Lockit
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Joined: 5/7/2007 Status: offline
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I don't see this as a fat thread. This was some guy with multiple accounts proven by his post and thinking he was on another account, coming in to bash women and get attention by stirring a sensitive pot. It really isn't about us, but him. Part of the problem I see when someone does that, is that they are playing on that sensitive spot to get what they need and let's face it, it is a sensitive spot. Body image, self image and being balanced within can be a struggle for many depending on many factors. It is our challenge to work on our sensitive spots... not just have a cover sheet that protects us by telling ourselves pat answers such as... those things we say to prove something doesn't effect us when deep down, it really does. When we respond to something said about people we categorize ourselves with, we aren't yet in an okay place within. You see the attack rather than what someone might be doing to stir things up and what might be the cause of that. If we all have a decent self image no matter our size, someone stirring a pot wouldn't get much more than a calling out for attention seeking. Most my life I was between 90-95 pounds. Everywhere I went... and I do mean everywhere and in all sorts of situations, someone commented aloud and in front of others, about my weight. I heard more times than I can remember to count.... how many times do you have to run around the shower to get wet? Or... You must be on drugs... Or... Are you anorexic? I even had a customer bring me some gain weight powder projecting his fears that I was killing myself and wanting to save me. I used to think.. would they walk up to someone that wasn't skinny and say... wow look how un-skinny you are? I never saw or heard someone do that, but they had no reservation in making me a public spectacle by commenting on my weight. I could have gotten upset by that, but I didn't. Not that I never had body image issues because I did at different times, but I didn't let their ignorance and social ineptness hurt me. I considered the source and went on about my life. It didn't hurt or get a response from me because I was comfortable in who and what I was. If you really are comfortable within, nothing anyone says will get in deep and poke you. Don't defend it or yourself, don't give facts... the guys like the op are not coming for any revelation. They are coming because they are lacking something. Allowing them to get somewhere with it gives them some sort of power or satisfaction. Just say no.
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