"You're So Skinny...

...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.

I've got one that is not so funny. I went to a swim party (so I was in a bikini) and all my friends go  "Oh my gosh, are you like anorexic or something" At the time I was just said "No, of course not, just got really active over the summer...blahdy blahdy blah" But in my head I was like "Ugh, yeah I actually am anorexic, and it is kinda rude of you to point out my body" Grrrrr....

I get called skinny all the time. I'm 5'2 1/2 and weigh 106lbs with a BMI of 18.8 and 15.76 fat percentage. I work hard to look the way I do. I do cardio 6 days a week and weight train 3 days a week and eat a very healthy diet. I consider myself healthy and fit. I am currently trying to put on weight because I want to add more muscle, but I am doing it by eating a "clean diet " and have cut way back on my cardio. I find it very difficult to eat 2100 calories a day when the food is lean protein, veggies and complex carbs that is low in fat and calories. IT'S TO MUCH FOOD!!!! Anyway, sometimes I think people use the word "skinny' as way of saying thin and think that they are actually giving a compliment.

I have a BMI of 16.5 right now (recovering anorexic). I lost a lot of weight over the summer, so people started saying that I would get blown away in the wind. I also get people saying (behind my back) that I am like a stick and that I'm going to snap if they touch me. The worst one: the classic "you need to go eat a sandwich" line. People don't know that I was anorexic, so they don't see any problem with commenting on my body. It is beyond irritating though.

I think skinny is a complement.  You choose how to react if you think about it.  I am a hardgainer as many of you have detailed through these postings.  We are pre-disposed to be our sleek sizes.  If we ever did want to gain weight, often times it does take a little bit more than our well rounded friends.  It's tough, but with a little extra discipline and knowledge, one can gain weight without extreme measures.  I have a blog that talks about this very topic, if you ever free to take a look.  I highly suggest it.

http://hardgainers-review.blogspot.com/

I do understand why society has focused on the epidemic of obesity, since many people do suffer iller fates as a result of being overweight.  But still, It would be nice for some of us hardgainers to get some attention on the national scope like we are in this gathering of minds.  There just isn't enough information or knowledge out there to guide us through our lifestyle.

well i do need to gain weight, but even a person needing a weight gain finds the comments really offending because they dont help anybody. 

I was always skinny at school, and got "your legs are like two sticks" and "if you stand sideways we can't see you" comments.

My first boyfriend said "you're a good looking girl, but you could be stunning if you put on a bit of weight".

My second boyfriend told me I was too fat when I put a stone. He had an affair 2 years later and dumped me after this comment "you look really really thin at the moment. My new girlfriend has a great body"

I've been on dates with 3 guys in the past year. The first said "you're very slender jane, we need to fatten you up"

Second said "You have a great body, you're really skinny. I've never gone out with a girl as skinny as you" Me: "What if I put on weight, say I gained a stone or went up a dress size?" Him: (pulls face) "Uh, I kind of prefer you the way you are now to be honest"

Third: "What did you have for lunch?" Me: "Uh! A Sandwich" Him: "Just one? You should eat two" Me: "Why?" Him "You're too thin, you need to eat more" Then later "Your shoulder bone pokes through, you need to put on weight"

My quest is to find a man who doesn't care about my weight! (Obviously within reason) And loves me for me not for my dress size!

I'm going travelling in a month. One of the first things some people do when I tell them is look me up and down and say "You need some more meat on you for that surely" And I am gaining weight for it!

I'm in the same situation as a few commenters - I'm on CC to lose weight, and have always been overweight. It's interesting to read all the comments "skinny people" get from inconsiderate others, and agree with the poster who said that comments about weight at all are inappropriate. My heart goes out to all of you who are hurt by others' words - it obviously sucks to be anything but "average" since people can't keep their mouths shut!

The bright side is that we're all here to get healthy, whether by losing/gaining weight, so props to us for being proactive about it! And, of course, that we have these forums/journals/buddies to complain/rant/cry to for support. ;)

lol glad im not the only one who gets irritated by some of the "thin" comments!

it really annoys me that when i would not eat people would be like "omg you should really eat something you're wasting away!"
and then if i started eating people spread rumours (yeah im still in school lol) about me "having a breakdown and eating the contents of my kitchen" and if I mentioned something as terrible as ice cream, people say things like "YOU'RE not having an ice cream are you?!"
and its like urg make up your mind!

and also i probably used to say things like "oh you're so thin" to my best friends and stuff before my ed because they were always alot thinner than me but ate like horses lol but like i wouldnt say it to just randoms or anything!
but thats what other people do to me and its just like uhm who are you?!

the thing that makes me laugh the most is when someone mentions a certain food nd like if its something i dont like im like oh well i dont really have that and then someone goes "or anything at all" and someone else will chip in "or food in general" and like last time i wasnt having anything and its just like well thats quite offensive, actually! but im not really bothered now lol

just laugh at other people's stupidity :P

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I get really annoyed when people comment about my bum because I'm really sensitive about how flat it is =(

At school, we don't really have that many tables to eat on during recess and lunch so everyone just sits on the floor and eats, and I absolutely hate sitting on the ground because it really hurts my bum. So everytime I sit down I get really uncomfortable and I'd sometimes complain, and my friend would be like 'Its cos you have no bum!'

