You see, the thing is, I know we've had a few heated discussions before in other threads, but the thing is (just humour me for a minute if you will), you tend to give society at large a lot of credit they don't really deserve.

You might not believe this, but people who are considerate such as yourself and people who care to the extent you do - they are virtually non-existent in the 20-30 year old people of society today. I would say your circle of friends, well, they are a rare find in my opinion if that is they way they truly accept overweight people so openly and without judgement.

I don't know if the "66" is anything to go by, but I'm assuming you're from a previous generation of people, am I right?

The people from "86" and "96" onward (my generation) - you cannot believe just how ignorant and judgmental A LOT of them are. Look, I know you take issue with some of the things I mention on the forums and they may seem like gross generalizations, but, truly, I would not be sitting here bringing up these things if they weren't really happening. It's not just me to whom these things are happening either, I KNOW my experiences are NOT an isolated case. There are several people who can vouch for what I have experienced in life.

As you can see by just this thread alone, immediately a multitude of people began responding with similar experiences and feelings, me included. People who have been on the receiving end of judgement based on weight, in some way or another. It is sad but a true fact of life today - there is a really large group of really ignorant, selfish, hurtful and horrible people out there in the world today (all aged about 34 and younger) who truly don't give a damn about anyone other than themselves and have no sense of others at all and how their actions affect them. And, the worst thing is, they are TOTALLY supported in their viewpoints by the media, corporations, government, you name it. Anything that remotely resembles social media or a social magazine or whatever pretty much backs up this viewpoint of these people. So, they are unlikely to change, because their viewpoint has been driven to become the "norm".

I truly believe that you are not in a "normal" circle of friends, family, etc. Which is a compliment! Be glad!

I think you are assuming too much that people think the way you do (considerate, helpful, caring, compassion for others) and I think you may be giving them way too much credit. I genuinely see this in the older generations (such as yourself, and I'm not bringing up age now, I'm just saying), the compassion, the understanding, the good will toward others. I truly think your circle of friends too are the exception rather than the norm. I know it's sad and it's a hard reality to possibly accept that many young people can be so horrible, but unfortunately they are.

And, it is definitely happening. I mean we see things like bullying in school becoming such a huge problem, they've got to make campaigns on TV to stop it. I mean you know it's bad when WWE wrestlers have to appear on TV to convince kids to stop bullying each other.