I want to thank you all.
Thank you for your tweets and comments after this post. I felt so alone and sad after it happened and I reached out with my story that embarrassed me, and you guys embraced it.
Now I don't feel alone and sad, but mad and pissed off at the stupid woman and society in general. Why woman are made to feel badly about their bodies and their various shapes and forms, I will never know, but I am not going to apologize for mine, or feel embarrassed or sad about it. I know I will still have my moments of self doubt, but right now in my newly realized feelings of self worth (that I can thank you for letting me realize, dear readers and commenters) I know that it is her problem with her diarrhea of the mouth, and not my problem. I shouldn't make it my issue.
Thank you for that.
Crazy people have to be forgiven. It's just in their nature to be ignorant. They really know no other way. :) It will be a question she will be asked when the time comes, and she'll have to find a suitable answer. You, on the other hand, bit your tongue beautifully. HOW you did THAT, I will never know. You, friend, are better than me. I could never hold back as you did.
ReplyDeleteYAY you for feeling this way....I battle with my own self doubts when it comes to my body...I know Ive packed on the pounds and some days I really dont care and other days it makes me really mad that Im like this....but then I look around and realize that its the heavier people that seem to be the happiest...so Im just going to enjoy being heavy...hehe As for the stupid people out there that think its their business to say sh*t...IGNORE them....what they think dont matter anyway!!!
ReplyDeleteI just read your last post and that is so rude and insensitive! I don't understand why people even feel the need to say anything!
ReplyDeleteYou handled yourself with tact and grace! Kudos to you.
Aw, honey, I am so, so happy to read this!!! You just made my day, for real:-)
ReplyDeleteYou are beautiful, inside and out-cheesy line, I know, but it totes applies here;-)
Congrats on your new awakening! It's freeing, no?
I just read the post, and honestly, even though I shouldn't be surprised, I am still shocked that people (especially a woman) can be SO ignorant and insensitive. You handled yourself a lot better than I would have - I probably would have let her get to me and bawled my eyes out! Criticism on our bodies is so hurtful, and it's bad enough that we often criticize ourselves - we don't need others to do it, too! But kudos to you for being strong and overcoming her stupid remarks. You are who you are, and NO ONE should ever make you feel uncomfortable or ashamed.
ReplyDeleteso i too have a large tummy and boobs. i missed the post the first time around and now that i am caught up i am cringing for you. although it is easy to sit back and say what you should have/could have said, i myself would still have been polite because i jsut usually can't bring myself to be rude even in the face of someone so obviously nasty. it sucks that people like that are able to walk around with out someone bursting their bubble. my plan is to work at coming up with things to say that aren't nasty but at the same time put someone like that directly in their place and cause them shame. i can't stand it anymore. so next time you get asked that, just tell them you have a food baby in there and that you are excusing yourself to the toilet to deliver it. it will shut them right up.
ReplyDeleteNow go on and embrace life. You are a beautiful person- as anyone can see from your photos. We should all look so good :D
ReplyDeleteI just read your old post. I'm so glad your Invisible Friends made you feel better. We're all beautiful--truly.
ReplyDeleteExcept for Kayne.
Good for you! I am so happy you are able to get some peace on this issue.
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely her. She would find something negative to say about any person she encountered.
ReplyDeleteHi, I am stopping by from sits. I just went back and read that post. I am sorry, people have no tact. I was shopping with my best friend the other day, She is tall and slender. We were at her work and one of the ladies that works there said to her is there something you are not telling us. She was like huh......then she said No I am not pregnant. She get it all the time by people. She had a baby almost 2 years ago and yes she has not lost some of the baby weight, BUT she does not have a belly that pokes out and say HEY I AM PREGNANT. She doesn't even have a belly......LUCKY HER :P Anyways, some people should just be banned from talking!!!
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