Let me just take this moment to tell you what happened today - not the first time, won't be the last .. but I always marvel at the audacity though most often I am not offended by it. Today I was not offended, especially as the comments/questions were from a community group colleague. It went like this:
"You are so little, what size do you wear a zero or ...? How much do you weigh? Do you weigh 90 pounds?"
Sigh - I said, "yes, something like that," and "95 I think with rocks in my pockets."
Then she said, "wow, and you look so healthy!" and I said, "Well, I am real healthy."
I know - barely 30% of the population is at a normal weight (with MUCH variation based on gender, age, race and SES) so I am unusual. But what if the conversation went like this..
WOW - You are So big? What size do you wear? Are you like a XXXl? Do you weigh 300 pounds? Hmm but you look healthy.. or maybe, but you look so ill?
Boundaries people - they do a body good - oh wait, that's milk... well....
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