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worst comment ever made about your weight

kangakev

I was standing at a bus stop one day, a young guy walked passed me and said "frigging hippo !"

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leykisgirl

Unfortunately I have a library of them. The pinnacle would be when my ex wife and i were getting it on, she stopped me and ran to the toilet to vomit. She said that being with me made her sick because I was so big and it disgusted her.

I have an assortment of others over the years from people that help get me through workouts.

Omg, what an abusive woman.

NancyNiles

Most of the adult company I keep these days wouldn't ever say anything rude, and I think that with America being so fat these days, the general public is sort of desensitized to seeing obese people. However, I did have one comment made since high school (when the comment "do you wear a garbage bag to the beach" was considered quite clever!!). I was at an office Christmas party. Normally I wore slacks and blouses to work, but for this party I wore a "little black dress" and a coworker (the queen of passive-aggressive mean!) announced excitedly for the whole room to hear "Omg, are you pregnant?"

I coulda slapped the *****!

sallytx

sorry to read this.......your comment is something that sticks with you forever.....just like all of the other ones on here...I guess all this time I thought I was the only one hanging around people that make horrible comments.

Mine have all come from women.

The first for me also at 10. From my gymnastics teacher! I took gymnastics during the fall and spring, but not summer. And EVERY fall when I would start again, the coach would tell me in front of the whole class that I had gained weight again during the summer and that she was going to have to get me back in shape.

runwithitwerewinning

I took my shirt off after a tough kickboxing class at my new MMA school. Immediately, one of the guys started calling me "Fedor." Another guy took a picture and posted it on Facebook. Someone commented Ã didn't know that Fedor started training there." For those that don't know, Fedor is considered a great heavyweight MMA fighter that should be fighting at a lower weight class because of the extra fat he carries.

bella_babe_86

I really hate reading all of these and it makes me super angry at the people who have made all of you feel this way! I hope every single person on here knows that they are wonderful, amazing, powerful, beautiful people. I dont know a single person on this thread but I am proud of every one of you for taking the necessary steps to being the best you there is and for getting healthy and getting over people and their mindless rude comments!

leykisgirl

I was at the amusement park when I was in my teens, settling into my seat for the ride, and the carney says to me "suck it in, fatty" as he closed the harness (which, might I add, was not having difficulty closing.)

wow!

I HATE carnies! some of them are so rude...

insatiable_need

When I was younger my grandfather use to say, "Don't eat that or you'll get fat". My mom's boyfriend use to say, "If you keep gaining weight, you're going to weigh 300 lbs by the time you're 18." (right in front of my mother, who did nothing).

Now that I'm at a healthy weight (my BMI is 24.3 and I'm aiming to lose 17 more lbs to get down to a BMI of 22), my mom says things like, "OMG! You're a size 4??? Even at my thinnest, I was not a size 4! You need to eat something!" When I explain to her that I weigh 137 lbs while also explaining vanity sizing, she says, "You don't look like you weigh that much" ... I know she didn't mean it as a jab, but it felt like it.

or my grandmother says, "If you lose any more weight, you're going to blow away in the wind". My Aunt says, "The reason why you're so cold all the time is because you don't have any body fat!" (I am 28% body fat and have always had poor circulation. I was cold even when I was 50% body fat and 280 lbs.)...

charlottey22

having "you fat slut!" shouted at me whilst i was walking to the shop and also being spat at whilst out running (i kept my cool finnished my run home and just cried) - by complete strangers! honestly there is no need for it! people can be so cruel

Yes2HealthyAriel

Was meeting a guy in person that I met on an online dating site. Within the first 5 minutes he says "I'm sorry, my penis has a mind of its own and it doesnt like beer bellies"

This was like a slap in the face to me. Also this dude was overweight himself and had no room to talk.

sylvuz323

I will always remember my ex mother-in-law telling me that I should be working on losing weight that maybe her son/my husband wouldn't be cheating on me. I bit my tongue ...I wanted to say, "you should have done a better job at raising him instead of creating the *kitten* hole he is today" However, I did say if he has a problem with my weight...I can show him where the door is.

NancyNiles

I was at the amusement park when I was in my teens, settling into my seat for the ride, and the carney says to me "suck it in, fatty" as he closed the harness (which, might I add, was not having difficulty closing.)

wow!

I HATE carnies! some of them are so rude...

