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.

Comments

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

The all time winner of the Why Do You Think You Have a Right to Comment competition was the middle aged woman who walked p to me, put her hand on my arm and very kindly said "you know, if you wash your face with soap twice a day those spots will soon clear up".

And all this time I thought adult acne is a bacterial skin disease. Thank you, complete stranger, for pointing out in public that I am in fact just a dirty cow.

People are assholes, whatever your shape, size, length, breadth or shoe size. OK, maybe only *some* people are assholes, but it's those we remember, isn't it?

[the0lady.livejournal.com]

Oh and more to the point of your actual comment (and Ailbhe's courage), I have no idea how to tackle these peole either. I just stare at them in amazement, then go away and torture myself in private.