My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
Best Regards,
Dee
You must be talking about California teenagers …
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And they develop osteoporosis and other vitamin deficiencies…..
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“Skinny girls do not wear low-cut blouses to show off their cleavage. They are showing off their collarbones.” So so accurate.
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Going out to dinner was not really in the program when I was a kid. And as an adult I tend to walk by restaurants at night and just look at the “show” that goes on inside the big glass window. It’s a show I can bypass, for sure.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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I am not offended, Dee. I have just learned something important about you. ~JD
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As long as they’re happy and not bugging anybody, I say let them be.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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No offense taken at all. I see the humor in this for sure. I also see the observation of the shallow cliques society has created, and thus the humor you are pointing out. My only concern was a bit of animosity that seemed to be underlying in your words. That was the point of my response, and more of an indication of how I deal with “looking in from the outside”. I would also argue that some of the other responses in here are from folks that are just a bit too touchy. They seemed to latch onto only the “skinny” portion of your post, and not the fact that these “skinny girls” were also in a setting that suggested their only interests had little to do with anything more than seeing and being seen and lacking any kind of intellectual or emotional depth… in other words, being shallow. I’m a fat man and not very good-looking. I can tell you that I have been chastised and rejected by the skinny/pretty girl clique being described in this post. So, I do see the humor in pointing out that kind of thing, even if only for shallow vindictive reasons. I have just learned in my time to live and let live. I let Karma sort things out. It’s the shallow people that lose something in life in the end…
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Some skinny girls, however, remain skinny due to inheritance! Me and my sister eat whenever and whatever with no evident change in our weights. Most people don’t trust us, but we pray to put on a little weight to look prettier — yeah, we find curvy ladies better than us!
P.S. This skinny girl is halfway to the chemical surgeon’s office to get an opportunity to flaunt the cleavage 😦
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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Oh dear God! This was never my intention. I just wished to put a point across that not all skinny girls are the same. I apologize if I came across rude 😦
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Though I realize this is meant as a joke, I am a bit disappointed by the stereotyping of this. Some women are naturally slim, naturally fair, and have naturally big breasts,are intellectual and didn’t ask for these physical attributes, any more than women who put on weight ask for theirs But they are still judged by the same stereotypical notions . Slim women are not your enemy; sexist ideology which judges women purely by their appearance, and cause a lot of women to do these daft things, is.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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Society could lead people to insanity. In my culture (I’m a black South African) society is conflicted. Some women want to become the skinny girl, the majority is thick to overweight, while the skinny girl wants to be thick so as to fit the male stereotype of a desirable woman. I’m a naturally skinny girl who hates eating for reasons other than staying skinny, maybe I have some undiagnosed condition that has something to do with starving oneself when stressed. And funny enough when I do I eat, I can really eat cause i have the appetite of a lion. The older generation in my society frowns upon being skinny so much that when I met my great uncle for the first time in my life he alluded to my mom having cheated on my dad because all the girls on my paternal side of the family are thick. I was insulted, but that; nor any other judgment and categorization in my society has never made me desire to be anything but my skinny self.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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I am skinny! I didn’t ask for it. Even my though myBMI says underweight and I wish I was chubby sometimes, I love me! Love me 😃😃
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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Too true. Who taught them to be so? Ouch. 😦
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My daughter is a skinny girl. An incurable disease makes her so. I doubt if she weighs 100 pounds. She spent last week in 100 degree weather lifting 80-pound bags of concrete, making stone steps, and building trails as part of her job on a treeless/shadeless mountaintop so visitors will be able to be more comfortable when they visit. I couldn’t be more proud of her. To me, humor that so grossly stereotypes is simply unkind and speaks far more about the person doing the disparaging than the people being sometimes unfairly disparaged. I could have stayed silent after reading your post, but out of respect for you I wanted to give to you the opportunity to consider the impact such a post can have when you stereotype and call it humor. Of the six comments to your post, two had a negative reaction to it. I mention this because although it is a small sample size, I thought you’d want to know that 1/3 who took the time to provide feedback to you thought it was unkind.
With Respect,
Russ Towne
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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Thank you, Deidra. I appreciate your reply and apology. I understand you were just trying to be funny, and humor can be a tricky thing. I knew when I wrote my reply that I could be accused of lacking a sense of humor, and especially when it comes to my daughter, it is sometimes true. I hope my initial comment didn’t come across as a flame or attack as neither was intended. I plan to continue following your blog. Finding humor in all one’s personal circumstances is a good and wise way to live. Finding humor in other people’s circumstances is another thing entirely. Things people do are indeed often funny, sometimes hilarious, but there are times (rape for example) that it is simply in poor taste or worse to make fun of victims regardless of the circumstances.
Kind regards,
Russ Towne
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I don’t know what kind of skinny girls you hang around, but the majority of the ones I know are really smart and eat a ton. Metabolism, right? Also, you mean laundromat, right? Not laundry mat?
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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I like your style of writing, but I’m going to have to agree with Russ and Lucinda.
