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I've been noticing a pattern in my daily life recently that I'd like to discuss.

I'm a small person. I have small feet, small wrists, and pretty much small everything else. And sure, I'm rather skinny. Now, I'm always getting people telling me how skinny I am, and I mean whatever, it doesn't really bother me that much, but it does bother me a little. It gets annoying, and can be slightly offensive. I mean, what if I don't want to be skinny? That would make me incredibly weird, but what if? I just don't understand why it is okay to go on and on about how skinny someone is, but it isn't okay to make one little comment about someone being fat. Just throwing that out there.

People ask me all the time "Why are you so skinny?" and eventually I'm just like "I don't know! I have a high metabolism! I inherited my mother's skinny genes (pun intended)!" It makes me want to go up to them and say "Why are you so fat?" you know? Okay, so maybe I was wrong before. It does bother me a lot. Because honestly, I don't want to be a twig. I would rather look like a real person. I don't try to be thin, it's just the way I am. Even on days when I don't feel thin, it bothers me. And let's face it, I'm a girl; I have those days. Self-esteem issues kinda come with the territory.

It also bothers me when people tell me I'm skinny and sound jealous. I don't want people to be jealous of me because I have a tiny waist. I want people to be comfortable with who they are and what their body type is. Trust me, I don't try to be a size 2. I try to be healthy, and that's what happened.

Anyway. Maybe I'm overreacting. I'm just tired of being labeled I guess.

Lisa