That's true, and I had a bad experience once with my butt being too fat for the swing ride at a carnival. Then this past Christmas my parents bought us tickets to Universal Studios for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and I was SO nervous about the size restriction I read about. They installed a few new seats for the bigger people, but I wasn't sure I'd even get in that. But mostly I was afraid of the rejection... just hearing the words "you are too fat to ride." But the gal who took me to the "test" seat was very nice and not rude at all. I fit in the seat and had a nice ride. What a difference one pleasant attitude can make on a person's whole day!!

yoovie

I'd dump my girlfriend if she was half your size

Everyone just thinks youre nice, youre only nice because you have to be since youre not attractive

Im sorry, as soon as you take your clothes off, I just lose my erection <~ this past January, mid bj, after dating for 3 weeks

Wow
WOW
wow!

The nerveeeee!!!!! WOW. AND not a GOOD wow but ... shocked ... wow!

yeah, in broad daylight, about the 16th time we'd slept together, new year's morning, all I could think was.. but youre still in my mouth...

You cant just say something like that to a girl and not expect it to mess her up for awhile.

rachelseeders

A co-worker, who was fired shortly after...wonder why, came into my office one day and said "ooo, whats that smell?"

I had a mint-chocolate candle burning from Bath And Body Works. And, yes it smelled wonderful. I said "its my candle, mint chocolate!!"

She says "oh, well no wonder you can't lose weight!!"

I almost fell over. I was too stunned to say anything. We were having a biggest loser contest at work and that day happened to be weigh-in. I had gained 3 pounds that week, water weight I'm assuming, and she overheard someone talking to me about it.

Must have just been water weight. I went on to lose 27 pounds in 3 months and got 2nd place in our competition.

I feel sorry for people who have to make comments like these in order to feel better about themselves.

cici1028

Too many to mention. I was never THAT heavy... and the comment I hear today the most is, "you've lost 50 pounds? really?" because I carried it ok. But my highest weight was 185 at 5'7". And my family was incredibly athletic and into sports while I was the bookish one. I don't think I went through high school without hearing a comment about my weight from either my mother, my little brother, or little sister. My father usually didn't say anything to ME but would make comments about other women in front of me who were obviously fit and in good shape. My grandmother often commented on my weight and how pretty I would be if I could lose the weight. Sigh. Family.

My brother and sister were the WORST. They constantly called me "fat *kitten*" and whenever we had an argument, the FIRST thing they commented on was my weight. Here are the top two stings in my life, and none of them SHOULD have mattered. I've had MUCH worse said to me over the years, but for some reason, these two stick.

1) While walking with another larger friend of mine and my husband, some guys leaned out of their car window and shouted to my husband, "Hey, I like big girls too." (My husband is quite slight.) It just FELT wrong. I wanted to crawl under a rock.

2) While walking in a sketchy part of London on my way home from volunteer teaching at an inner city school during my study abroad, two guys started to follow me and cornered me in an alley. They kept asking me to go get a beer. I was just wanted to get away so I ignored them and got to a public area of the street. They called after me, "It's alright sweetheart, you're too fat for us anyway." Seriously? Ugh.

Then there are the non-verbal cues that add up. Not being asked to dance at a club. Not getting free drinks while your skinny girlfriends are swimming in them.

It's all in the past now. But it is good to think back about the moments in life that remind you why you do the things you do for yourself and your health today!

NancyNiles

I'd dump my girlfriend if she was half your size

Everyone just thinks youre nice, youre only nice because you have to be since youre not attractive

Im sorry, as soon as you take your clothes off, I just lose my erection <~ this past January, mid bj, after dating for 3 weeks

Wow
WOW
wow!

The nerveeeee!!!!! WOW. AND not a GOOD wow but ... shocked ... wow!

yeah, in broad daylight, about the 16th time we'd slept together, new year's morning, all I could think was.. but youre still in my mouth...

You cant just say something like that to a girl and not expect it to mess her up for awhile.

I agree... wow! The nerve. I'm sorry but if I had a guy in my mouth said that, he'd be missing one very important body part right about now.

bluberrygoo

Two months after I had my first son, I was a bride's maid at my sister's wedding. My dad told me I was fat and needed to lose the baby weight.

blondie_girl14

Always been a big girl as long as I can remember and have been bullied about it my whole life. Sadly though, the one that stays with me is from when I was 10 years old and I was talking to my grandmother on the phone.

"Grandma, I love you."

"I love you too... but I would love you more if you weren't so fat."

That is awful, the people that should love us the most should be our family, no matter what we look like!

sylvuz323

This weekend, my god-daughter called me fat.

Actually it went like this:
"Look at your belly, Ali! It's big and fat like a balloon! Look how fat it is!!!"
...in front of everyone (of course...)

Yes, she's 5, and yes, kids say the darned'est things, but it made me feel like ****. This is the second time in a row that I've seen her when she's called me fat.

