Haha nice job.
holy shit ! how comes the whole family slimmed down but him?
They must really not like him.
We're a feelings based culture. They are more concerned about not hurting his feeling and feeling good about themselves. My sister-in-law wanted me to have a talk with my 7 year old neice. She said my niece was sayings things about not being fat and doesn't want to be fat. Her mom, who was formerly hot turned into a whale by the 5th year of marriage, felt it was unhealthy to be concerned about body image. Reluctantly I had the talk. I just asked her what's all this fat talk. She got really embarrassed and couldn't believe her mom told me about the fat thing. My little niece then described an incident at Walmart (surprise) where she overheard these teenage girls making fun of a fat lady. Talking about how huge her ass was. Turned out the lady WAS my sister-in-law, my niece's mom. I just shook my head and said that it sucks to be fat. Especially if you are a girl growing up. I just told don't be fanatic about it. Don't fanatic about anything. But pay attention. If you see yourself getting fat do something before you become a whale and people start making fun of you. Being fat doesn't make you a bad person but all else being equal it's better not to be fat.
This was about 7 years ago. My niece is still trim and fit and stays active. Her older sister, not so much. Already looks like her mom except on a smaller scale. Didn't even have a period of hotness like her mom did. I hate to talk this way about one of my nieces because it's partly not her fault. Her family lives a fat life style. My brother, his wife, their one daughter -- all huge and eat like it. Only the youngest has been spared. I should have had a talk with other one as well. That's it's OK to not want to be fat. To not feel good about yourself because you are fat. That it does matter how you look and it doesn't make you or others shallow because you don't think being fat is a good thing or it doesn't matter. That nonsense that it only matters what's on the inside. Not that it doesn't matter what's on the inside. It does. It does a lot. But not to the exclusion of everything else.
Life is cruel. But don't blame me.
