No shit, Sherlock.
A small list of things that people say to me out loud that they shouldn’t say or just don’t realize are completely unnecessary.
1. “You’re tall.”
OMG, REALLY?!?! I just thought when I towered over every boy until seventh grade that everyone else was just short!
Granted, this comment was more annoying when I was still in school and it was immediately followed by “You should play basketball!” (What I wanted to respond: “Actually, I tried. In fact, I sucked at it hardcore. Thanks for the reminder. Not to mention that 5’8” [which I was at the time] is the black hole of women’s basketball, because you’re too tall to be a guard and too short to be a forward, which you would know if you had any clue about basketball outside of the fact that it favors tall people.”) Still, I’m 23, and you’re not my long-lost aunt. If you’re still commenting on my height 10 years after I stopped growing, you should consider reading Cosmo’s “conversation starters” section.
2. “You’re too skinny!”
Yes, it’s better than being told you’re fat and in that regard I have no right to complain. But recently I ditched some of my unhealthy eating habits (some, not all), took up running, and lost 20 lbs. It involved no starvation and no bulimia. I was actually about 10 lbs. heavier than what I normally weigh and after completely gorging myself at Christmastime, I wanted to be healthier. My new diet/exercise regimen’s effectiveness shocked even me. But with a BMI of 19.2, which falls inside the “normal range”, I am not “too skinny”. So you can stop saying that like I have an eating disorder! Look at the city I live in. Girls here legitimately do not eat, they put themselves on diets of Splenda/water milkshakes and cocaine. I take on a legit diet and see results and suddenly my boss has me on “BMI watch”? The best part is that I probably weigh a lot more than she does.
3. “You look tired.”
Umm, except that I’m not, so you know you just kind of insulted me, right?
Don’t we all get this every once in a while? And it never makes anyone feel good about themselves, right? Can we all make a pact to NOT say that to other people?
End rant. I say good day.
Wow. Apparently we lead the same lives because I have lived through this exact same bullshit my entire life. Thank you for sharing.
