What pushed me over the edge today

[ailbhe]

At the swimming pool, an acquaintance looked at me in my swimsuit and commented to the woman she was with, "Look at that - don't you just hate her? I'd love to be that thin."

I failed the politeness test. I said "It's easy, just get so sick you can't cope with your daily life. A serious virus. Lots of people find cancer works. YOU try being ill, I'll try being overweight." Then I went into the cubicle with my children and cried.

My eldest daughter asked if I get smaller will I still be able to lift them? Will I shrink to the size of a baby?

My youngest daughter said "No Mama cy, Mama, aw-ite Mama."

I apologised to them for crying. And I stayed locked in the cubicle until the women went away.

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[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

*coughs* people are funny about weight. my mum saw me eating chocolate after my surgery, where some of my abdominal fat was used to replace my breast tissue, and said I should be careful or I'd put back on all the weight i'd lost in hospital.

i hope no one says that to me again, becasue i still don't have a good answer for it.

i think I laughed. which was better than she deserved that day!