What was the worst thing someone said to you regarding your

These things do hang with us for life, don't they?

I am 39 now but remember when I was dating a boy when I was 15 maybe 16 who thought it was appropriate to call me TANTOR.....for those of you who don't know Tantor is Tarzans elephant. As a teen I was mortified, humilated and so disgusted. As an adult it makes me angry that I let him leave me with that memory all these years.

I had a total stranger sit down beside me on the bus and say 'how did you become so fat!'

I get the "child bearing hips" comment quite a bit.

When I was a sophomore in high school I had a guy tell me, in front of a class of about 30 people, that I was the ugliest girl he'd ever seen. Except for a couple of my friends that were with me, everyone laughed like it was the funniest thing they'd ever heard. I had an art class with him, and he threw things at me (balls of paper, pencils, etc.) every day, all year long. I've had people say some pretty awful things to me when I was younger, but that was by far the most hurtful.

My first name is Jen and kids used to call me "Jenny Craig" when I'd ride my bike past them and suggest I join her program. Or they'd just call me fat and an assortment of other charming names. This usually got accompanied by other bullying: having "24" cards shoved down the back of my shirt, throwing stuff at me, etc.

Though one time I was getting picked on by some high school guys (I was in middle school, 5'10" and overweight) who were throwing stuff and I hid behind some bushes by another apt. building and one of their friends came over and apologized for his friends and said they can be real jerks. It meant alot to me that he reached out. Then in high school some guys would tease me in the halls and one day their friend told them to lay off very loudly. I never heard them tease me again and eventually they welcomed me as a friend. Shortly after that the boys in my apartment complex (who were also overweight) were walking from the bus with me. One started to tease me and his friend cut him off and told him to give it a break already and to leave me alone. That guy who stood up for me eventually lost alot of weight and joined the marines and privately told me about how he changed his diet.

I'm so sorry for everyone here that never had someone step in to stop the rude comments, but if I were with you I would be sure you got respect!

I recently gained 30 pounds in treatment after 6 years of weighing 68 pounds due to anorexia. I came back to work and someone says "You gaining weight?! Your face looks fat." Another comment I got was, "You gained weight didn't you!? Don't gain too much now, ya hear?"

Luckily I'm far enough in recovery that I laughed and didn't let the comments affect me too much but, geeze lol. What the hell!?

Some of these comments are just beyond belief awful, especially with the parents and other family members. When it comes to family why can't they just discuss their concerns privately without resorting to insults. If anyone in my family said some of the stuff posted here they would be seriously cut out of my life. Who needs enemies when you have negative family members to bring you down?

My coworkers thought I was going to have a baby.

If I hear one more time that I have childbearing hips or that with my waist to hip ratio I will never have to worry about heart disease.....

I hear that "child bearing hips" BS all the time!!! Most recently from my EX best friend who I don't think has ever been above a size 4 in her life. I think she was just jealous or upset or something that I was losing weight and could wear her clothes. It's soooo wrong of me to be her size???

I of course do have child bearing hips, because I am FEMALE. But the wideness of my hips and curviness of my @$$ is fat that I am trying to lose, not the bone and muscle...

My mum tells me this ALL the time, she is VERY petite so i must have got something from my dad regarding my hips... But what does it even mean?? Is it frankly just a more polite way of saying you have massive hips or is she telling me im going to have massive babies?? lol x

Yeah, it's a way to say that your hips are wide. Evidently it means you will have an easier time carrying kids on your hips that poke out a mile. I think some people say it trying to be polite about having larger hips, but since we are not in the 1950's anymore, it's just downright degrading to me.

The one thing that sticks out when I think of people making fun of me was when I was in high school and this boy I knew walked by me at lunch. He said something like 'hey, i think that bench has a weight limit' and I just wanted to cry.

But whatever. Soon I'll be skinny and hot and he'll regret it.

The one thing that sticks out when I think of people making fun of me was when I was in high school and this boy I knew walked by me at lunch. He said something like 'hey, i think that bench has a weight limit' and I just wanted to cry.

But whatever. Soon I'll be skinny and hot and he'll regret it.

Yeah, I didnt get made fun of too much well at least directly, I had a bit of an anger management problem in high school. A kid made fun of me in 9th grade so I hurt him and no one really made fun of me after that. But yeah, my mouth is too sarcastic.

I hate it when family members say stuff or they look at you like your a monster !