...you have to run around in the shower to get wet."
That is my best friend's favorite joke about me. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else has any funny or mean things people have said to them about being thin or underweight.
Original Post by jetswings:
I've just lost 35 lbs and my younger brother said i looked "like a holocaust victim".
That's SO insensitive on so many levels.
I hear that too...makes me sick!
teehee,
Last year, I was visiting my english teacher (I was withdrawn from school for inpatient and partial) during my old class. He pulled out a box of crystal light, looked at it and said
"Ah crap, this is the fiber added kind. I can't drink this, I'd have to spend all day in the bathroom. Does anybody want it? Katie? Christy? Juan? NOT you, Meagan!"
Actually, I thought it was pretty funny. He was really understanding and incredibly knowledgeable about eating disorders.
Some less funny things people have said to me:
"You look anorexic, eat something"
"You look like a refugee"
"You don't have the bone structure to be anorexic." (WTF? said by someone trying to discourage me from losing more weight. NOT helpful.)
"I wish I could be anorexic..." (Um. No, you don't...)
People suckkkkkkkk.
"Skeletor"
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Andother things. People are so stupid, do they not realise we can HEAR them when they go"omg she's so freakin skinny" etc?!
I think it's the fact that we can hear them that makes them say something. What I hate is the snickering and the indirectness of the commentary. Honestly; I'd rather have someone be able to come up and ask me about it, as opposed to pointing from afar and making obnoxious remarks to their friends.
In high school, a boy in my homeroom actually came up to me one morning and said "You are getting really skinny. I mean, you were already thin...but now you look too skinny...skeletal. What happened?" While slightly mortified by the fact that apparently, people noticed, I appreciated that he was just being honest. Especially in comparison to the girls who would follow me in the halls "OMG! Look at her! She's like the size of a six year old! Look at her wrists, I bet she got her watch out of the children's department cuz regular ones don't fit." Another time, I was cornered in the locker room by a group of girls who proceeded to tell me I was sickening to look at and disgustingingly thin, so much so that no one would ever want to touch me and how could I live with myself?
High school girls are terrible to each other.
Im defaintly quite a thin person, ok well im pretty underweight but anyway. I've had comments on my weight for the past 5 or so years, meh its just old now. Not that i ever took offence, hell i used to chime in and make fun of myself
Its no big deal to me, it doesnt hurt me at all. I've gotten "skeletor" "your quote boney arnt you" "are you anorexic, seriously?" "Oh my god, your quite a skinny little girl arnt you" "i'd hug you, but im scared i'd break you" "omg ew everytime i touch you im scared im going to be stabbed by one of your bones"
If someone just randomly comes up to me, i dont know or have just met and comments on my weight i'll say something like "Really?! i didnt realise, thanks for pointing that out, sure missed a big one there didnt i?!" Its annoying sure, but meh..Live with what you bring upon yourself and try and find the humour. Dont make there problem yours, if they choose to be tactless towards others..Just ignore them
After losing too much weight, then gaining back to a healthy weight (145 at 5'9) one of my college friends wouldn't back down with the 'too skinny' accusations.
Whenever he saw me he'd say "let's go to lunch, you need a sandwich" or "please get out of the gym" It was really annoying as I was perfectly healthy and ate plenty. I think it was partially out of concern that he said these things, but also because he knew it ticked me off. If it had been coming from someone I wasn't friends with I know it would have been more upsetting.
I gave up letting it get to me and started responding along the lines of "yea well I haven't eaten since Monday so I guess I am pretty hungry" He magically backed off :)
Hmmm I've had some really mean things said to me actually, like this one girl just walked up to me at the mall and said "You look disgusting." in a really ugly tone and walked off... I was just in shocked and couldn't move for like 3 minutes I mean I didn't even know her.
But some family and friends have said some pretty funny stuff. But the annoying quotes are really simple ones I hear all the time like,
"Come on eat this you need it, it will fatten you up quick!" (And its some disgustingly unhealthy food.)
And just yesterday I got into my healthy weight range (yay! :] ) and went to my grandma's and she said "God Rachel your skin and bones, have you been eating all your meals?"
This one is the worst to me and it really hurt my feelings. These girls from my school started saying anarachel instead of anorexic in health class. My friend found out and gave them a good mouthful though. lol :]
Original Post by minie13:
I'm naturally thin and very lean looking. I eat healthy and enjoy running. People make rude comments all the time about how skinny I am, ask me if I'm anorexic (which i am not), etc. I'm not sure why people think its appropriate to comment on a thin person's weight, but not a fat person's weight. Imagine the response of others if I said something abot someone being OVERweight...but no one bats an eyelash about comments about me being UNDERweight.
This is honestly one of my biggest pet peeves ever. I hate it.
THANK YOU! I'm glad you brought this up. I get it all the time too. Well, what if I said "Hey fatty, do you really NEED to eat that cheeseburger? It wouldn't hurt to lose a few pounds!" This is one of my pet peeves too. People think that it's not a two way street, when it really is.
"Are you from bloody Africa or something?"
"You're 'ano' "
"Oh my god, your formal dress is a size zero and it's STILL too big on you!"
"You look disgusting"
"Your shoulder bones are sticking out"
"You have the body of a 12 year old"
"I'm not gonna make you a supermodel, you're already anorexic enough as it is"
- After telling someone I was watching the show Make Me A Supermodel
(When I was cooking dinner)
'They should make a cookery show about you and call you Gourmet Gollum.'
