tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496698320920768554.post3787147148869557591..comments2023-07-23T11:52:41.300-04:00Comments on Who Hid the Donuts?: So, yeah... my sister (part deux)Bethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04709345711323446312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496698320920768554.post-6873120904047416122013-10-17T22:26:00.614-04:002013-10-17T22:26:00.614-04:00Why is it that people have to pigeon-hole us into ...Why is it that people have to pigeon-hole us into these categories? I guess it's to make themselves feel better, but how is that good or uplifting or supportive? They think so little of themselves that they actually enjoy seeing us in an unhealthy state so that they feel better? I really don't get it. I'm not in a competition with anybody, nor are you -- but they put us in this bizarre position.<br /><br />I didn't tell most people about my surgery -- even five years out. I told my parents a couple weeks after I had it, but primarily because my mom was worried about the surgery I had and simply saying it was a hiatal hernia (which I also had) wasn't cutting it. My sister knows, but I didn't tell my brother. I could count on two hands and have fingers left over as to how many I've told. I didn't want to be judged, and I didn't want to be watched every second, either.<br /><br />I wish you much luck, because I know where you stand right now. Thanksgiving will knock my sister's socks off, by the way. ;)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709345711323446312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8496698320920768554.post-34200633359072747412013-10-17T11:50:23.582-04:002013-10-17T11:50:23.582-04:00New to your blog, but at hte perfect time... I'...New to your blog, but at hte perfect time... I'm about to see my mother for the first time in a year (this weekened) and she doesn't know about my surgery...she does know I've been losing weight.... its going to be stressfull. Sadly, she is the one that is the "competer" in our relationship. So anytime I lose or gain she is super interested.... ug. I'm just strapping in for a long weekend of uncomfortable questions and digs. <br /><br />I know the same will happen when I head home next month and see my SIL... she is the same. <br /><br />Its totally true - I was the fat one... and now, I'm the .... successful one. They don't really like that. Its going to be hard on them, but thats not my fault! :) <br /><br />Chin up - I hope your Thanksgiving goes well! Tamzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764158690185115874noreply@blogger.com