We were out for a meal for my other uncle's birthday and my aunty and uncle arrived. My uncle said to my Dad, jokingly (who's birthday it also was) "You look good for 70 (he's nearly 10 years younger). Then he said to me "You look good for 40 (i'm neatly 10 years younger). That was fine, as he was just joking. But then he went on "You need to put weight on though. If you stand sideways, you'll disappear." I'm the correct weight for my height and said "If the doctor says I'm alright, I'm alright. I'm not going to put weight on to please you." He said "Men like women with meat on them." I said "Not all men do." He said "Well, I wouldn't like to put my arm round you, just like I wouldn't like to put my arm round your aunty" (a different aunty). I said "You can't compare me to her, I weight 8 1/2 stone and she weighs 5 1/2 stone." And this is coming from a guy who is overweight and looks 9 months pregnant! Why couldn't he have just said "Oh you look nice"? Was I right to stand up to him?
2007-11-05
02:58:16
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