Dear So and So

[ladyicon]

A lot of weight has to do with DNA and hormones. I should know since I keep gaining weight during menopause.

[PamNY]

I really hate conversations about people's physical appearance.

My SO has two friends who make derisive comments like that very often, and it's gotten to the point where I avoid them. Both are successful professional people; I can't think what they are getting out of such adolescent nonsense.

[indysteel]

My point, Roxy, wasn't just that it's all relative. Rather, that body image and weight issues come in all shapes and sizes and that it's probably better in the long run not to judge or make assumptions. That skinny woman complaining about her thighs might go home and purge or she might skip meals to punish herself. You just don't know. Just like she may not understand everything about you just by looking at you.