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Nov. 2nd, 2010 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaesaSo, today I had an argument with my dad about fat. He, of course, wants me to lose weight, as apparently it will prevent me from ...dying horribly? I'm not real clear on that. (He did tell me, at a point in time when I was doing three hours each of intensively aerobic karate and strength training every week and not losing a thing, that I just didn't exercise enough. He claimed that if I quit both my PE classes and just took a twenty-minute walk every day I would lose all my nasty excess weight. With a straight face. I think he honestly believed it too.)
ANYWAY, it made me think of all the times I have bizarrely been reassured that I'm not fat. For the record, I cannot get clothes in most stores and have to either go online and hope the clothes fit without trying them on, or go to stores for fellow fatasses. Thus, I am pretty sure I'm fat. (Complicating matters is the fact that I am only five feet tall, and pretty much have to get everything hemmed.) BUT nonetheless, people say "Oh, you're not fat!" to me, often with the best of intentions.
I think the funniest "You're not fat!" comment I got went along these lines: "Oh, you're not fat, you're just short!" Oh, that clears it up! I'll go buy some stilts!
What are your favorite bizarre "oh don't worry, your body is acceptable to Me, the Great Arbiter of Beauty!" comments?
ANYWAY, it made me think of all the times I have bizarrely been reassured that I'm not fat. For the record, I cannot get clothes in most stores and have to either go online and hope the clothes fit without trying them on, or go to stores for fellow fatasses. Thus, I am pretty sure I'm fat. (Complicating matters is the fact that I am only five feet tall, and pretty much have to get everything hemmed.) BUT nonetheless, people say "Oh, you're not fat!" to me, often with the best of intentions.
I think the funniest "You're not fat!" comment I got went along these lines: "Oh, you're not fat, you're just short!" Oh, that clears it up! I'll go buy some stilts!
What are your favorite bizarre "oh don't worry, your body is acceptable to Me, the Great Arbiter of Beauty!" comments?
