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Lifeisbetterwithcake · 02/04/2025 09:53

I'm not sure whether I'm being oversensitive, but here goes.
I've struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember. I've tried every diet going, and it had seriously messed my head up.
I'm now at a stage of my life where I'm finally accepting myself, and my body.
I'm eating better, with the odd treat, and found an exercise that I love.
My dilemma is about a friendship. I don't have many friends, but I have been friends with a mum at the school for a few years. She too has struggled with her weight too, we've both been honest in our struggles. I told her that I had once struggled so bad with binge eating.
She's now losing weight, I'm actually really proud of her, she feels better for doing so, and I've cheered her on at every milestone she's made.
But quite often, she will message me and say "I've got a size 24 pair of leggings if you would like them, they're too big for me now", which I'm guessing is her just being kind, but I'm literally not that size (not that there's anything wrong with that size, there isn't, but I've not been that size for a good few years).
It's kinda making me feel a bit rubbish, and I get all the old thoughts that used to torment me, back inside my head.
It's taken me many years to accept myself, and start liking myself a bit more, but this kind of upsets me a little, especially she knows how bad I once was.
I'm not sure how to reply to these messages, which are quite often. I don't want to look ungrateful, or offend her in any way.

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BatchCookBabe · 02/04/2025 22:17

Have you decided what you will say next time yet @Lifeisbetterwithcake ??? Smile

OnlyHasEyesForLoki · 02/04/2025 22:24

WoodyOwl · 02/04/2025 10:32

"Too big for me, but thanks anyway. If you're getting rid of anything in size [insert correct size], let me know!"

Totally agree! This is a perfect reply and you can add “CF!” inside your head 😁

EmeraldRoulette · 02/04/2025 22:27

CaramelVanilla · 02/04/2025 10:23

"Maaaaate I havent been that size for XX, do you need to get to specsavers?"

This is perfect!

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 02/04/2025 22:56

Reply, ‘no thank you - you must know I’m not that size’ and nothing else. Because the ‘you must know’ is the bit that needs saying. She knows perfectly well and is pretending not to so that you’ll think you appear that big to others still and that your weight loss isn’t evident. It’s nasty.

Lifeisbetterwithcake · 03/04/2025 06:34

I just put "Thanks, but they'd fall down on me ".
I'm an overthinker, and a few weeks ago I told her I had bought size 20 cargos and they were too big and I had to put them on Vinted.

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Notforbeef · 03/04/2025 09:54

Well done for the reply. That's all that's needed.

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