"You look thin"
oh, well, nothing's changed, maybe its my hair...wracking my brain for how I looked last time I saw her
"no, you look thin" she says..... is that concern i hear in her voice?
um, Im not sick or anything, do you mean like sickly?
"no, I just meant you look thin, not sickly" she says somewhat exasperated
This is a conversation I had today with my Aunt, I just don't
understand nor appreciate the compliment I think she was trying to give
me. I mean really, in my opinion, if someone says "you look thin" or
"you look like you have lost some weight" that means that prior to this
statement at some point either, they thought you were fat, thought you
could loose some weight, or at least that you were wearing clothes that
day that made you look like you had too much extra padding.
This is just how I think.
I understand how our society see's beauty as thin, and so very
well meaning people try to point out this in a nice way, which I just
think is wrong and makes lots of girls feel like crap for no good
reason. I also understand there is the problem of obesity, and some
people really do need to loose weight for health reasons. I have never
had that problem though...
So, for future reference, don't tell me I look thin, unless its
because I am sick, or have developed anorexia or have become morbidly
obese and then lost weight. If you'd like to compliment me because I
have been working out, say something cool like, "nice biceps" or "check
out those calf muscles!" or "awesome abs" or something of that nature.
As you may have assessed, this is a topic that fires me up just a
bit :) , because, it does bother me that our culture teaches us that a
woman's beauty is determined by the size of her waist, and not the size
of her heart.
i think ill step down from my soapbox now :)
in other news....
my sister Ruth rocks. For valentines day, she gave her boyfriend a
card with a bag of cheerios, that said, "Your name should be cheerios,
cuz your so good for my heart!" -so cute.
and Happy Birthday Grandpa! He's 78 and still licks his plate
clean when he has Maple Syrup on it (its like Gold in our
family) "can't let it go to waste." even better... hearing my Nanna
says "thats Gross!" after he's done explaining why :) lol
PLEASE pray for my Dad- got some tough stuff goin on. | 