Last time was at a winter carnival with a bounce house, and she told me I couldn't go bc I'd "probably break it since I was so fat". Ugh. She's like a 5-yr-old bully.

And while I know I shouldn't be irritated with her...the fact remains that she couldn't say it if I WASN'T fat. So...........HELLO, NEW MOTIVATION!!!!!!!!!!!

I've needed this, maybe. While her comments DID make me go to the bathroom and cry in the middle of dinner out...she also gave me the new drive I needed.

It was mean of her to say, and rude, and her mom didn't do a thing to stop it. I would have been MORTIFIED if my kid ever said that.

Regardless, I WILL lose this weight, and she will NEVER be able to call me fat again. (little brat...)

I gotta disagree--you SHOULD be irritated with her. Five years old isn't too young to be taught manners. If her mother won't do it, you probably should. Any child who said "you're fat!" to me would get the answer "and you're mean--you make me sad when you say mean things, you make me want to cry, you make me not want to be around you anymore. When you say mean things like that, it makes people stop liking you. Do you want me to stop liking you?" Sounds harsh, but it's the absolute truth, and better she learn it from someone who cares about her than she learn it in a few years from kids who want to kick her behind for her rudeness.

I'm sorry--I wish she hadn't said those things to you, and I wish her mother would step up and PARENT.

I can tell you that my Comadre would never let her daughter/my god daughter talk to me like that. Parents stepping up and teaching their kids would make all the difference in the world today.

kellibenage

I was 9 or 10 and took a gymnastics class. The instructor was teaching us all to do a one handed cartwheel and we were in line and as each child moved forward to do the cartwheel he would reach out and help them by holding onto their waist and slowly moving through the cartwheel with them to provide the support. When he got to me he said, "whoa, your on your own, you're too big for me to help."

Devastating!

Only one of many rude comments I received during my formative years.

APPLETON29

When I was 12 my 'so called' friend invited me round her house for the afternoon. I went round and we were listening to music. She then had a knock at the door and when she came back she had 5 other of her friends with her. (Parents were out). They then started asking how I could bare to be seen out being to fat (I was plump, uk size 14-16). I then felt intimidated and said I had to go. The ring leader of the 6 girls told me i was going no where. I made a run for it and couldn't open the front door in time. I was then dragged up the stairs by my hair into the bedroom where the ring leader tried to force me on a pair of scales and when refused she picked up the scales and smashed them over my head repeatedly until another girl made her stop. She then threatened to knife my fat *kitten* unless i screamed out the window at a group of boys i went to school with that I am a fat *****. Still I got off lightly really as she is now in prison for running her boyfriend over.

I've also had my own dad tell me (when I was about 18) if he was to line up a 100 men outside my house they'd all pick my sister as she is slim and beautiful and I was not and that in fact he would rather I was anorexic than overweight!

Still let's not dwell and remember I am VERY HAPPILY MARRIED with a beautiful Son who love me for me! Plus I'm not in Jail!!! Horray for me!!!

Shannonbayer

I was in the market for a new Ob/Gyn to tie my tubes. I ended up going to one that came with glowing recommendations, but when I went to see her she took one look at me (dressed) and said that I was "too fat" for her to be able to do the surgery I had a (41" waist). I was shocked that she would phrase it like that but she explained that her equipment wasn't long enough to get through my stomach fat. After much rolling her eyes and attitude ...she told me to eat less and maybe I could get it done next year. I went to a different doctor and my surgery is in two weeks.

jcstanton

This weekend, my god-daughter called me fat.

Actually it went like this:
"Look at your belly, Ali! It's big and fat like a balloon! Look how fat it is!!!"
...in front of everyone (of course...)

Yes, she's 5, and yes, kids say the darned'est things, but it made me feel like ****. This is the second time in a row that I've seen her when she's called me fat.

Last time was at a winter carnival with a bounce house, and she told me I couldn't go bc I'd "probably break it since I was so fat". Ugh. She's like a 5-yr-old bully.

And while I know I shouldn't be irritated with her...the fact remains that she couldn't say it if I WASN'T fat. So...........HELLO, NEW MOTIVATION!!!!!!!!!!!

I've needed this, maybe. While her comments DID make me go to the bathroom and cry in the middle of dinner out...she also gave me the new drive I needed.

It was mean of her to say, and rude, and her mom didn't do a thing to stop it. I would have been MORTIFIED if my kid ever said that.

Regardless, I WILL lose this weight, and she will NEVER be able to call me fat again. (little brat...)

