Yesterday at work I had an older female cutomer (maybe in her fifties or sixties) tell me "I think you are anorexic".
I told her no... and she pressed on, "Well I am a dietician, and you look anorexic." I told her no and said "I have celiac disease, so it is really hard for me to put on weight."
I used to get upset and cry when people said this, but I am so used to their rude comments that it now just makes me mad. Where does she get off telling me how I look. Does she go up to fat people and say "Are you a binge eater, because you look obese." NO! So how is it okay to do the same to me?
EVERY single day I have to hear how skinny I am, I get bombarded with "Do you eat?" and "You are to skinny." People think its okay to ask me if I have anorexia, or tell me that my skinnyness is "gross" . If I had a dollar for every comment or question I got about my weight, you could call me Donald Trump.
I would never go to an overweight person and ask "Why are you so fat?" or tell them Your fat rolls gross me out. So why do people think it is okay to harass an underweight person about their weight?
For the record I EAT! A lot, and I eat food that is supposed to help you gain weight. I drink shakes with weight gain, eat McDonalds fries, ice cream, candy and chips. I eat these in addition to healthy food, and ofetn eat 5 or more times a day. I carry snacks on me and eat all day.
Being thin is not always good, not only do you have to hear endless comments and questions. It is really hard to find clothes, especially when you are tall (like I am). It gets embassassing to find out clothes are not made small enough in the brands you like, and even the 0 tall is to big and to short. It makes you feel like a freak of nature. Most womens clothes are made starting in size 2, and you often have to special order 0. Many companys start their longer inseams at a size 2 also and don't have a tall inseam available in a 0.
Next time you see someone skinny don't automatically think they are anorexic, it is unfair. Don't think when you see me eating, that I will just throw it up afterwards. I am not skinny by choice, so please don't judge me.