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Bitsy · 09-10-2007, 03:48 PM

The lady and those people are not insulting you. I believe it only has to do with your perception and opinion of yourself.

I am 5 ft (153 cm) and 110-115 lbs (50-54 kg) and all my life people have said similar things to me, especially my older relatives. I can't imagine it ever bothering me. Why? I like it. Or at least I don't mind being told I eat like a bird or that I eat slowly or that I am "small." (Despite my height-weight proportion, I am small--it's a question of where you carry your weight.) I like being this way. You must not like being the way you are and when people highlight it, you get offended and upset.

09-10-2007, 03:48 PM	#24 (permalink)
Bitsy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NYC Public Library Posts: 358	not an insult The lady and those people are not insulting you. I believe it only has to do with your perception and opinion of yourself. I am 5 ft (153 cm) and 110-115 lbs (50-54 kg) and all my life people have said similar things to me, especially my older relatives. I can't imagine it ever bothering me. Why? I like it. Or at least I don't mind being told I eat like a bird or that I eat slowly or that I am "small." (Despite my height-weight proportion, I am small--it's a question of where you carry your weight.) I like being this way. You must not like being the way you are and when people highlight it, you get offended and upset.