"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.

one of my most embarressing ones was in high school my senior year.  In my health class we were doing this body fat test.  And we had these things I think they were called "body fat testers" or "body fat pinchers" or something..it basically you would squeeze it and it would measure how much fat was at whatever part you were squeezing.

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it looked like that.

and our teacher wanted the kids in class to nominate 3 people to go in front of the class and have it done.  Well they all decided it should be an underweight person, an average person and an overweight person.  [They like pinch at your stomache, thigh, arm, i forget the rest there was like 8 spots]

I was picked to be the underweight person, I was like whatever I figured no one would say anything and it'd be okay.  As soon as I went up one of the kids was like "she's so skinny it will prolly come back negative" and everyone laughed.

It was stupid though. no one laughed or said anything about the overweight person having a high number.  No one laughed or said anything about they average one.  But they were allowed to laugh and gawk at me.

And of course theres the "Your so skinny I could break you in half"... "your so skinny you must use chapstick as a deoderant"    "your so skinny you could hula hoop with a cheerio"  " your so skinny you could dodge rain drops".

I'm just soo tired of bein hit on or hated on!  In the gym the other women look at me like im the devil saying "if I looked like you then I wouldn't be here"  or men hitting on me for my body type and not really for me.  UGH  sry just had to vent a little bit ----and people always think I'm a teen since I'm so tiny....gets really old

Original Post by jessy926:

I hate when people accuse you of being skinny instead of complementing you.

Yes it's quite sad, I agree.  It pisses me off too.  What pissed me off even more though, is this one girl who I told was a beautiful girl (she's anorexic), and she just gave me dirty looks and told me to go away.  Later I found her crying about that so-called 'nasty comment' as she called it.  Most confusing thing I'd ever encountered.

UGGGGG..........I just got a ton of tyhis garbage the other day (i went out to the lake for the first day of the year since it was so warm). A guy i JUST met, was being so stupid!!! "You better not jump in the water....you're so skinny, you'll probably come out like a frozen little fish stick or something. " i was sooo stupid-i honestly just let it go now, but its still akward and hurtful. later that day..."im gonna go buy you some mcdonalds" "I cant remember your name-ill just call you skinny". at that point i was just done and left................whyowhyowhy must people be so rude. that day was a bit of a celebration for me. i've never been comfortable in a swim suit, especially since my ED. i've now gained SOME weight, and was excited about actually going-that toally ruined it for me.

that's understandable.  much better than someone giving you a blatant compliment and then you turning into the biggest baby in the world and telling them to f off, etc.  you did the right thing with your situation.  and congratulations for being in public in a swimsuit- I bet that took a lot for you to do that.  well done!

I work in an office where all of the other women are quite a bit older than me and QUITE a bit heavier than me.  It's also an office where the company is constantly ordering out for pizza or doughnuts or sandwiches and often people bring in homemade cake and cookies...

I am SO tired of my female coworkers dropping by my office to tell me I "better go eat at least 3 doughnuts" or "did you get any pizza?  go get some pizza.  there's pizza.  you need another slice" or comparing my body to theirs, i.e. "look at that!  so skinny!  if I was that skinny, I'd... etc. etc." 

I believe they think they are being complimentary, but it's rude and comes off as aggressive.  It irritates me to no end, and I always thought it annoyed me so much because I'm NOT that skinny!  I am looking to slim down!  I'm at a "healthy" 143 lbs for my 5'9 body, but am actually larger than the majority of girls my age I'm around.  But I just had to comment bc it's nice to hear that other people get irritated at this same thing!  And here I thought I just couldn't take a compliment...  :)

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What the hell indeed. Yes, anorexia looks absolutely wonderful - bones, malnutrition, emaciation - GORGEOUS!!!! Sorry but I think your comment was completely irresponsible. Not surprised though, "creepy" alarm bells went off in my mind when I read of your "compliment" to the "beautiful" anorexic girl. Oh, there are two likely reasons as to why she responded in the manner she did, by the way (at my most emaciated I have been the recipient of such "compliments"). 1: She has such a distorted body image that she may well have believed you were being sarcastic and mocking her. 2: You were in essence (however unintentionally) reinforcing her anorexic behaviour; that is, she interpreted your "compliment" as an indication she had to sustain her unnatural body size to be considered beautiful. There may be a completely different reason, of course, but coming from personal experience those are two likely contenders.

I am all for health. Thin, fat, whatever. Anorexic isn't healthy, nor is fat. I don't find either ugly because in each case there is a spirit inside who is potentially in a lot of pain. Anorexic girls looking a million times better than pregnant women? From an evolutionary standpoint, do you realise how biologically incorrect that statement is? I think there are a few deep-seated psychological issues you need to address, promptly.

I suggest you leave this site; it is not supposed to be for people like you.

Join a pro anna site - you clearly support anorexia as a life style.

Slim can look beautiful; it sounds like you are saying that “slim” is not enough.