Ouch =( I want a bum. I want boobies =(

my friends and people in my band class always say im as skinny as air but that doesnt make sence so i say im as fat as air because i dont think im skinny but the reason it doesnt make sence is that how is air skinny? its all over the place wouldnt that be considered fat? i think so

i hope im not offending anyone >.>

honestly, it doesn't really offend me that much.  it is just a reaction to a reality, so i take it as an opportunity to step outside of myself and re-evaluate whether i really am a healthy weight or not.  we get so caught up in being thin and losing weight, we can't always see whether we really look healthy anymore.  as a recovering anorexic, its more a reality check instead of an offensive comment.  since my recovery, those thin comments don't trigger as many emotions (whether it be feeling angry or defensive), because i know that i am healthy.  i am naturally thin, but once i got better, people stopped making thin comments and more "you look much healthier" comments.

I feel VERY similar,

I have recovered from anorexia, but I am also naturally thin, and I feel great that the comments have changed from being “ your so thin” in a negative way, into “ wow your slim and healthy”

Oh man...so many things. I think the worst thing was when  I had this friend in high school who was bout 6'4" and gigantic. He got a real kick out of being able to put his hands around my waist and have his fingertips overlap. He then proceeded to pick me up and show everyone his little "trick". And then followed many many cheeseburger and chocolate cookie comments.

The funniest one - "You'd be smokin' hot if we could get a body on you. No, for real - you have a beautiful face but you're too skinny. " "I'll take you out to dinner anywhere you want, anything you want as long as you eat ten of it." (other boy chimes in) "Don't forget sharing dessert man, that's the best part."

Absolutely rudest moment - Ironically enough, in my lab course I was paired with a girl who had OCE. She was overweight. I was emaciated. One day, she kept saying how she couldn't wait for our break so she could get something to eat. Someone in class said "At least Tori doesn't have to worry about Lauren eating her; she wouldn't be very filling."

Original Post by restless_girl:

I don't have jokes, but i get people complaining to me because i mustn't eat just because i'm thinner then them.

I am not too skinny, but just because i'm not overweight anymore, suddenly they think there must be something wrong with me.

I've had the same! Some moron actually tried telling me that I need to STOP trying to gain weight, and tried telling me that I have a pooch now - just because they're trying to LOSE weight. I couldnt believe it.

I've been working so hard (feels like my whole life), to try to gain some weight and be healthy, and I didnt need to hear that at all. Some people are just really mindless of other people's feelings when they say things. We just have to keep on our path to being healthy. 

In the past few weeks it's been worse.

"What happened to the fat girl that sat on her arse and ate nuts all day!?"
"OH MY GOD SHE'S ANOREXIC.. SHE USE TO BE GINORMOUS IN HIGHSCHOOL!"
"Don't stare honey, she's just ill"
I get alot of gawks, because i was six foot tall and vivacious and volumptious and all other words for curvey and proud. And i carried ti well, now i stare at my feet and rush around constantly afraid to sit still. One thing i'm sick of is this repeated converation.

Me - dad can you please shut your window it's freezing/oh my god it's freezing/i'm so cold!
Dad/Mum/Anyone - well you know WHY you're cold, don't you?

So yesterday i snapped.. "YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW.. I HAVE TO SLEEP WITH THIS THING!.. TRY SLEEPING WITH SOMETHING THAT RAPED YOU OF EVERYTHING YOU ARE" And then i smiled and had to say "That was Ed, popping up to say gday.. "

My nephew asked me why i looked so sick, then said "Daddy says it's because you're being silly with your food.. but i think you're still beautiful..."

And my sister, bless her bought the cutest card from some tacky two dollar shop. Two stick figures one is drawn in texta the other in pen and the one in pen has a speech bubble saying "wow... you've gained weight..." It's on the fridge.. i can poke fun at it.. because if you can't laugh at yourself.. who can you laugh at?

(my parents would be considered "very obese" but they are in love, they are happy.. and they are the most beautiful people i've ever seen up close.)

PS. I thought gaining weight would be fun, i haven't hit the 'fun' part yet.
WHY CAN"T I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER/NUTS!?

x

REBEL YOU ARE SMOKIN'!!! YOU HAVE THIS WHOLE NATALIE PORTMAN/KATE HUDSON THING ABOUT YOU.. PLUS A LITTLE BIT OF ANGELINA JOLIE. x

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.

haha aww thanks Lady :blushy face: You're quite a looker yourself you know ;)

Original Post by rebelchick1017:

Oh man...so many things. I think the worst thing was when  I had this friend in high school who was bout 6'4" and gigantic. He got a real kick out of being able to put his hands around my waist and have his fingertips overlap. He then proceeded to pick me up and show everyone his little "trick". And then followed many many cheeseburger and chocolate cookie comments.

The funniest one - "You'd be smokin' hot if we could get a body on you. No, for real - you have a beautiful face but you're too skinny. " "I'll take you out to dinner anywhere you want, anything you want as long as you eat ten of it." (other boy chimes in) "Don't forget sharing dessert man, that's the best part."

Absolutely rudest moment - Ironically enough, in my lab course I was paired with a girl who had OCE. She was overweight. I was emaciated. One day, she kept saying how she couldn't wait for our break so she could get something to eat. Someone in class said "At least Tori doesn't have to worry about Lauren eating her; she wouldn't be very filling."

I had this kid, that liked to literally pick me up over his head, and spin me around like a wrestler...absolutely mortifying...