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• I am fat, so I get the "but you have such a pretty face" crap. Gee...thanks.

  • One time I was in a coffee house and this little girl came in the bathroom and she was like "Mom, she is really big!" and "She is really ugly" and things like that. Um, I was the ONLY other person in there, so shocker who she was talking about. Then the mom was like "Shhh, it's what's on the inside that counts."

    To me, her mom may as well have said, "Yes, she is a nasty pig, but..." Um, how about telling your daughter that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and that what she is saying isn't very nice.

    I can't imagine where the daughter gets that one track mind from.

    And yes, I am sure my "insides" are a lot prettier than some other people's. ;)

    Dawn

    • You are very sensitive about your weight. I would say over sensitive and obviously realize you have a weight problem. You gave yourself a backsided compliment! The mother saying, "shhhhh, it's what's on the inside that counts", is summing up what you think the mother should have said.

      • I don't agree that I am "overly" sensitive about my weight. I just don't think that when someone has something that others perceive to be a problem that it makes it their automatic right to make judgments about it.

        People stutter {including me on occasion}, people have rotten teeth, women have moustaches, etc., etc. Why does one characteristic that is unappealing to some make that total person ugly? If you are fat but have great hair and a killer smile, all of a sudden you are too scary to look at? All you have is what's on the inside? Personally, I think that we should teach our children better than that.

        Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. And just because you {in general} don't like something, you can never assume that everyone else sees it as ugly, too.

• I was told that I could be pretty if I tried. What they did not realize is that when I dressed the way I wanted too, nobody realized I had a brain and I was treated extremely wrong by the men I worked with.

  • People are stupid. I got told something similar to that one time. "You would be so pretty if you would just take some time for yourself and put on some makeup every morning."

    Um, I am extremely allergic to most makeup so I am not sure exactly how that is taking care of myself, lol.

    I told her that she would be so smart if she didn't speak. ;)

    Dawn

    • Yes, it is much better to be thought of as a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!

• Oh you are so funny. I am not good at thinking up these quips right off the top of my head, but if I think of one I'll come on back!

  • Haha! Yeah, I had the convenience of a lot of time to come up with this mess {plus other people's material to link to}. :)

    Dawn

• I can't think of any. Just want to say I love your posts. They're either informative or funny. Usually a bit of each.

  • Thank you very much. :)

    Dawn

• Ummm.... I can't even think of one, but I laughed all the way through this post. Love it when people try so hard to be nice. I'd almost rather them just come out and spit out the truth :-)

  • For real! A poop covered in honey is still a poop.

    Dawn

• Laughing out loud at backhanding someone's face- haha thank yoU!

  • Haha! No prob!

    Dawn

• I don't care what anyone else says, but I think you're totally right! "I don't care what anyone else says" definitely ruins the compliment. hahaha.

• GREAT POST!! SO funny and true.

  • Haha! Thanks!

    Dawn

• LOL! I can't think of any right now, but you made me laugh!

• "You look so different with make-up on." Ha! It was the **way** she said it :/

  • Oh gosh! I have heard that. I especially love the *shocked* look.

    Dawn