As an overweight woman who has always dreamed of being skinny, and looked at skinny girls as the enemy, I still found this post to be incredibly offensive. EVERY ONE OF US is different. Some big, some small. Some smart, some not so smart. I understand if your personal opinion is negative towards skinny people. But this comes off as a straight up attack. You are generalizing a group of people, and then attacking them for who they are. “Skinny girl drool (mostly because they’re starving), the rest of us rule” This statement alone is completely pathetic. Something I’d expect to hear on a playground, something a big bully would say to someone they were picking on.
Accept others, use them as motivation to fix yourself or ignore them if you must. DON’T put them down for your own amusement.
Think of how many little girls who can eat a whole chicken and still stay 100 pounds will feel after reading this. Think of Russ’ daughter who is ill and cannot help their situation. And here you are attacking them just because they’re skinnier than you.
It’s not about being politically correct. It’s about being a decent human being and respecting the differences in others.
I’m disappointed, as I think I would have quite enjoyed your blog otherwise.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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And you are a woman of honor. I’m sorry if my comment came across… harsh. My own personal battles have turned me into a sort of monster. You do have an amazing way with words, and we all say things that in retrospect we shouldn’t have. You have a loyal follower.
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Thank you for your comment. It was definitely not my intention to hurt anyones feelings. My sole intention is to make people laugh. I avoid topics which illicit strong negatives feelings, such as politics and religion. I should have realized weight would also have that affect.
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Society unfortunately categorizes us based on weight. Who we are is unfairly judged based on our weight. I’m am so much more than my plus size jeans, but very few people give me the chance to show that side of myself. Weight defines a lot of us and where we fit in, and so yeah. – it’s crazy sensitive.
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For what it’s worth you’re a great writer and I thoroughly enjoyed your other posts that I’ve read. I look forward to more. 🙂
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OY! I am blonde and skinny.
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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Would be nice if we could appreciate all healthy body types. Variety is the spice of life!
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My apologies to anyone who was offended by this post. That was not my intention. I have weighed less than 95 pounds for most of my life. I grew up in extreme poverty. We didn’t have food everyday, so I was malnurished until adulthood. We lived in miserable circumstances without food, heat, hot water, and proper clothing. We survived by finding humor in everything, even the holes in our shoes. Nothing was so sacred that we couldn’t laugh about it. My intention wasn’t to upset and devalue anyone, rather to find humor in all circumstances.
Thank you for letting me know your feelings on this topic and so to keep from upsetting anyone else, I have chosen to remove this post in its entirety. Please forgive my irreverence.
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As a self-professed SkinnyFatGirl myself, I grew a thick skin to deal with the comments about my weight. My appetite suggests that I should be 3 times my size but I’m lucky to get past 115 pounds. I didn’t see your original post but I’m sure your intention was not to harm or hurt anyone. Thank you for your consideration of others but some people are just TOO politically correct. Enjoy your day Chica!
PeaceLoveHappiness
Lm…
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A ‘Skinny’ girl? Can’t be just a girl? So ‘Skinny’ is a politically correct derogatory label. But what is the opposite? Is that politically correct too? I don’t thinks so. Funny how there are so many double standards in humor/humour. Hmm. Think I will stick with just first names it is safer. K
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Deirdra, I was not offended by your post and had a similar experience when I posted about counselling not being appropriate for everyone. Why not use this post to tell us more about your childhood so that we can support you? I, too, had days without much food so I feel your pain. I am notoriously tactless but mean no harm and that’s the important part.
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Refreshing to tune into an actual debate, conversation, exchange of opinions on the web, rather than the usual very nice, very nice…I learn from this…
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I would have liked to have read this. I have a sense of humor. Thank you for your refreshing look on life.
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I too have a sense of humour. I make jokes about sexism.
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I’m sad I missed this post! Seems i’m a bit late finding your blog!
Thank you for the follow. I love your way with words! 🙂
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Sorry I missed this post, but I’ve learned that what you intended isn’t always interpreted the way you meant it. Humor can be hard to pull off!
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Thanks for following me at Fiction and Copy Decoded, Deidra.
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Never let others silence your mind.
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Loved Judies Comment. Made me think. Its all a shitstorm over in a wink.
I make jokes too!
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Andrew, I make jokes too, about sexist men. Do drop by on my blog to laugh at them.
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You are one busy lady!! Thanks for following my blog!
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Why can’t I locate your latest post? I got the message, but it did not open!!
Dipankar
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Thank you for following me on aspiblog 🙂
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I did not have the opportunity to read your original post, in any case I feel a woman should aim for modesty in anything they wear, with any body type.. but that is not a well excepted statement.
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Some people just aren’t happy unless they’re offended about something. I think they get an adrenaline thrill out of it, all worked up in self-righteous dudgeon. How dare you have an opinion that differs from theirs! How dare you, in fact, have an opinion? This appears on the surface to be attempting to set you on the path–their path–of righteousness, when it’s actually just a pathetic addiction.
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That is a very offensive comment, jguenther5, particularly the vague ‘some people’. Speaking for myself, I do not get an adrenaline thrill from objecting to jokes which play into sexist stereotypes, but I think they are damaging and do think I ought to speak up against them even when a blogger whose sense of humour I normally enjoy makes them.
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Deidra, as this post was deleted so that nobody else could read it, why are comments still being published in which people still taking it upon themselves to comment on what they can’t have read, and even make sly digs at or, as above, openly abuse those who objected to it?
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God bless You
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