Re: ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!/ I agree

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In a message dated 5/13/2000 11:46:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

eprobbins@... writes:

<< This is why so many " normal " people, old and

young alike, think it is okay to say things, derrogatory remarks to

those of us who are large. I am getting ready to surgically alter

myself so I can be closer to the norm; I think all those jerks should

have to have frontal lobotomies!! Oops, too late; someone got them

already! Thanks, I needed to vent... >>

,

That is exactly why I raised my two children to never ever make a

derogatory remark about anyone overweight. I spent my childhood being made

fun of and being called names, even by my parents sometimes. Some of the most

devastating times of my life was my childhood. When I became an adult I

thought it would be different (Wrong) it was just as bad in a different way.

My children learned early on what I would do if I ever caught them or heard

of them being cruel to someone overweight. They are now two adults that have

empathy and understanding. It has to be taught and shown by example how wrong

it is to be cruel over someone's weight, or that's what I think. I just

needed to vent too. it infuriates me how people act sometimes. Sorry for my

tangent!!!!!!!

Wanting

to be on the other side,

Cathy in Lenoir, NC

Patient Info Emailed on 5/2/00

BMI 42

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