Two incidents embarrassed me because they were in front of other people. One was kind of funny.
The funny one was with my father. I was about 25-26 years old and had my own apartment. I stopped at my parents house dressed for work, jacket, tie, etc. I was standing by the kitchen sink when my father said “you’re getting a little portly”. I actually thought it was funny and said yeah I know. Lol
The two other times really pissed me off. At a family party my aunt blurted out in front of others “uh, you got kind of tubby”. I just mumbled something like yeah well and shrugged. She actually did it again another time. Pissed me off again.
Yet another time I ran into a coworker I hadn’t seen in some years. In the middle of a sentence, again in front of others, he stopped himself and said “you got chubby”.
Because I was defensive back then about my weight it took me a long time to realize and accept they were just ignorant. Now, should someone pull a stunt like that I say almost proudly “why yes, yes I have”. 😄
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