was a kid, I got accused of eatting lots of Twinkies on the bus on a regular basis. I don't even like Twinkies!

In high school, I remember finding out about someone talking about how fat I was in their history class. I wasn't even there! Takes a real man to say it behind your back, grr.

Then I had a HUGE crush on a friend of mine. His best friend approached me and said, "He would so be with you, but you'd have to get to a 'reasonable' weight first." Let's just say that it didn't work out with us.

There are a lot more, but mostly I have been pretty lucky with just getting rude looks and such.

Helawat

In high school I was about 170 pounds and about 5'3 to boot. When I sat down I had a lot of rolls on my side and the boys called me Michelin, because of my spare tire.

Years later, one of the boys showed up at my job when I worked at the university as a computer lab technician. He was asking for password help and I told him that if he wanted help, he needs to go somewhere else. He didn't remember me but when I called him Michelin, he

He was overweight in high school but gained a lot of weight since 9th grade. I weighed 130 pounds and told him in front of 30 people, "get out of here Michelin, your fat *kitten* isn't welcome here." It was glorious!

kerrilucko

I was babysitting my friends 2 little girls that I don't see often and one of them poked me in the leg and asked why my butt was so fat. She's four! I could have cried.

HannahRoo

A few years ago I was having a bad day before my day had even really begun, so I went to the mess hall at school to get some comfort food for breakfast. I was in the middle of eating pancakes and bacon and a friend of my ex walked by, did a double take and said "Hey! Jeff was right, you have gotten fat!"

What was really bad about it was that I realized that everyone had been talking behind my back about "what a heffer i had become."

Manda86

Hello, first of all- I'm new here- I'll put up a pic as soon as I'm on my home PC...

I had a doctor tell me that the reason why I was having chronic abdominal pain is because "you're so fat that the sheer weight of your stomach is forcing acid into your pelvis"- it's not even physically possible... he also told me while drawing blood that my arms were too fat for him to find a vein and that I need to "lay off the mayonnaise". SOO embarrassing.

Oh- and it wasn't acid in my pelvis, it was a large ovarian cyst. I wanted to send him a copy of the report, but never had the nerve..

ellelit

i got a slurpee thrown at me from a moving truck while i was waitingfor the bus... thought i was going to die. this was only about 5 years ago..

alot of time the little things hurt the most, like people saying "oh you're going up for another plate" at the buffet and stuff like that, or at birthdays "oh we know lindsay wants a big piece", stuff like that.

i think the most hurtful ever though was in october when my dad was dying from stomach cancer and i had not seen him in almost 10 years, the first thing he said was, "wow, you sure got fat." i almost said, "ya you're a druggie alcholic who is going to be dead in 2 weeks", but i didn't. he died within a week..

Life_is_Good

Hello, first of all- I'm new here- I'll put up a pic as soon as I'm on my home PC...

I had a doctor tell me that the reason why I was having chronic abdominal pain is because "you're so fat that the sheer weight of your stomach is forcing acid into your pelvis"- it's not even physically possible... he also told me while drawing blood that my arms were too fat for him to find a vein and that I need to "lay off the mayonnaise". SOO embarrassing.

:noway: I hope you got a new doctor.

I just want to say to everyone - how horrible your stories are!!

I have a daughter that has gone through & a son that is in high school. My daughter would come home almost daily in tears over what other kids would say & do to her. She was always depressed - 21 years old now and she is still trying to conquer those demons created by others.

pam0206

Hello, first of all- I'm new here- I'll put up a pic as soon as I'm on my home PC...

I had a doctor tell me that the reason why I was having chronic abdominal pain is because "you're so fat that the sheer weight of your stomach is forcing acid into your pelvis"- it's not even physically possible... he also told me while drawing blood that my arms were too fat for him to find a vein and that I need to "lay off the mayonnaise". SOO embarrassing.

Oh- and it wasn't acid in my pelvis, it was a large ovarian cyst. I wanted to send him a copy of the report, but never had the nerve..

OMG. I hope you don't go to that doctor anymore. What a horrible human being, not to mention doctor. I'm sure his malpractice insurance fees are sky high from using it so much......

cinandchris

I've had the "when are you due" many times since my last child was born (3 years ago!!!) But that is nothing compared to some of these comments made by family members. I am shocked at the sheer rudeness of some of these people. :mad:

songbyrdsweet

When I was a cashier in highschool, there was this *crazy* little old lady who used to come in all the time. After a couple glorious months without having to deal with her nonsense, she came back in one day...she got into my line, and when she got to me she said, "I remember you! Oh....you put on weight...:huh: ."

