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Ignorant people at the beach
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My family recently went to the beach. My husband is 360 pounds @ 5'9". Well, after I finally convinced him to come into the pool, a rude man made a comment, "I thought they freed Willy." He acted like he didn't hear, so I did the same. I wanted to cry for him. Why are people so rude? I do not have a weight problem, but even if I was married to a skinny man, I would never make a comment like this.

The worst part is that our 6 year old son was there too. I hate that he was humiliated in front of his son.

UGH!!! Should I have said something?
Posted on 06/18/12, 10:11 pm
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Reply #1 - 06/18/12  11:44pm
" View the un edu red neck man as having personality of an abuser/bully.
Being in pool/ocean is great form of exercise & easy on joints.
The world is fullof absuers. if u opt, if such occures again, u could simply give your son a funny face & say that's just another abuser.
Unfortantly theres not open season on red necks/bully teachers, liken to deer season.
So sorry that that had happened.
It takes very little intake for my brother, sister.neice & myself to live on.
so even on my bean ( 1/8 of cup of beans - only intake per day) dite, I still haven't lost weight but I also have a thyroid disorder.I'm a shut in so I get very little exercise. when I can I go to wal mart to walk the outer walls of inner ( inside ) walls for exercise. of couse I want nothing that wal mart sales, will except for food,lol.
I have a moto, don't bring food into house that will temp me. it's those mid night's raids that I miss.
X's to U /your honey/family. "
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Reply #2 - 06/19/12  12:09am
" You are so great that encourage your hubby to got to the beach! It is so easy to give up and start beleiving all those mean people and just not go there.
People are mean and lash out to friends family and strangers when their own life suck. And Admiral1cu is right, he is an uneducated ignorant person.
I usually say something, but I think what you both did is better, ignore them and pretend like you couldnt hear them. And that also showed your son that strength is sometimes to stand up for yourself but most of the time it is to not give those kind of people any attention at all.
Hugs to all of you,
Susanne "
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Reply #3 - 06/19/12  12:09am
" ugh thats just awful...some people are just so insanely rude and do not care about feelings!!!!!

What makes it even worse is your son having to hear that....no kid needs to hear their parents made fun of and for what? stupid kicks!

I am sorry for your family having to go through this...

This is kinda off topic but my mom had her teeth pulled and is getting dentures. SHe went on the bus and a group of like 20-23yr old men if you want to call them that like 3 were actually making fun of her:( I am like what is wrong with people?????!!!!! "
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Reply #4 - 06/19/12  6:37am
" That is awful, fat hate is truly the last sort of 'acceptable' prejudice. People would never yell stuff about black people, or gay people, or I hope not these days at least as most have moved with the times and rightly see that as unacceptable bigotry. But it seems OK to say whatever you want about fat people, and I think it is wrong. "

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