Is being called thick a good thing? lol

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  • fitby2012
    fitby2012 Posts: 167 Member
    Yeah I don't know how to exactly take it. To them they like bigger girls and that's great, lol ,but I don't want to be a "bigger" girl. If it meant like Beyonce thick....I think I could handle that, she's beautiful! Either way I guess it's motivation to keep losing this weight.

    I feel the same way. I hate that they typically like bigger girls and then they like me, cos I dont want to be classified as "big"! But, honestly, at least they give compliments! I can't remember the last time a lil nerdy caucasian gave me a direct compliment!

    LOL!
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    That happened to a good friend of mine. She was running and some black guy said to her, "Damn girl, you've got some thick legs!" He meant it as a compliment, but as a white girl, she just went home and cried.
  • thankyou4thevenom
    thankyou4thevenom Posts: 1,581 Member
    Im from the UK if someone called me 'Thick' Id proberbly get em in a head lock... lol. Thick mean's stupid to me. But if i'm ever called it in the US note to self *leave the head lock* haha x

    This. I've never heard it being used like this before.
  • shan889
    shan889 Posts: 73
    Yeah that night I literally went home and cried


    Funny how things differ culturally. To them thick means beautiful but to white girls, you just called me fat. It's funny how we put so much emphasis on being thin and we think that white guys want thin, so that's what we want to be. Crazy how it works.
  • Here in Australia.. you call someone thick your saying they are Dumb... lol
  • sinclare
    sinclare Posts: 369 Member
    I grew up in Detroit. Once when I was working out a lot a male friend told me I better be careful I didn't lose my butt, he said " a man needs something to hang onto."

    It's a compliment, totally. Great job!
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    Yeah that night I literally went home and cried


    Funny how things differ culturally. To them thick means beautiful but to white girls, you just called me fat. It's funny how we put so much emphasis on being thin and we think that white guys want thin, so that's what we want to be. Crazy how it works.
    It's true. It's definitely a cultural thing. As a "thick" girl I get hit on by black men and Hispanic men all of the time. Way more often than white men. I also think, in general, black men are often more confident and more likely to say what's on their mind. White men are far more reserved.
  • achampionsheart
    achampionsheart Posts: 1,020 Member
    definitely a compliment....
  • PeterBuilt09
    PeterBuilt09 Posts: 24 Member
    There's toned and tight "thick" in the right places THEN theres sloppy "thick" with a gut.
    Different people may fall into different categories.. I think its apparent which ones good and which ones bad lol
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Got to love it, but ya I would of taken that as a compliment. . I know with my bootay. . which I am proud of lol. .even when I lose weight I always have curves and had a friend that told me because of said curves when I was in college he wanted to take me home to georgia to meet his momma. . :blushing: This was at the gym. . I was totally embarassed, but knew it was meant as a compliment.

    So just smile and say thanks.:flowerforyou:
  • valex0803
    valex0803 Posts: 8 Member
    Being think is def a good thing. Like everyone says it just means you have nice curves. YOU GO GIRL! lol
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    I've been called thick from all kinds of people (of all racial background) .. I guess it's a compliment :)
  • andreabball
    andreabball Posts: 90 Member
    I, too, have been in your shoes and not known what to make of that "thick" comment. While I know it's meant as a compliment, I've never thought of it as such, until recently. With my weight loss recently, I've had many people say, "Hey, SKINNY!" or "OH! Look how SKINNY you are!" While I appreciate that people have made notice, I don't want to be a "skinny girl" either. I just want to be a fit girl, who's happy with the way that I am. So, here's to being happy in our own achievements and accomplishments and to hell with the external validation! Congrats on the weightloss thus far!!
    -Andi
  • OfficialPR
    OfficialPR Posts: 1,578 Member
    Definite Compliment...
  • cougfn69
    cougfn69 Posts: 7 Member
    Think of it as PHAT...
  • misty589
    misty589 Posts: 319 Member
    heh! they say you learn something new everyday! lol I would have totally taken that as an insult, looks like I would have been wrong haha


    ETA I'm in atlantic canada and thick can mean "stupid" or "heavy"
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    yea a guy asked me if i had always been so thick. i got mad and asked if he'd always been so skinny. apparently he was trying to compliment me. :P oops
  • Mariposa187
    Mariposa187 Posts: 344 Member
    COMPLIMENT!!!! :) it is strange i know but it means you got it in the right places! work it girl!
  • nikkishai
    nikkishai Posts: 407 Member
    Compliment all the way!
  • WannaBHottyMommy
    WannaBHottyMommy Posts: 55 Member
    COMPLIMENT, !!!!!!!!!
  • suthernbelle
    suthernbelle Posts: 566 Member
    Well.. it's supposed to be a compliment, but black men like bigger girls. So, it's up to you to interpret it how you will.

    Someone said Jenifer Lopez is thick.. um.. no she isnt

    A compliment is a compliment and thick=curvy. Therefore Jennifer Lopez is um thick! And what does your GENERALIZATION about black men have to do with her being "thick"?
  • mscoco10
    mscoco10 Posts: 527 Member
    I'm not getting the whole black men like bigger women means your thick. My understanding of thick is a full bust, tight waist, plump round butt, firm thighs and legs. The way some of you say bigger that makes me say fat or out of shape. Being called thick is a good thing in my book. If you see yourself as too big then thick is not the word for you.
  • Brooke1585
    Brooke1585 Posts: 80 Member
    Yeah I don't know how to exactly take it. To them they like bigger girls and that's great, lol ,but I don't want to be a "bigger" girl. If it meant like Beyonce thick....I think I could handle that, she's beautiful! Either way I guess it's motivation to keep losing this weight.

    I feel the same way. I hate that they typically like bigger girls and then they like me, cos I dont want to be classified as "big"! But, honestly, at least they give compliments! I can't remember the last time a lil nerdy caucasian gave me a direct compliment!

    LOL!! Too funny!
  • i'm 5'7'' and 167 pounds and i got called thick 3 times in one week out of nowhere all on different occasions and everyone said that it was a compliment.. i joke about being hopelessly white with my coworkers that i was like you need to break this down for me.. wtf does this mean.. they're like, this means you have thickness is sexy places aka hips,butt and chest... mine is the booty haha... so unless they had a mean inflection in their voice, i'd say its a good thing
  • NNAhuja
    NNAhuja Posts: 669 Member
    Being thick isn't a bad thing, means you got curvs in the right places
    Exactly!
  • DanielleRN8
    DanielleRN8 Posts: 409
    Alright so I have lost 10-12 lbs. I feel great about it but I know I have a long ways to go. But I couldn't help but notice that all my african american friends keep telling me I'm thick. I went out one night downtown for a friends birthday and a guy yelled at me and said "Dang girl, you're thick!" I don't really know how to take this. Haha did I just get called fat or was this a compliment?

    Compliment. I was just having this conversation with a guy friend of mine at work and he says most of his friends prefer a "thick" girl. It doesn't mean she's fat, it means she's got curves! :D
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