The woman is fed up of being body shamed at her friend’s annual get-together so thought she’d come up with the best response to nip the comments in the bud
When a woman hit back at her body shaming pal, it didn’t quite go to plan. Instead of putting a stop to the cruel comments, she received a slap.
Unsurprisingly, she was left reeling by the situation that occurred at her childhood friend’s birthday party. So she took to Reddit to ask for advice on the matter.
She often “dreads” her friend’s annual get-together as her mate, Amanda, comments on her weight “every single time” she sees her. She’s bombarded with remarks that make her wince – including ‘you’re so skinny!’, ‘do you even eat?’, ‘does your [boyfriend] care that you don’t have curves?’ and ‘your legs are like sticks!’
This touches on the woman’s “worst insecurities” – and she considered avoiding the occasion altogether until her mum gave her some advice. She recommended pretended Amanda’s comments were compliments, responding with, “Thanks! I love being skinny.”
If Amanda was “disappointed” with such a response, it would prove she was trying to “insult” her. The woman thought this was “great advice” but “failed to mention” to her mum that “Amanda was overweight”. This led to all hell breaking loose at the party.
On Reddit, she explained: “The dreaded birthday party day comes. And of course, no surprise, Amanda immediately looks at my arms and comments how tiny they are. I ignored this comment.
“Then later on in the day, we were standing in a group together and she was eyeing me up and down. She chuckled to herself and says, ‘God, you’re so skinny.’ And I thought, ‘ok here it is. Here is my moment.’ I turned to her, smiled and said, ‘Thanks. I love being skinny.’”
Unfortunately, this resulted in Amanda slapping her “in the face”. She continued: “I was in complete shock, just staring back at her, mouth hanging open with my hand on my cheek. Everyone was silent. She suddenly bursts into tears and runs out of the room. Two of her friends chase her. Only one other girl and my childhood friend asked if I was okay, but everyone else was just shooting me dirty looks.”
Following the argument, the woman was scolded for retaliating. She added: “The next day, I was texting with my childhood friend about it. She basically thinks that even though Amanda shouldn’t have slapped me, that I was insensitive for saying ‘I love being skinny’ to a plus size person.
“I argued that Amanda has been consistently insensitive to me every party. And I didn’t comment on her body, only my own. She told me that it’s different because being skinny is socially acceptable, and that Amanda wouldn’t usually do something like this but I triggered her with my ‘insult’.”
Thankfully, Redditors were more sympathetic towards her. One said: “Amanda had it coming with all those rude comments, she just couldn’t handle the heat.”
Another asked: “Why was it ‘OK’ for Amanda to body shame OP? Answer… it wasn’t. Wtf cares about more socially acceptable to be skinny comment, it’s not true.” And a third added: “Not only did she expect her to take the verbal abuse but then she tried to justify her PHYSICAL ABUSE.”
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