Offensive? Yes! But MAJOR points for wit ;-)
In History, my teacher obviously tries to withhold saying anything relating to "anorexic" (when discussing art or pictures of leaders in the history book). It's apparent that he thinks I’m too skinny. Well, one day in class we were reading from an art history book, and he made me read aloud a passage entitled, "Fat is Beautiful". I was honestly mortified and embarrassed (not necessarily about the passage itself, but the fact that I was the only one that was forced to read aloud that day- and out of all the passages it was that one). But then again, he has a way of discreetly displaying his opinions about people.
i had someone tell me not to long ago " being that skinny makes me sick...well u dont make me sick,...but people like you make me sick".
and of course theres the people whom ull be talking with and someone whos thin will walk by and theyll say "thats nasty i would never want to be that thin" HELLO! DO U NOT SEE ME STANDING HERE!
And i dunno ppl think its ok to make comments about someones weight and ask them if there anorexic.. or even ask them how much they weigh...but of course if u asked them similar questions they would get offensive
im 22 yrs old...i have 3 kids right now...2 toddlers and a new born...this past summer when i was about 4 months pregnant i was out at camp for a family reunion and i decided to take the two boys in the lake...one i held and the other in a floaty. two teenage girls...about 13 yrs old came over and they asked me "are u the babysitter or the mom?" i said "im there mom" they were like "u dont look older then 16". i think thats why really young kids are always drawn to me and talk to me because they dont think im that much older then them.
about a month ago me and my fiance stopped at a gas station to fill up...he asked me to take some scratchoff cards in and cash them. i told him i didnt have my ID and that they would card me especially with 2 cop cars right outside..and he told me to anyways. i went in and tried to cash them and he asked for my id..i told him i didnt have it. and he said "well i dont know if ur 18" and i said "ok, well im 22 anyways" so i had my fiance bring them in while i waited in the car. he goes in and the guy asks him while hes cashing them for him "was that ur LITTLE SISTER that came in and tried to cash these" he just said no... but my fiancee is 6 months younger then me, so i felt mortified when he told me...and i think thats part of one of the things that motivated me to gain weight.
I've had people react all different ways. Since I'm a runner, I've had numerous people commend my "perfect running body" and be surprised when I mention wishing to gain. On the flip side, I've had to go to the gym to use the equipment when I was injured, and people there seem to think the purpose of activity is to lose weight. Once I had someone ask me if I knew it was possible to be too skinny! Honestly, it never even occured to me that someone would run to lose weight because it's always been a sport for me.
In all of it my biggest pet peeve is people talking behind my back. I'd much rather people be up front even if it's mean.
Original Post by rebelchick1017:
I think it's the fact that we can hear them that makes them say something. What I hate is the snickering and the indirectness of the commentary. Honestly; I'd rather have someone be able to come up and ask me about it, as opposed to pointing from afar and making obnoxious remarks to their friends.
In high school, a boy in my homeroom actually came up to me one morning and said "You are getting really skinny. I mean, you were already thin...but now you look too skinny...skeletal. What happened?" While slightly mortified by the fact that apparently, people noticed, I appreciated that he was just being honest. Especially in comparison to the girls who would follow me in the halls "OMG! Look at her! She's like the size of a six year old! Look at her wrists, I bet she got her watch out of the children's department cuz regular ones don't fit." Another time, I was cornered in the locker room by a group of girls who proceeded to tell me I was sickening to look at and disgustingingly thin, so much so that no one would ever want to touch me and how could I live with myself?
High school girls are terrible to each other.
That's HORRIBLE. You're right. High school girls are terrible to each other. Thankfully adulthood and mature relationships can repair some of that damage later on. Anyone suffering through high school right now: it will end, i promise.
"you'd be really hot if you gained like ten pounds"
"my god, you have NO ASS."
"your upper arm is the size of my wrist!!"
and of course, a random guy passing by me in the mall who mumbled, "anorexic b*tch."
:(
As I was walking down the road, two guys yelled out of a van 'EAT A SANDWICH!'
Some girls in a shop shouted 'ANO!' at me.
My best friend calls me 'chicken feet' because she thinks my feet (?!) are so bony.
'You literally have not got a bum.'
'You're a good looking girl, but you'd look better if you gained some weight.'
'Preying mantis.'
'You look like you just got out of Auschwitz.'
The sick ass thing is, all of this used to make me so happy. It was like anorexic kudos - well done, well done, you're emaciated. I'm taking it as a sign that my mental health is truly improving that I no longer take these comments as compliments and instead am mortified by them.
Ah, thinking back, there's definitely the moment my ex hugged me the first time he saw me at my very lowest, and went utterly quiet. He was just hugging me.
Then about five seconds later:
"I'm scared I'm going to snap you."
ahhhh this totally does suck....I keep getting called "skeleton" and told that I am emaciated looking (which I am NOT)....oh and the best this week was when I got into a fight with an old friend who told me "eat something or check into a clinic"....oh and then even now on X-mas a friend gave me a coat which was a medium (I don't wear ANYTHING that's a medium and she knew it) and then when it was too big (shocker) instead of telling me I could exchange it she went on and on how if I was "normal" this wouldn't be a problem, etc. etc. in front of all these people...it was so embarassing
I find it so ridiculous that people think they have the right to make fun of people who are thin...I know when I was morbidly obese the only time people ever said anything to me was in a serious/caring manner and in private out of general cncern for my health and this rarely even happened...but when you're thin apparently people feel they can just say whatever whenever....I never in a million years would have thought being called thin (and names associated with it) would ever be insulting....
