what do you think about the art of telling people they are overweight?!
2007-04-26 11:04:04 · 16 answers · asked by n0luckz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Never, ever do that. It is not your business or your problem. A person with class NEVER makes a personal remark!
2007-04-26 11:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by nin 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It is wrong to tell people that they are fat. That is probably one of the worst things anyone could tell somebody. Even to insinuate that a woman (or guy that is) is a little chunky in the thighs or along those lines is also rude. Twice i've had that insinuated by a guy whom I have known for 20 years and i've let it be known to him that it is innapropriate comment even for a friend to say.
2007-04-26 11:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by morrigansstar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, fat people are the first to know. Is it 'wrong?' I dunno, but I'm pretty sure its annoying. It really depends on how sensitive they are about their weight.
I used to have a friend who was 6 feet, 300 + pounds. He was also an expert heckler, so if you told him he was fat, he would revile your sense of the obvious so well that you would have to fight him or apologize. Most people ended up walking away red-faced. He was the kind of guy who would wear a bright yellow Hawaiian shirt, or the t-shirt that said, "Pssst, I'm HUGE!"
Such comments were not only wasted on him, he would make you feel like a real horse's @$$. I always enjoyed watching snide people who thought themselves rather clever tangle with him.
That said, fat people know they are fat. Telling them only makes you look petty.
2007-04-26 11:17:06 · answer #3 · answered by eine kleine nukedmusik 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why would you do that? People know if they are heavy or not. No one that is a size 28 thinks they are a size 2.
2007-04-26 11:12:26 · answer #4 · answered by kny390 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never say that to a woman if you ever want to be friends with her, not even jokingly. If she puts on something and asks you if it makes her look fat, feign a stroke or vomiting attack...anything that will keep you from talking.
2007-04-26 11:14:09 · answer #5 · answered by steve.c_50 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you feel the need to tell them? Don't you think they already know?
So go ahead and make an enemy-break
someone's self worth-if that makes you feel
better.
Remember, it will come back to you.
2007-04-26 12:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by CANDY L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you know that is rude. You would make the person embarrassed and sad, and chances are that if the person is overweight, he/she already knows it and feels bad about it.
2007-04-26 11:12:44 · answer #7 · answered by nimo22 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you make it a habit of pointing out the obvious? We know that we're fat and so what?
2007-04-26 16:05:33 · answer #8 · answered by Coop's Wife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you allow them to make criticisms about you openly and honestly, then sure. But if you like to point out the splinter in one's eye, don't cry like a little punk when they point out the monsterous log in your's. Okay?
2007-04-26 11:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by ntoriano 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think people know that their fat. You don't need to tell them. Just leave them be.
2007-04-26 11:11:54 · answer #10 · answered by bargod 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