Did/do strangers make fun of your weight?
Occasionally I'll read a comment that someone is tired of strangers (adults and kids) making fun of them because of their weight. I can honestly say I never experienced this -- or maybe I was just oblivious! My high weight was 274.
Have you had it happen to you?
Have you had it happen to you?
- Barb, who is at GOOOOOOAAAAAAL!
HW: 274 SW: 244 GW: 137 CW: 137!
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It never happened to me either, at least not that I was aware of. My highest weight was 270.
I'm always really shocked and horrified when I hear those stories. I guess I could understand a young child saying something about a person's weight, just because they don't know better. But I can't understand older children or adults doing that, and I can't understand a parent not correcting a child that did. I don't really know how I'd handle it if it did happen to me. I think I'd be tempted to just ask them why on earth they think it's OK to be so rude. Because I'd really like to know.
I'm always really shocked and horrified when I hear those stories. I guess I could understand a young child saying something about a person's weight, just because they don't know better. But I can't understand older children or adults doing that, and I can't understand a parent not correcting a child that did. I don't really know how I'd handle it if it did happen to me. I think I'd be tempted to just ask them why on earth they think it's OK to be so rude. Because I'd really like to know.
Kelly
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My heaviest was about 269, right after I had my daughter. To the best of my knowledge, nobody ever made fun of me. If they did, it wasn't to my face.
Also, I never knew I was fat. I mean, not THAT fat. I always thought I looked pretty good, and I carried myself accordingly. So I don't think I presented myself as an easy target, either. The way a person views themselves can make a tremendous difference in how other people treat them.
I can't fathom someone saying something rude to another person about their weight. On My 600 Pound Life, when that woman got snarked at in the grocery store, my jaw hit the floor. I had no idea that kind of thing actually happened, or what on EARTH made those people think it was acceptable to say those things. It's mind boggling and disgusting.
Also, I never knew I was fat. I mean, not THAT fat. I always thought I looked pretty good, and I carried myself accordingly. So I don't think I presented myself as an easy target, either. The way a person views themselves can make a tremendous difference in how other people treat them.
I can't fathom someone saying something rude to another person about their weight. On My 600 Pound Life, when that woman got snarked at in the grocery store, my jaw hit the floor. I had no idea that kind of thing actually happened, or what on EARTH made those people think it was acceptable to say those things. It's mind boggling and disgusting.
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
I guess that dees on how you define "make fun of". I had boys tease me in school because of my lareg breasts (without other weight), but never had someone make fun of my weight in THAT way, but at only 5'3.5" and a high weight (that I maintained for a number of years) of over 330 pounds, I heard MANY derogatory comments (some repeated a little more loudly a second time just to be sure that I actually HEARD them) about my weight. To me that's a little different than being "made fun of".
I suspect that many people simply did not HEAR comments that were made about their weight, because since losing the weight, I have heard all sorts of comments about OTHER people's weight but that we're NOT intentionally said so the overweight person could hear it.
Lora
I suspect that many people simply did not HEAR comments that were made about their weight, because since losing the weight, I have heard all sorts of comments about OTHER people's weight but that we're NOT intentionally said so the overweight person could hear it.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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When I was a kid yes. As an adult only a few times. I lived in a popular vacation spot once and had a drunken reveler yell at me to, "lose some weight and come back!" as I walked down the street. Once had a man who was standing out in front of a bar try to talk to me. When I ignored him and keep walking he called me a "fat heifer". Oh had a twenty something girl call me a fat cow once too.
But that's pretty much that. I have had stares from folks (my top weight was 311) and I am pretty sure they were thinking something not to positive. Perhaps not a terrible insult but it was pretty clear they were observing my "fatness".
But that's pretty much that. I have had stares from folks (my top weight was 311) and I am pretty sure they were thinking something not to positive. Perhaps not a terrible insult but it was pretty clear they were observing my "fatness".
I was never made fun of to my face, but I know my kids had to deal with mean comments from other kids telling them how fat their momma was. It was one of the reasons I had surgery. I did not want them to suffer because of my obesity.
Laura in Texas
53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)
RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis
brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco
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