Wife_and_mommy
09-28-2007, 06:18 AM
Going to a wedding this weekend. Will be with extended family for a day or two. Probably don't need to expand but I will, lol.
Don't know if it's a cultural thing but most of the older people in my family "rate" everyone in attendance and their weight. You're either "fat" or "skinny". The lovely part is they share their ratings with you. It's one of the best parts of seeing family, can't you imagine?
I've determined by their ratings that a size 8 is acceptable("skinny") and a size 10 is not("fat"). They don't know that these are their weight parameters since everyone is either or--there's no perfect weight/size for them. You'd think these grown freakin' people would have some sense about them and not comment to people *to their faces* what they think of their bodies. You can't imagine the fun of hearing someone say out loud to you "Man, you're FAT!"
Until just last year, I used to be utterly dumbfounded to the point of speechlessness when I got their ratings. I finally wised up and said to an uncle when I heard "you're fat"(nevermind I was 3 months pp), "man, you are TOO!". The look on his face was priceless, lol!
I can't wait to use that line on another woman there. Haven't seen her since I was 3m pp. She said to me, "The last time I saw you, you were *really* fat." My thought: "Yeah, I was 36 weeks pg(w/dd), you jack ass."(not to mention, I was visiting a dying aunt for the last time. She was rating me while I'm doing that?) I can't wait to see her this weekend. I'm giving her a dose of what I gave the uncle, lol.
I love them most when they are sleeping.--Me
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Don't know if it's a cultural thing but most of the older people in my family "rate" everyone in attendance and their weight. You're either "fat" or "skinny". The lovely part is they share their ratings with you. It's one of the best parts of seeing family, can't you imagine?
I've determined by their ratings that a size 8 is acceptable("skinny") and a size 10 is not("fat"). They don't know that these are their weight parameters since everyone is either or--there's no perfect weight/size for them. You'd think these grown freakin' people would have some sense about them and not comment to people *to their faces* what they think of their bodies. You can't imagine the fun of hearing someone say out loud to you "Man, you're FAT!"
Until just last year, I used to be utterly dumbfounded to the point of speechlessness when I got their ratings. I finally wised up and said to an uncle when I heard "you're fat"(nevermind I was 3 months pp), "man, you are TOO!". The look on his face was priceless, lol!
I can't wait to use that line on another woman there. Haven't seen her since I was 3m pp. She said to me, "The last time I saw you, you were *really* fat." My thought: "Yeah, I was 36 weeks pg(w/dd), you jack ass."(not to mention, I was visiting a dying aunt for the last time. She was rating me while I'm doing that?) I can't wait to see her this weekend. I'm giving her a dose of what I gave the uncle, lol.
I love them most when they are sleeping.--Me
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