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Old Nov 06, 2015, 09:54 PM
MiddayNap MiddayNap is offline
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Originally Posted by Shy Introvert View Post
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To answer your question, just read what the person who posted before you wrote about this one woman she knows. She dumped a few friends for gaining weight and not being able to loose it after they got pregnant. She was able to, so she just assumed that they're lazy. Plus, it sounds as if she only wants to surround herself with attractive and slender people so that her social "stock" or "value" doesn't get lowered.

There are a lot of shallow people out there! Anyways, my friend isn't the most blunt person there is. She mostly told me that since I think that she was being helpful in pointing out something that she would want me to point out to her as you stated. She wasn't mean about things at all. I already told her how this makes me feel, so she hasn't mentioned my weight in awhile. She actually hesitates to tell me the truth at times. She usually struggles a little to be honest with me as she is one of those people who don't like to offend other people. She will be honest with me if I ask her to be though.

She is a very nice and polite person. I just think that she wasn't really aware of how her comments could come across to me when she made those rare comments. And for the record, she only brought up the reason of why some people would not want to be friends with me is because I asked her directly on the phone if I'm doing or saying anything wrong that I'm not aware of that I can improve on. I wanted an honest answer, so I got one. I do appreciate her honesty even though it was kind of shocking to hear that. I guess that appearance does matter more than we think it does to some people, even if those people are just friends which is weird!
Firstly, I tend to read the initial post and provide dubious advice or prattle on uselessly before reading all of the helpful answers provided by other forum-members. I don't want to be influenced by their compassion, practicality, or intelligence when writing.
Secondly, people caring so much about appearance still makes no sense to me. Especially if, as you said, they are "just friends". If anything, a shallow person should prefer the company of ugly people. Surely they would enjoy looking the most attractive by comparison, even if this is only true in their minds.