Why do people believe it's ok to pass unsolicited judgement on others within their hearing?
It's happened twice this week.
I am morbidly obese, have no thyroid gland and pcos, run 3 times a week, and follow a prescribed diet. I lose weight slowly but yo yo when my medication isn't right.
Two women felt they had the right to stop and stare me down in the supermarket before having a loud conversation about how disgusting it was to look at me, how they couldn't bring themselves to leave the house if they looked like me and they'd be embarrassed to be seen food shopping at my size. (I was buying vegetables!)
Today two kids had a loud whispered conversation behind their hands about my dc (6yo ASD) in a charity shop about her 'weird flappy hands'. She was stimming but only small movements. I told them politely 'it's rude to whisper" as dd had heard and was looking tearful.
AIBU to think that we are all capable of judging on appearance but there is no need to destroy someone else's sense of worth needlessly? Neither DD or I asked for feedback from these people!