Okay, I’m not speaking for myself when I say that! But I do have a naturally skinny girlfriend who told me of the woes of being skinny her whole life.  I know when we think that calling a girl “anorexic” can be a compliment. We’re thinking about:

But do you know what REAL anorexics look like? (beware of image)

And THIS isn’t even the worst of images. You should just try Googling “anorexic” and see what images come up. They are truly horrific!! Ladies, calling someone anorexic is SUPER insulting.  And I’m SURE they do NOT look like real anorexics! If they did, you would NOT say anything like that towards them! Anorexia is a very serious disease, just as any other form of disease.  It’s like saying “oh you look like you have cancer!”

It’s not like naturally skinny people can say to us non-skinny people “aww you look like you have obesity! I’m so jealous” Wouldn’t you totally be insulted??? It’s very one sided!

I also mentioned how I was jealous of how naturally thin girls can wear ANYTHING — just throw on a tank top and short shorts and call it a day. But my friend was baffled because she thinks the SAME thing about us.. err— non-naturally skinny people. (?)

I asked her for ONE example of something she could NOT wear. She immediately said “goucho pants. they look WEIRD on me.”

Huh.

Well, what do you know! I never even thought about that. She has just as much difficulty finding things to FILL IN her clothes…. all the while, I’m trying to find room to stuff my gut in my clothes!

In the end, let’s just all try to be courteous to each other and accept our bodies the way they are! It sucks to be fat, skinny, big, short, whatever. But the other extreme probably isn’t peachy keen either.