Today, after months of exercise and diets and finally reaching my ideal weight, I told my morbidly obese cousin about my success, hoping to motivate him to do the same. He replied, "Why would it matter, you're still ugly." FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I overheard my ripped, handsome, genetically perfect brother telling my mom how "fat people" make him "nervous". I have only recently accepted my weight, after struggling for years. I now understand why my brother rarely talks to me. FML
Today, my cousin asked me what it's like to be so fat. I chastised him and said that was a rude thing to ask. He apologized, then asked me what it's like to be such a pussy. He didn't stop until he, a 10 year-old kid, had reduced me, a 26 year-old woman, to tears. FML
Today, I saw my uncle after six months. The first thing he says to me is, 'I didn't even recognize you! You've gained so much weight.' Gee thanks uncle. Just what I wanted to hear. FML
Today, I was telling my boyfriend about how self conscious I am and how I obsess about my weight. He said, "Don't be ridiculous, you don't need to lose THAT much weight." FML
Today, a coworker complimented me on losing weight, and said that she wished she could drop a few pounds too. I was too embarrassed to tell her that the only reason I've lost weight is because I haven't been able to afford to eat. FML
Today, after losing twenty pounds to please my husband, the only comment I received was, "At least now only your personality sucks." FML
Today, I was having a race with a little kid. I let him win to make him feel like a champion. After the race, he turned to me and said, "Maybe if you weren't so fat you would have won." FML
Today, despite feeling healthier than ever, losing fat, gaining muscle and having perfect blood results, my morbidly obese relatives keep telling me that my new vegan diet is "unhealthy". FML
Today, I proudly told my family I lost 15 pounds. My dad looked me up and down and said, "Well, you've got a looooong way to go." FML
Today, I officially completed my weight loss journey, only for my wife, who'd previously threatened to divorce me if I didn't lose weight, to tell me that she realized she liked me better when I was fat and that "you don't know what you have until it's gone." FML
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Top comments
emeraldisle 30
He's just jealous. Don let it get to you. Good job on your success!
CommentModerated 17
Nice cousin you got there
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Comments (136)
abitabanana 8
Perhaps you should write a novel about it. O wait. You did.
laden_swallow09 35
You may be ugly, but your cousin is still fat AND ugly! Especially on the inside if he's gonna act that way.
iwadasn 33
"Morbidly obese"? It sounds like you're mocking your cousin and rubbing your weight loss in his face. No wonder he lashed out at you.
QueenOrangeSoda 21
It's a clinical term.
Redneckcrazyyy 6
Good job! (: And what a cousin you've got there...
TheRaggedyDoctor 12
Don't pay any attention to him. Good on you for getting healthy and losing weight :)
worldclassrager 41
Be proud of yourself...nothing matters what you're cousin says...congrats OP...
RachelRHCP 23
I bet you're beautiful! :) Don't let anyone try to bring you down:) Keep your head up!
FezzesAreCool 18
Don't listen to him. Congrats tho!
splitintwo 6
Its pretty great you could do that. But don't be one of those assholes who tries to "inspire" others. You'll just be annoying
Rapunzel1974 23
Congratulations to you. Even though you didn't intend for your bragging to come off as criticism, it's possible that it did. There's a time and a place to talk about your accomplishments, and it's good manners to consider your audience too. Bragging about earning your first million to a cousin who's unemployed and broke would get you a similar response.