I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, so please feel free to move it wherever.
Friday at work, I got the weirdest backhanded compliment.
After a discussion with a friend about the recent goings on in the media, the subject changed when he said:
My girlfriend has a strange fascination with you. She said to me, 'I really kind of hate your friend Jess. She annoys the shit out of me.' I asked why, and she said ' Because I'm fat and I don't like it and she's fat and is just out there and open about herself. She just does her thing and I don't understand how she can do that? I'd be happy if I had even HALF of her confidence.'
All I could say to that was "Wow..." and he followed it up with "It's actually kind of funny. She just brings you up out of the blue, all the time."
Here's the thing. Seriously? To hate me because I have the balls to not sit like a bump on a log at parties and have a good time? I'm pretty sure she's only met me ONCE, which was on NYE, when I was in my element and surrounded by friends.
I know where here feelings are coming from, but its still terribly ridiculous to be subject to someone's ill will just because you are over 450 lbs and wearing a tube top.
Anyone else go through something similar? How did you deal with it?
Friday at work, I got the weirdest backhanded compliment.
After a discussion with a friend about the recent goings on in the media, the subject changed when he said:
My girlfriend has a strange fascination with you. She said to me, 'I really kind of hate your friend Jess. She annoys the shit out of me.' I asked why, and she said ' Because I'm fat and I don't like it and she's fat and is just out there and open about herself. She just does her thing and I don't understand how she can do that? I'd be happy if I had even HALF of her confidence.'
All I could say to that was "Wow..." and he followed it up with "It's actually kind of funny. She just brings you up out of the blue, all the time."
Here's the thing. Seriously? To hate me because I have the balls to not sit like a bump on a log at parties and have a good time? I'm pretty sure she's only met me ONCE, which was on NYE, when I was in my element and surrounded by friends.
I know where here feelings are coming from, but its still terribly ridiculous to be subject to someone's ill will just because you are over 450 lbs and wearing a tube top.
Anyone else go through something similar? How did you deal with it?
