Why do people think it’s okay to say anything to skinny people about their weight?

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My mom just told me I looked like a skeleton and that put a huge hole in my self esteem. 
I’m 24, I’m a mom. That is not what I want to hear.

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One time my friend was working and a customer said she was too skinny and felt her bone. So my friend grabbed her belly fat and said.."How does that feel?" The girl never said a word to her again.

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When I was overweight people made fun of me. When I lost 75 lbs, people made fun of me. People make cruel comments no matter what. Although- tbh I got more rude comments when I lost the weight than when I was overweight. I think people believe it’s socially unacceptable to make fun of overweight people but “skinny” people are fair game.

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Yeah skinny fat it's all the same. People will say things. The kicker is that you can not control that. 
The only thing you control is the power you give it. Why is there a hole? Because your allowing her comment to have the power to do that.

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Ew. Parents should never speak to their kods like that. Noone should talk to anyone like that. If you are healthy, its no one else damn business.

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I think it's never appropriate to make comments about someone's body like that. 
I'm thin too, and I'm really tired of everyone's opinion on my body, especially since I am thin due to chronic illness.

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That’s how their own inner critic speaks to them in their head. Find the root of why it triggered you and work on that. People are going to always make negative comments. We can decide how we let it effect us 💖💖💖

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I agree. I was (and for the most part still am) skinny growing up and family and friends always teased me about it. People think that because your skinny and not overweight it’s ok to joke and talk about your weight when in reality it’s just as hurtful and can make people feel self conscious. For a long time I was self conscious about my legs and knees because that’s what I mostly got comments about. I really learned to love my legs when I started dating my husband. He loves my legs and now I do too 🥰

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People need to mind their own business. This is what I think though: People think that it’s ok to make skinny remarks because they justify it by stating that they’re only commenting because they’re “worried” about the person’s health. They can have any reason for commenting (maybe they think being skinny is unattractive and they’re just an asshole and want to let it be known, maybe they wish they were a different weight themselves) but this is usually how they back it up and make it seem like it’s ok, by relating it solely to their health. when a comment is made about someone being overweight, most of the time the first thing society automatically relates that to is them not being attractive enough and that itself is very offensive and wrong. Of course both can be about health, but I do believe this is how society tries to justify one and not the other. Both are wrong. I saw my fam for Thanksgiving one year, and the first thing one of them said to me in front of everyone was, damn you’re skinny as hell, are you sure you’re eating enough? They looked all concerned and it was just annoying considering I know for a fact I eat enough. No one batted an eye, nor did they say a word to anyone else who may have been a different weight. Idk I just think people find ways all the time to justify things that are inappropriate and they rarely think about the impact it can have.

Why do people think it’s okay to say anything to skinny people about their weight?

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