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Fed up with family making comments about my weight

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Shareandtear · 21/09/2021 16:42

I'm feeling really fed up and not sure what to do.

I am 5 foot 8 and a fairly solid size 14 - 16. I say solid because I'm fairly muscular, I suppose like a slightly chubby tennis player, if you get my drift! I suppose I would like to be 2 stone lighter. I do lots of walking and am out and about a lot, I suppose my portions are a bit big but not excessively so. I never eat in the evenings, have 3 meals a day etc.

Throughout my life I've had various members of my middle class family making comments about my weight. Sort of saying I'm too overweight, I should lose weight etc. Its happened again very recently and its really annoyed me. I would never comment on someone's body. It just perplexes me.

The most recent example was someone telling me I should lose weight for a family wedding. It has only really occurred to me this week that that is what was being said.

I'm feeling like distancing myself from these family members. At a maximum size 16 I dont feel really fat, just slightly muscular with a bit of chub on top.

Is it normal for people to family members to make such comments? It puts me off seeing them tbh. I am healthy. I feel that life shouldn't be about the way people look.

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Wishimaywishimight · 24/09/2021 12:30

I would go for "Can you please stop banging on about my weight? It's getting boring."

Shareandtear · 24/09/2021 12:38

Wishimaywishimight I'm going to go with:

'not this again! Do you realise that you are being very personal saying that and offensive? It would be a bit like if there was something less than perfect about you... let's say... (visibly do a body scan) it would be like someone saying to you why dont you get your ears pinned back. It might help with your health or your hearing... it's picking on someone for what they look like. It's very rude and unnecessary as maybe now you will understand. I suggest you stop doing it.'

To shut them up.

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JustThisLastLittleBit · 24/09/2021 12:41

I find 'fuck off' works!

Shareandtear · 24/09/2021 12:54

JustThisLastLittleBit lol that too!!

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