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Ocelot II

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6. Fat-shaming never made anyone lose weight.

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Original post)

Sun Feb 13, 2022, 03:38 PM

Feb 2022

And fat people already know they're fat; they don't need others to remind them. People can be awfully mean sometimes.

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Story # 8564721 in fat shaming. [View all] KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 OP

God, what a rude mother. My heart goes out to the daughter. NT SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #1

So many parents instinctively believed that fat-shaming could make their kids get thin, I guess. TygrBright Feb 2022 #2

Doctors aren't much better sometimes. KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #4

Yup. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #9

I found this tobe true also I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #28

Almost always makes it worse. Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #12

You go for it Kentucky Woman! MLAA Feb 2022 #3

My Mother Would Do This To Me, Too Deep State Witch Feb 2022 #5

Had a similar relationship Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #13

My mother hated her own body, probably from childhood. She could not stop commenting abt weight Hekate Feb 2022 #21

My mom I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #30

Fat-shaming never made anyone lose weight. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #6

Now don't get the wrong ForgedCrank Feb 2022 #7

Same here - Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #10

So the mother could be around 80 years old. Croney Feb 2022 #8

I have an 83 year old female neighbor. llmart Feb 2022 #14

You're a good woman Dorian Gray Feb 2022 #11

I have an elderly Mom who has always been hyper-critical of overweight bullwinkle428 Feb 2022 #15

My grandmother told me I was the worst writer she ever read. I was nine at the time AZLD4Candidate Feb 2022 #16

A very dear friend has had weight issues all her life (now 71). Her father actually niyad Feb 2022 #17

Abused children KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #32

As with every form of child abuse, soldierant Feb 2022 #18

I broke the chain I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #31

My Mom broke the chain. soldierant Feb 2022 #34

Geez, that is so sad Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #19

Moms can be so nasty . . . Aussie105 Feb 2022 #20

I've been the target of countless fat-shaming comments in my lifetime Moebym Feb 2022 #22

Being overweight is not necessarily a big problem 70sEraVet Feb 2022 #23

Okay, what are Bengals cookies? Hekate Feb 2022 #24

Cincinnati Bengals KentuckyWoman Feb 2022 #33

Wow, a thread about fat people with no one bashing them! Bettie Feb 2022 #25

So sad Meowmee Feb 2022 #26

Tear that mom down for her looks I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #27

The mom is abusive nini Feb 2022 #29

Toxic parenting. I'll bet that "mother" doesn't have the guts to humiliate Maru Kitteh Feb 2022 #35