Asher and I were at a local frozen yogurt shop the other day and were sitting next to a couple of high school girls in the next booth. Their conversation was centered on a girl they knew and were somewhat friends with. They were discussing how mean the girls friends were to her because she was "fat." They talked about how the girl wouldn't go to any activities like swimming or boating or sitting in a hot tub because she wouldn't be seen in a swimming suit. They said how unhappy and miserable she was and that they should try and be friends with her because they didn't care if she was a size 0 and that even if she was a size 4, they could still be friends. SIZE 4?!?! Her "friends" were telling her she was fat because she was a size 4!?!?! I was dying inside...
Then I had a new appreciation for my stage of life. Please don't ever make me re-live high school again. I thought it was tough for me then, I can't imagine what it's like now. I'm grateful to have sons and not have to deal with all the body-image issues that girls do today. I'm so happy being the overweight housewife who puts on a swimming suit no matter whose around because I just really don't care what anyone thinks anymore.
Oh, the joy to be the overweight housewife with a house full of boys. My life is just perfect....
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