Most people on here will think you are an idiot. You have a right to your opinion, however, I do not understand why you would benefit from going on a website that has a totally different outlook to yours (this site does NOT encourage anorexics to stay thin!)

I sincerely hope your perspective changes in time. Believe you me, I know all about warped/delusional thinking and it's no dance in the park. Perhaps even two weeks ago your comments may well have served to "trigger" me into serious relapse, but I'm pleased to note that today I am strong enough to persist with my weight gain goals and aim for a healthy, happy life.

I wish you the very best in your journey. I really do hope that you are able to see things differently in time. Your current mindset will only cause you pain.

Healthy is beautiful. Anorexia destroys lives.

When I was about 43 - 44 kilo’s with a BMI of 16 or less, some people would tell me how nice my body was. I remember a shop assistant fussing over me because she wanted to use my “ perfectly skinny” body to try out all the clothes.

Why is a BMI of 19 good enough for people like you? I liked the way I looked before better, but for health reasons I know I should be at a BMI of about 19, and I hate when people like you come and say that a BMI of 19 is too fat to have a good looking body.

When you say “ anorexic” is attractive, do you mean VERY skinny, or do you mean that SLIM (BMI of about 19) is still “ okay” by your standards?

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who think that slim is not good enough, and that prefer the very skinny model body type with no boobs. It is just preference. Unlike many people on this thread who have encountered negative comments, I only ever got comments about how good I looked skinny.

SO, once again, I suggested this idiot either sods off or keep their opinion to themselves; it is OKAY to have an opinion, but it is POLITE to keep it to yourself if you know it could hinder other people’s progress to recover from anorexia.

I agree wholeheartedly personaltrainer. Wolf's post was a flagrant infringement of posting guidelines. Very irresponsible in a weight gain forum with a vested interest in promoting recovery from eating disorders. Much like yourself, I was for the most part showered with compliments about how "great" I looked even at the height of my disorder, which, I believe, greatly hindered my tentative steps towards recovery for a long while. But I don't blame others. I take full responsibility, as with the clarity of hindsight I can see that they had no concept of my actual BMI due to the fact I wore my clothes well (read "deceptively") in concealment of the boniest bits, and even when my BMI was at the 13 mark my face was not gaunt and my skin was clear. BUT I FELT LIKE ABSOLUTE DEATH. Anorexia for me? = Ego. My entire sense of self was tied up in it. Which is what makes the break so painful - it represents the dissolution of self, of my absolute identity. But it's not an identity I want anymore.

A BMI of 19 is precisely what I'm aiming for. And anyone who says that you can't be attractive with a BMI of 19 evidently has rather distorted thinking. Scarlett Johansson, anyone?

At Paradise Cafe (bakery and sandwich shop) when we walked in to get in line for lunch, a lady came up with a basket of free cookie samples. When I just said "no thanks" she said, "Are you sure? Well, that's okay girl cause you gonna grow up and be a model!" It was funny the way she said it because she was a "southern accent" black lady, and it made me feel kinda bad since I would have had to say, "actually, I have an ED". Well, that was back when I wasn't technically underweight, but I was getting there.

Wolfey, JUST LEAVE. Seriously, are you a joke or what? Ana is NOT beautiful. It's NOT fun, and it's sure as heck NOT healthy!

I would also like to ask this person this: if a women had perfect teeth, perfect features, and had a very attractive face that was identical to a super models…. Would you find them unattractive if they were a normal or slim weight?

If a super model gained to a normal weight, would you find them physically unattractive?

There are also very skinny women who have terrible teeth, bad skin, big noses, and who do NOT look attractive simply because they are thin lol!

We all accept the way that you think by the way, we just do not agree with your opinion.

If you do not leave this site, then a moderator will ban you from it. People like you are not suitable to use this site. Get lost.

Why the heck are you on a site that promotes healthy eating/weight loss when you think anorexia is a healthy way of life?

You stated that you think that anorexia is a healthy way of life - this site is dead against that notion.

Finally, a lot of people physically prefer very thin women - but they have the manners to keep it to themselves when they are on a website with anorexic people. You have no manners, and you do not know how to interact appropriately in this web community.

I have a feeling wolfey2424 is just trying to get a rise out of people....
Hopefully he's just a troll.

get a life trollfey.

Yep. Knew it. He's just doing it for kicks guys, ignore him and let a moderator handle it. By replying to him over and over we're just fueling him more. By dropping the whole thing and just alerting a mod we'll accomplish a lot more than by arguing.

Either way, he's being a total *** and it would be wise of him just to leave on his own. Hahah.

Wolfey reminds me of someone...hmmmm.

Wolfey2424's account has been removed for violations of our Terms of Service.  Please never hesitate to email Support or PM a moderator.

Regards,

Sheila

I'm not here for weight gain, and aren't super slim but I've lost around 29lbs and a friend I hadn't seen for a while came over and said "Oh Cherry, you've lost weight... I preferred you with a bit more meat on your bones." Thanks! Nice backhander on that compliment there!