[Cathy]

I have been slender all of my life. I am not a fanatic about diet and exercise, but I do take care of myself. Why do women who are larger than I am feel that it’s OK to call me names or say things like, ‘You’re so thin, I hate you.’ I get tired of the comments and questions: ‘You must work out a lot.’ ‘How do you stay so thin?’ ‘YOU eat ice cream??!!’? I would never say to them, ‘How do you stay so heavy? You must never exercise.’ Perhaps they intend these comments as compliments? I feel like I have to reassure them that it’s genetic and not a lot of effort, or somehow make excuses for the way I look. It makes me uncomfortable that my size is an open topic for discussion, whereas it would be considered impolite to mention someone’s larger size.

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Name : Cathy, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Presbyterian, Age : 40, City : San Antonio, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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