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But Irish people dont drink green beer. People do what they want, just saying it's not authentic. I forgot why I cared about this now. I wasn't abandoned as a child but my dad was kind of emotionally distant, my mother was great thought, treated me like a baby in a good way :)

Because I can tell men and women apart. You are a real snob. Naah, I see Americans always going on about it, green beer, no one has it here. Our beers are probably better than yours because we appreciate them, whereas you drink one and feel sick and need a lie down. As I say, babies.

Of course I don't, you talking about American comedians, I don't know who they are, because uuum... your culture isn't the world's culture. I don't see anything wrong with that young lady. And if I did, I'd point you towards your own 'trailer trash'. But I'm not a snob. BTW, my favourite is on St Patrick's day, or 'Saint…

Wow, your only way to cope with how awful America is is numbing the pain with burgers.

Like yourself, I have not been, but want to go some time in the next several years.

I have literally no idea what you are talking about. But chav is our word, actually came from charver which is from my area, and it is no bad thing.

Don't need it? Because Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, anywheere else in the world isn't worth seeing? You can travel far but it's not really travel if younot expanding your horizons.

You obviously learnt everything you know about Britain from Hugh Grant. And Family Guy. We would beat you all in a fight, you all soft... just so chirpy and nicey nicey omg.

Lotsa people think it's a country in South America or a state in America. Which it definitely isn;t

Friends is widely watched, which includes dumb people. British food is bland because we don't see food as ultimately that important. Which is why America is fatter, because you eat rainbow coloured cereal for breakfast, and bacon in syrup. I don't know anything about Massechussets, just like you wouldnt know about…

Whoever made the comment about bad teeth it'sjust because we don't want bleeched teeth like ross from friends that looks stupid and generally we are less fake than you all. Also why are Americans so fat and ignorant and think they are the best country in the world, and the only country that has freedom? Most Americans dont…

Jdgemental.Clearly it IS normal here. The after work drink is a kind of ritual- no we don't go home and change first, that is more what we do for a 'big night out', not the day to day social bonding stuff. The pub has a special place in our culture. It is not that we are all alcoholics, just it is like a community hub,…

He was on that supersize documentary I think. Funny because he is slim! I guess he must not consume many calories in total even though the big macs, or maybe he has a very physical job.

Exercise makes me sad.

Me too! I saw the title of this and I was like 'fellas?? that sounds relevant to me, let's see what insight I can impart'. Turns out not much. OMG so weird, do you really think all men have a wife?

I don't mean to have a go but what happened when you did this? My friend faints quite often, 2 times in my company and both times I did nothing at all, just waited for her to come round, it wouldn't even occur to me to seek medical intervention, like what could they even do? But I am thinking maybe I am a negligent friend…

999in this case, as in UK, but yes I did. I saw some guys fighting and this woman was shouting 'someone call the police, this guy getting mugged'. To me, I think it was a fight, not a mugging, the woman was probably a friend of one party and saying it like that to make him sound innocent. But she wanted the police, this…

Oh just go away, I cannot be bothered with this. I am not making excuses (I bet i've lost more weight already than YOU!), just exploring feelings affecting me as i go along.A lot of people have found this thread helpful. Maybe you don't understand. Best you just go instead of being judgemental and annoying. I do wonder if…

Thanks for all the comments, really helpful, and it is reassuring to see I am not the only one experiencing this, like it isn't totally abnormal, just not often acknowledged.

Wow, I can so relate to this. Scary feeling out of control. I heard that many compulsive eaters eat modestly around others, to hide their secret shame. I can't even get enough control for that, I generally try and avoid situations of eating around other people because it's so hard, being pulled in 2 directions and worrying…

Thanks jaded, that's cool :) slim4health, i duess I am all over the place, or at least my understanding of it is just not good. I am a bit all over the place in general, to be fair. Glad if I can help people understand. People don't imagine that anyone would on any level want to be fat but I guess it is true, something…

I don't know, just wanted to say it really, maybe should have blogged it or something. It is a bit logical though because something musthave been making me keep making that choice to be fat for years, else i'd be slim. Maybe it was purely the reason of how nice food is, but maybe also not.

I totally understand how you feel, I think this is a real thing. I don't think I have less will power than other people, just a stronger urge which I have to fight. I am just turned 22, at my heaviest a little over a year ago I was over 400lbs, I got that size so young because since the age of 13, in the space of 7 years…

I know that feeling... as much as I dislike being obese, I have always been, I knowit about myself, people know it aboutme, I guess it almost becomes part of your persona... I almost feel like 'who will I be' if not the big fat guy. It's scary.I can't imagine or recognise myself as a slim person. I know it shouldn't be a…

Awww, thanks Jean. It's true, I have lost mre weight already than most of these lot ever will Yes Nonny, I like to feel good. It helps me. Bleive it or not I can feel good while still fat because there is more to me than my weight. Enablement is NOT a bad thing, in my context, only the american pschyco speak langauge which…

Off on a bit of a tangent but i've heard the american use of enabling, and it is always negative. In the uk enabling is positive thing. It means giving someone the support, assisitance, information, resources, whatever, to acheive something they couldn't alone. People who work to support disabled people, for example, are…

As I said, anger or negative feelings don't mptivate me to change. If anything they make me feel worse and less motivated. I have taken a maasive amount of abuse and also inconvenience and humiliation for my weightm it's nothing new at all. It doesn't work! When stuff like that happens, it has me running for the takeaway.…

I never said your views were out of date, simply that they were perhaps out of step with that of the governement, and the majority who voted them in. Possibly. I don't have a clue really, I just wonder why they would have a system if everyone opposed it. I am doing something about it, I lost 60lbs already. That doesn't…

I used to post on another site, when i started my diet, and people there raved about it here, and what a useful tool it was and everyhting, so I had a look, now I almost exclusively use here!

Hmm, checking out some links for programmes they might have near me, that one of the minority of helpful ppl in this thread showed me... Oh dear, there is a thing speically for men with BMI over 30... so far so good except it is based around football... because the medium of football will helpf engage 'blokes' in exercise.…