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health advisory Diet Diet 2007-11-11 21:05:56

I know what you mean in terms of it hurting you. I am underweight too and I am literally shocked everytime someone makes a comment on my weight. Like, how do they think it's ok, appropriate, or any of their business?? I'm underweight due to medical reasons, but as if I'm going to tell people that when they make remarks on my weight.

Frickin' screwed up societal values huh?? I think if people *really* thought things through by separating themselves from the societally-fed subliminal messages before they spoke, this wouldn't happen as much. Too few can think outside the box though. *Sigh*.

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First of all, I have been really skinny and fat and believe me, it is more embarrasing to have people call you or people look at you when you are fat. Either way it is rude. A lot more people said things to me when I was a size 0 (is she sick? dying? on drugs?) than when I was a 14. But the looks were awful as was when I was a teen my dad saying you will be so much happier when you are thin. The reason people think it is OK is because a lot of people are jealous. Or they don't care, or they want to know how you do it. It is socially acceptable to be skinny, but it is still not cool to be chubby so people don't blatantly say things like ew she looks round or whatever. The next time someone says to you, tell them its not up for discussion. Thats it.

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Almost all of your questions are about being fat or being pregnant... (Which, I doubt you are.)