As most of you know, if you know me, I have been skinny my entire life.
Now listen to me rant about these random things people all too often say to me.
1. Oh my goodness, you are just so tiny and cute.
Thank you. I would rather not be referred to as the same thing you would say to an infant the first time you meet me.
2. You are so bony.
My bones do tend to protrude in random places. In fact, if you aren't skinny, I just want you to know you have bones everywhere! It also hurts really badly when you hit them on things.
3. Can I pick you up?
This one I don't get very much anymore, but all through middle and high school, everyone just wanted to pick me up and put me on their shoulders, etc. I hate that! Just because I am small it doesn't mean you can just lift me over your head!
4. Eat a cheeseburger!
I love cheeseburgers, and yes I do eat a lot, you don't have to tell me.
5. You can eat so much and never gain a pound, I am so jealous!
I get so sick of this! I actually just eat the same amount as a regular person, sometimes even less. Either way it doesn't matter! I really wish people would just be comfortable in their own skin.
6. Why are you so small?
I have no idea... Why do you look the way you do?
7. Wow! You can lift that?
Just because I am small and I don't weigh that much doesn't mean that I am an invalid. I can do just about anything an average size person can.
8. If you don't start eating, the wind is going to blow you away!
This one I usually get from family, which they should know I am just going to be skinny. Nothing has really changed in my 22 years of life.
9. You look so young.
I know some people say this is a good thing, especially for when I get older, but it does get a little annoying when I am still getting the kids menu handed to me.
10. You should start lifting to gain weight.
Maybe I don't want to gain weight. I am perfectly content with who I am. Doctors have advised me to gain weight and drink a million milkshakes. Yet I think I have finally come to a place where I am okay with who I am and how I look.
So for all you skinny girls out there! Do you! Be yourself!
Eat Taco Bell and never gain a pound! Laugh in the face of those carbs!
Most importantly
"Though she be but little, she is fierce."
