My concerns were confirmed...

Hmmmm.... wonder if they could arrange it, she doesn't have surgery for a few days yet. LOL

"Holy Jackass Batman"

Barb, I literally just GASPED at my desk! (now receiving strange looks from office mates, hee hee)

I am with Andrea F*ck em. You are WAY more tactful than I could have ever been!!!!!

For what my opinion is worth, (and the going rate is plummeting) I think you are FABULOUS both inside and out. I have seen you Blog, your Meet up picture and your avi, not once did I think "old, baggy, or turkey". 

The friend in me wants to find this lady and slap her for being ridiculous and upsetting you. The vindictive part of me takes great pleasure in knowing her saggy skin days are coming, but my sweet side just wants to give you a hug and reassure you that you are beautiful!

((((((BARB)))))

Hi Kim,

Thank so much for everything... Your response made me smile.

Have a great day!

Barb I know the feeling.  I also feel like I look older than I am espically undressed LOL, I see my now deceased mother in law when I look at my boobs.  Everyone says oh just exercise.  Sorry that won't get rid of the wrinkles.  There is only one way to do it and its with surgery.  I see it in my few pictures I have taken.  Sunken eyes, wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, sagging neck skin mostly to one side, saggy wrinkly upper arms at the elbows, my inner thighs and we won't even talk about the buns!  The skin texture is almost papery I guess cause its so loose.  Some times it feels weird like I am wearing a rubber body suit and I can move it up and down on my arms and legs, honestly.   It depresses me also and most people are nice but not my mom.  She is honest most times and usually negative though.  I have to look at it though as something I have to own since I did it to myself.  And I also say to myself, would you rather look at fat pudgy arms, legs, thighs and hanging watermelons LOL.  No I wrather not.  As woman though there are two things that stress us all through life and it is weight and age, men not include we don't have to have surgically remove them though sometimes it hurts as bad LOL.  I know that though through it all I look so good in clothes now than I did before.  We can ware sexy things now even if it is quarter length sleves.  But if we always smile we will always look younger and more beautiful and we certainly feel that way, not that we won't have those days.  It is what it is but you know when people look at a thin woman rinkled or not they don't think much but when they look at a overweight person they always judge.  I rather be ignored thank you.  I think this woman must of said this to reflect her own pain.  We both know we'd rather be a size 4 with some wrinkles than back into the emotional size 24 with health issues anyday and so would she if truth be known.  It's hard but we have to except the wrinkles and sags if we can't get them removed.  I can't afford it so I have been determined to accept it but that is not to say I like it or have my moments.  I just look at my before pictures to remind me.  This is just were I am at today.

Thanks for the support and understanding. Wishing you your own peace as you resolve this issue for yourself.

Well, Barbara, I must say that I am as angry with the old battleaxe that attacked you as everyone else.  Now I know that I am going to look older that I did before surgery. (I used to tell everyone that commented on my lack of wrinkles that I just had them all filled up!) However, I have come to realize that older and wrinkled beats the heck out of dead and gone and that is where I was headed.  So I will pray for her that God will change her attitude and I will also pray for you that you are able to get over the feelings that you are having about your appearance.  I truly do not see you as anything but a beautiful person.  My husband and I looked at your pictures and He made a comment about how beautiful you are now and that he could hardly believe that the pictures were of the same person.

Hugs,

Vera,

Thank your for comments, compliments and prayers.

 Me thinks the creator should have left out that womans voice box prior to birth. I guess there are natural born idiots that need no more encouragement than to be critical of what they have not acheived. Barb wrinkles are gods way of saying you have endured life and won. As for the turkey neck I would just assume the woman wished to choke on one or maybe she has never seen anything that resembles normalcy. My friend words can be like knives but in reality they dont make us bleed. In the words of my momma Nice them to death.. till they cant stand it. I liked to turn people around real fast when I got talked to about my fat and say sure Im fat. I have been fat since I was born. I have not changed my fat in years and will most likely be fat the next time you see me.. It ususally sucks the air right out of them. Of course I tend to thank them for the compliment afterwards.. Just a word to you and Ben yall are going to be the toast of the town in about a year and let the cards fall where they may. And Darcie you said it the way I usually do when Im real fed up and mad as hell.. you go girl. 

Thanks Push, I just cannot stand when some idiot runs their mouth and has no business being rude and making comments about someones skin! I tried to be rated PG here as much as I could, but when I get mad FORGET IT!!!! your post had a calming effect on me, you have a great way of putting things!!!

Hey Push,

Thanks for the support and the words of wisdom... I think if I ever end up in a dark alley, I'll yell for you, Andrea, Kim and Darcie ... 

Hugs,