I gotta disagree--you SHOULD be irritated with her. Five years old isn't too young to be taught manners. If her mother won't do it, you probably should. Any child who said "you're fat!" to me would get the answer "and you're mean--you make me sad when you say mean things, you make me want to cry, you make me not want to be around you anymore. When you say mean things like that, it makes people stop liking you. Do you want me to stop liking you?" Sounds harsh, but it's the absolute truth, and better she learn it from someone who cares about her than she learn it in a few years from kids who want to kick her behind for her rudeness.

I'm sorry--I wish she hadn't said those things to you, and I wish her mother would step up and PARENT.

I can tell you that my Comadre would never let her daughter/my god daughter talk to me like that. Parents stepping up and teaching their kids would make all the difference in the world today.

My niece once told my aunt, "I'm better than you, Aunt Barb, because you're fat and I'm not." I took my niece aside privately, and calmly yet sternly assured her that, if I EVER again heard her tell anyone else that she was better than them for ANY reason, she wouldn't be able to sit down for quite some time. I also explained to her that she has the same genes in her as Aunt Barb, which means that, if she isn't careful (by eating healthy and getting regular exercise), she could very well end up with a weight problem herself when she gets older. I further explained that physical appearance is not an accurate measurement of a person's worth, so we shouldn't make judgements about someone's personal character based on physical appearance (whether attractive or unattractive). Then I made her go and apologize for her comment.

slynn28

i get cmnts all the time but guess they're compliments... ppl ask me why am i working out when im so thin...im thin but bad built thin lol..i dislike it when they think i want to be a bag of bones etc..gets old hearing it but anyone to make a rude cmnt about someone's weight should be slapped in the face!

jmadre83

When I had to have a C-Section with my son because my bone structure in my pelvis is narrow, my husband's great aunt said, "Just goes to show that big houses don't always have big doors." Howww rude!

2kidsandadonut

I commented earlier but I had two others real quick. Right after the birth of my son I was headed to the NICU to see him and some teenage kids yell at me in the parking garage "Hey fattie!" I replied I wasn't fat I had just had a baby to the jerk and he responded "Well did it taste good?" The other was when I was a teenager and I wasn't 'fat' I was just thick (I was a weight lifter) and I was at summer camp and rooming with these four girls who were cousins. They spent at least 30 mins each putting on makeup and doing their hair and one day when I tried to squeeze in to see myself for a second in the mirror one of them told me it didn't matter how I looked because I was so fat no boy would look my way anyways. (Just deserts: I met my husband the same day! And he thought I was beautiful even with my hair looking bad because I didn't get to use the mirror!)

Mollyirl

When I was 8, I accidentally tripped and fell forward on a male classmate and he yells in front of the whole class, "Oh my god, a blue whale just fell on me!"
When I was 11 or 12 my friend's older brother told me I had the eating habit of Fat Albert.
When I was 18, my little cousin asked me (as I was opening the fridge, no less) "Molly, do you ever wish you were skinnier?"
My grandmother has always maintained I have too pretty of a face to weigh so much.

JJNette76

My husband's best friend's wife tried to lend me a dress for a special occasion by saying "I'm sure it'll fit. I wore it when I was pregnant." Needless to say I wasn't pregnant, nor are we friends now.

ilookthetype

I'd dump my girlfriend if she was half your size

Everyone just thinks youre nice, youre only nice because you have to be since youre not attractive

Im sorry, as soon as you take your clothes off, I just lose my erection <~ this past January, mid bj, after dating for 3 weeks

Wow
WOW
wow!

The nerveeeee!!!!! WOW. AND not a GOOD wow but ... shocked ... wow!

yeah, in broad daylight, about the 16th time we'd slept together, new year's morning, all I could think was.. but youre still in my mouth...

You cant just say something like that to a girl and not expect it to mess her up for awhile.

Did you bite it off? I would have made a valiant attempt at removing his bits from his body.

When I wasn't eating in high school my friend's mom told me that laxatives would help me lose my "pouch" now, when I say "not eating in hs" I mean, I was anorexic and running at night until I passed out and this woman just wanted to help me lose the rest of the weight so I could "eat like a healthy girl, ya know, salad and fruit and sometimes grilled chicken or fish" her exact words. *sigh*

simplyliving

Oh, that is rotten coming from an adult.

Last week, my husband and one of his good friends were at our house doing some work in our back yard. While they were doing work, I was at my husband's friends house watching his 3 kids. The 4 year old said to me. "you and Jeremy are fat. You're fat because you don't exercise." I said, "who told you that?" and the 4 year old said, "daddy."

I felt so bummed all day about it. I told my husband what he said. My husband just said oh well and said we shouldn't say anything to the dad and to just let it go.

Jessamine

My aunt once thought it would be funny to grab hold of my belly rolls and ask, "What's this? What this? Why do you have this?."