Comments on: The Fat/Skinny Game http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Joie http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-16 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:09:09 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-16 I once married a guy who is 6'8 'cause standing next to him made me "feel" petite.. I once married a guy who is 6′8 ‘cause standing next to him made me “feel” petite..

]]> by: Jonathan http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-13 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:53:40 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-13 Wow, this is totally insightful. When I was overweight (aka most of my life) I would always look around for guys that were heavier-set than me so I wouldn't feel like the fattest guy in the room. Now, I look around the gym and play the game 'who is less buff than me?' so I don't feel like the wimpiest one there. Maybe its time for me to re-think my thinking! Wow, this is totally insightful.

When I was overweight (aka most of my life) I would always look around for guys that were heavier-set than me so I wouldn’t feel like the fattest guy in the room. Now, I look around the gym and play the game ‘who is less buff than me?’ so I don’t feel like the wimpiest one there. Maybe its time for me to re-think my thinking!

]]> by: Gretchen http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-12 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:28:58 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-12 I play that game all the time! One time my husband asked if I was checking out a girl that walked by. I wasn't. I just wanted to be her. She had on jeans and a white tank and looked completely comfortable with her self. I have never been comfortable enough to wear a tank in public. I get obsessed with body parts, too! Are my arms fatter than hers. Does my ass look that big in jeans?...yikes! I play that game all the time! One time my husband asked if I was checking out a girl that walked by. I wasn’t. I just wanted to be her. She had on jeans and a white tank and looked completely comfortable with her self. I have never been comfortable enough to wear a tank in public. I get obsessed with body parts, too! Are my arms fatter than hers. Does my ass look that big in jeans?…yikes!

]]> by: theresa http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-11 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:57:23 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-11 I play that game everyday. What is even worse........ I think I may have taught my daughter that game. It is odd tho the heavier I got the more judgemental I got about "skinny" people, and their fashion sense. I think it has more to do with jealousy over this perception that I would get arrested for showing any belly, truly indecent exposure. I play that game everyday. What is even worse…….. I think I may have taught my daughter that game. It is odd tho the heavier I got the more judgemental I got about “skinny” people, and their fashion sense. I think it has more to do with jealousy over this perception that I would get arrested for showing any belly, truly indecent exposure.

]]> by: Blue Lue http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-10 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:25:35 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-10 Ohmigosh, I did this for years and years, especially when I wasn't even really that big --in sharp contrast to my self-perception, because of course I thought I was hopelessly obese at the time (I had nooooo idea what I was in for). But when I finally did get obese, thankyouverymuch -- I took myself out of the game entirely. Sort of a denial thing really. Go figure. Ohmigosh, I did this for years and years, especially when I wasn’t even really that big –in sharp contrast to my self-perception, because of course I thought I was hopelessly obese at the time (I had nooooo idea what I was in for). But when I finally did get obese, thankyouverymuch — I took myself out of the game entirely. Sort of a denial thing really. Go figure.

]]> by: Kelly http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-9 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:25:29 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-9 Yeah, you are really not alone in that. I play the fat versus not-as-fat comparison game. I also look at other women and think how much better life would be if I could fit in that outfit, if I had that girl's great thighs, if my bum was that perky. It's totally a game of dragging myself down, but I've done it my whole life and am not really sure how I would stop. Yeah, you are really not alone in that. I play the fat versus not-as-fat comparison game. I also look at other women and think how much better life would be if I could fit in that outfit, if I had that girl’s great thighs, if my bum was that perky. It’s totally a game of dragging myself down, but I’ve done it my whole life and am not really sure how I would stop.

]]> by: Wendy http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-8 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:37:38 +0100 http://aweightyissue.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/the-fatskinny-game/#comment-8 Oy! I can't tell you how many times I've done this! Only for me, it was more like, "Do I LOOK fatter than her?" which is by and large the same thing. This game fell away after the last time I was The Fattest Bridesmaid, a shame all its own for all its pomp and circumstance and display. In this case, I happened to be in a very small south Georgia town where they did my hair and makeup in the local style, which made me appear quite ugly, in my opinion, on top of being The Fattest Bridesmaid! And I tell you, I am actually a very pretty woman. It takes a unique talent to make me look ugly. After these experiences, I got used to being (or looking) fatter than whoever. But I know just what you mean! Oy! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve done this! Only for me, it was more like, “Do I LOOK fatter than her?” which is by and large the same thing. This game fell away after the last time I was The Fattest Bridesmaid, a shame all its own for all its pomp and circumstance and display. In this case, I happened to be in a very small south Georgia town where they did my hair and makeup in the local style, which made me appear quite ugly, in my opinion, on top of being The Fattest Bridesmaid! And I tell you, I am actually a very pretty woman. It takes a unique talent to make me look ugly.

After these experiences, I got used to being (or looking) fatter than whoever. But I know just what you mean!

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