Too sensitive

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" Some days my mind is like a bad neighborhood. Every time I go in, I

get mugged. "

I don't blame others for blurting out things and sticking their foot

in mouth. I do it to myself all of the time.

I was so proud of riding that horse up the mountain in Mexico.

The whole time I rode tall and strong. I got the photo of me on the

horse back and they very first thing that slammed me in the face was

the roll on my abdomen. I looked really fat! Then I noticed my hair

and everything else looked like crud. It really was a bad picture of

me. The horse looked great.

But I can't let that reaction taint my memory of the experience.

After all, that was ME up there on that horse BELOW the weight limit

and happy as a clam, rolls and all.

Vicki A.

> Look, we all know we looked like hell before we lost some weight

and

> I don't think it's fair to be that sensitive about it. I think I

> hate it worse when people start doing the backtrack because they

> think they have said something politically incorrect. I think we

> should cut people some slack. It is a huge difference (no pun

> intended) and it's just a fact of life that some people don't think

> before they blurt out. But in the interest of good will toward men

I don't think anyone means anything bad by it or to harm anyone by

it.

> We can take it, we're tough and have been dealing with this our

whole

> life, we should be able to deal with a few awkward compliments.

Ok,

> flame away.

>

> Donna