Monday, May 19, 2003
Funny, you don't look fat
That was a comment I heard on Saturday at a wedding. It was directed to me. I am a former fat chick and in my mind, I will always be fat. The bride had told the guest sitting next to me (a personal trainer) that I had lost over 100 pounds. The woman looked at me and said, "wow! you don't look fat!" She immediately backtracked and rephrased her comment... "I mean, you can't tell by looking at you that you were ever overweight... you know, you're in great shape... like, you don't have a bunch of sagging skin... well, you know... you look great! I never would have known." I had to laugh.
My reply? "Funny, you don't look stupid!"
