How many of us hear this…followed by some awful back handed
compliment. One you can’t take anyway
but badly.
Your face is sooo pretty (to bad you’re so big). It’s a classic remark from some skinny person
who has no way, any understanding at how awful that lil remark is. And we know what you’re really saying and you
may not have said it but you might as well have. We have all heard some variation of this in
some way or another.
I was talking with a friend of mine who just had weight loss
surgery. And she was telling me her
stories of “you’re so pretty but”. Some
made me want to scream. Honestly people
have no brains or at least don’t use them when talking. Just because we are obese does not make us an
alien to point at and make excuses for.
I have feelings. If you cut me I
bleed red just like you.
Yeah we are all pretty or handsome depending on the
reader. But I like to define beauty by
what lies beneath the skin. I don’t need
top model looks to feel excepted by society (though I will not lie it would be
nice). What I need and want is a
beautiful soul. And to surround myself
with people who are beautiful.
It was funny when my friend also told me I was the only
person who noticed her weight loss when she had only lost 15 pounds. I can tell the look when your face starts
getting that “sunk in” look. You know
that look where your cheek bones make an appearance again. Lol. Regardless I always thought she was
pretty. She has a soul that shines right
thru her weight!
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