In front of ALL the people in line behind her, no less! I turned red and just laughed it off, but when you're 16, that really hurts. :grumble:

Oh an I almost forgot...a couple months ago my grandma called...she asked me how my working out was going, and I said it was great, and then she asked, "Are your thighs still fat?" UGH.:explode:

tracypaprocki

I had a child ask there mom if someone that fat should be riding a bike.

GTOgirl1969

When I was a child 11 to 15 I had an eating disorder because I was a pairs ice skater and our coach kept telling me that I was to fat. I eat very VERY small amounts when I did eat, but got rid of the food as fast as I could through purging if need be.
I have seen pictures I was NOT FAT, I looked like a skelaton. Fast forward to a few years I was around 25 and I ran into my skating partner at the store, with his mother. He looked awful, but took one look at me and said...
Well it looks like YOU have taken up eating A LOT!
I said. Yes thanks, I have been eating. And it looks like you are still ugly and living with your mother I hear. Wow great success YOU turned out to be!
He just stood there fuming as I walked away.
I was hurt a little by what he said. But I knew that I was healthy, and had come so far to over come the pain of my youth.
Success is in fact the greatest revenge
--Diann...

Props to you for getting past all the ugliness you faced in your youth.

TamTastic

I am just amazed at how truly cruel and insensitive human beings can be. It really saddens me actually.

I think some of the comments I get NOW are a little off. They will say "You look SO great now", etc etc. Makes me feel like I looked ugly and horrible before. I guess SOME people don't understand how they are coming across. Then there are other's that will say nasty things right to your face.

alf1163

My goodness, insane!!!!

The one I remember that happened most recently was when a group of former co-workers decided to meet at Olive Garden back in Nov last year. One had brought her baby and I stood up to look at the baby in her little carrier. One of my former co-workers said very loudly in front of everyone "Damn what happened to you? Are you trying to grow a JLo butt?" My heart sank, not so much that I was embarrassed, that too, but the fact that she or anyone else have to make sensitive comments like that in a public place made me so upset. And of course, being a sweet polite person as I am I just said "I know, I have gained some weight". She had to add more to it and asked if there was something wrong with me because I was always so healthy and trim when I used to work with her...And this coming from someone who is very overweight herself!! She has not seen me since and I cant wait for her to see me now!!!!! I am sure she will find something else to say, she is that type of person.

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((this is for those who have been hurt by senseless comments))))))))))))))))))))

GTOgirl1969

I am just amazed at how truly cruel and insensitive human beings can be. It really saddens me actually.

I think some of the comments I get NOW are a little off. They will say "You look SO great now", etc etc. Makes me feel like I looked ugly and horrible before. I guess SOME people don't understand how they are coming across. Then there are other's that will say nasty things right to your face.

I know! I hate it when people say things like that.

greysweatshirt

When I was in 7th grade, I had a friend's dad tell him that I shouldn't be swinging on their swing set because I weighed "175 pounds"...which apparently was too much to hold or something! On top of that, I was really thin at the time..probably closer to 140-150 and was about 5 8" at the time.

kittybellenir

My Mother had passed away 1 month before my wedding day, I also did not know at the time that I had Hypothyroidism, I went in to my final dress fitting 3 weeks after my mom had passed away I tried on my dress and it was really tight, the seamstress looked at me and said " oh my God, have you just been eating and eating, Your not going to fit in this dress and there isn't enough time to resize it, here is a diet for you in the morning one egg, for lunch four leaves of lettuce, this should help." I bawled

abbychelle07

I am just amazed at how truly cruel and insensitive human beings can be. It really saddens me actually.

I think some of the comments I get NOW are a little off. They will say "You look SO great now", etc etc. Makes me feel like I looked ugly and horrible before. I guess SOME people don't understand how they are coming across. Then there are other's that will say nasty things right to your face.

I have that problem too. My weight goes up and down. When it is slightly down, everyone says HOW MUCH BETTER I look, with lots of emphasis on "better." I think, wow, I must have looked like a cow to you people.

They don't think of it that way, but they could tone it down a little!

icupfunny2000

a couple of weeks ago i told my mom that i had lost 32 pounds .... she said "ahhhh dont worry youll find it again":noway:
j~

lotusfromthemud

It makes me so sad to see how cruel people can be without even thinking about it. (or maybe they are, which is just plain evil).

It makes me really grateful for this place though. Thank God for all you lovely people. Thank God for the kindness on this site.:flowerforyou:

frenchfoodlover

I gave birth and after I had the baby I was walking down the street and someone said "oh my god, have you not had that baby yet!!! you must be overdue".... I was devastated. I think what hurt the most was that the person wasn't being intentionally hurtful.... I couldn't even strike back at the person for being an idiot. And of course, dealt with my feelings by going out on an extended bender with Ben & Jerry.