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In reply to the discussion: Okay. I get it. The Skinny concept is going too far. [View all]JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)54. Thank you!
I am one of the people who doesn't gain weight. When I was pregnant I ate non-stop so I would have big strong babies (and managed to gain about 40 pounds! It required eating almost all the time though.)
I look very much like the girl in those pictures but I feel self-conscious about it and would NEVER wear such accentuating things. OMG.
I usually try to hide how thin I am. If you think being overweight draws ire, yeah, try being the skinny girl in a room full of women who battle their weight. Want to talk about "mean girls"...that shit can get pretty ugly.
I appreciate your comments on behalf of those of us who are this way by nature and not all suffering from eating disorders and what not.
Julie
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Exactly. I've seen many ugly comments lately about skinny women that are just as bad as
NYC Liberal
Apr 2012
#32
I'm not getting this. She looks fine. That is not a woman who is unhealthily thin.
Codeine
Apr 2012
#42
This isn't about people who are genetically, gifted, with skinny genes.
Baitball Blogger
Apr 2012
#48