Fat Cat Speaks out....I've been gone a while but trying to come back...
October 23rd 2007 00:18
You know, I so sick of being judged by how I look….
I was born a bouncing baby girl, and have gone through the last fifty-two years, bouncing the whole way. When I was five, my dad used to pinch my chubby cheeks and tell me how cute it was. At fifty-two, my husband pinches my other cheeks and tells me that my father lied.
For those of us that are big…I don’t think its really our fault…I blame the food manufacturers. I know they’re putting something into the food to make us addicted to it. Point in case is the coffee creamers…you know, the flavored ones. Once you start using them, you just can’t stop. I used to drink my coffee black or with a touch of milk. It’s like, out of my control. I can see you nodding…you know what I’m saying…yesterday I bought a bottle of Chocolate Carmel…took the lid off and topped it off with a bit of coffee…it was great but is this my fault???? I think not.
The worst part though is the attitude that people have toward fat folks…and this is mostly an American thing. I lived in Germany for years and saw some very large beautiful women and I never saw anyone hassling them.
My husband and I went to Egypt on vacation a couple of years ago and I refused to get on a camel with my husband to ride up to the pyramids. The thin little American Tour guide told me that was okay, cuz I probably wouldn’t be able to go inside the tombs anyway because of the tight space!..(sigh)…Oh well I forgive her…her brain must have been too thin too!
Anyway, an Egyptian with a donkey gave me a ride, however, halfway to the pyramids he took a detour and literally tried to abduct me! I started yelling at this clown and almost immediately I saw the Royal Egyptian mounted police on camels coming to my rescue. It was pretty cool…they took me back to my husband and the tour guide. The police officer told my husband that he needed to always keep beside me while in Egypt because and I quote, “big white women are the ultimate prize here. Every Egyptian man would like one and they will steal one if they get the opportunity.”
Can you imagine? A place where fat women are the ultimate prize??? Too bad it was Egypt.
Now I have to ask some questions that have been on my mind for a long time….what’s wrong with a size 18????? And when did zero, zilch, nothing become sexy? And isn’t this the land of the free, a place where we pride ourselves on liberty and justice for all? Isn’t there something in the history books that says “as American as Apple Pie?” Anybody got a fork?
I was born a bouncing baby girl, and have gone through the last fifty-two years, bouncing the whole way. When I was five, my dad used to pinch my chubby cheeks and tell me how cute it was. At fifty-two, my husband pinches my other cheeks and tells me that my father lied.
For those of us that are big…I don’t think its really our fault…I blame the food manufacturers. I know they’re putting something into the food to make us addicted to it. Point in case is the coffee creamers…you know, the flavored ones. Once you start using them, you just can’t stop. I used to drink my coffee black or with a touch of milk. It’s like, out of my control. I can see you nodding…you know what I’m saying…yesterday I bought a bottle of Chocolate Carmel…took the lid off and topped it off with a bit of coffee…it was great but is this my fault???? I think not.
The worst part though is the attitude that people have toward fat folks…and this is mostly an American thing. I lived in Germany for years and saw some very large beautiful women and I never saw anyone hassling them.
My husband and I went to Egypt on vacation a couple of years ago and I refused to get on a camel with my husband to ride up to the pyramids. The thin little American Tour guide told me that was okay, cuz I probably wouldn’t be able to go inside the tombs anyway because of the tight space!..(sigh)…Oh well I forgive her…her brain must have been too thin too!
Anyway, an Egyptian with a donkey gave me a ride, however, halfway to the pyramids he took a detour and literally tried to abduct me! I started yelling at this clown and almost immediately I saw the Royal Egyptian mounted police on camels coming to my rescue. It was pretty cool…they took me back to my husband and the tour guide. The police officer told my husband that he needed to always keep beside me while in Egypt because and I quote, “big white women are the ultimate prize here. Every Egyptian man would like one and they will steal one if they get the opportunity.”
Can you imagine? A place where fat women are the ultimate prize??? Too bad it was Egypt.
Now I have to ask some questions that have been on my mind for a long time….what’s wrong with a size 18????? And when did zero, zilch, nothing become sexy? And isn’t this the land of the free, a place where we pride ourselves on liberty and justice for all? Isn’t there something in the history books that says “as American as Apple Pie?” Anybody got a fork?
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