AquaticSub -> RE: Small frame makes me vain? (10/26/2006 7:26:17 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Jewel85 Finally, i think i worded my opinion wrong. i think it's not the overweight factor that is bothering me about people, but the uncaring obesity. When someone is obviously stuffing themselves at every meal, not exercising/watching tv all day long, and not caring that they look like terrible, it disgusts me. Thinking more closely on it, i realize that my opinions came off as 'If you're overweight, i can't stand you.' i'm sorry it came off as this. i know and am friends with people who are overweight. Some of them, they are that way because of a medical condition, as you kindly pointed out, juliaoceania and beautyImurDaddy. Diabetes, Cushing's Disease, and other conditions are very sad, i think, and i understand the way it can take away from your ability to lose weight or keep it from sneaking up on them. But people who have medical problems, it's obvious that despite their size, they take care of themselves (except for this one person i met who decided that because she couldn't control her weight, she'd let herself go and didn't care about how she looked anymore). They watch their weight best they can, exercise as much as able, and i can definitely tell they care for themselves by their clean, up-kept appearance. am i still turned off by their weight? Yes, but not to the point that i wouldn't socialize with them, and not to the point that i wouldn't be friends with them (this, i think, would go for anyone who is overweight but obviously takes care of themselves).. i don't take it out them, certainly, and i -never- express disgust or offend them about it (Lashra, i think the person who had the AUDACITY to come up to you and ask you 'how could you let yourself get so big?'...it shocked me that anyone could do that. It really did, because that's just horribly, horribly rude, and as you told them, tactless. you go, girl, for standing up to their total lack of couth. i am not one of those people; i would NEVER approach someone and point out their size. i wouldn't assume that it was because they are sloppy in their eating or exercise habits, nor would i want to offend them by pointing out something that they may very well be extremely sensitive about). So basically, by your own words, unless you have interviewed them about their medical history and daily routine, you don't have a place to judge them. So why were you judging?
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