Today, I finished a ballet class with a group of seven-and-unders. Afterwards, a new student's mother came up to me and thanked me, saying she was glad that her daughter had a "role model with a, ahem, fuller figure" and "not to worry about my weight." I have never thought I was fat before. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my mum came to my ballet class. She spent the whole lesson sitting at the back yelling at me to, "Stop sticking your butt out!" My ballet instructor had to ask her several times to pipe down. FML
Today, a friend of mine commented that I "have a lot of confidence for a fat girl". Ummm... thanks? FML
Today, at school, one of my students confidently told me that I "wasn't hiding my baby bump very well anymore." I'm not pregnant. Just fat, apparently. FML
Today, my 6-year-old daughter walked into the bathroom where I was grumbling about my weight. Seeing how upset I was, she took my hand and said, "Mom, you're not fat. You just look fat." FML
Today, I was watching my 7 year-old daughter and her friend jump on our trampoline. I was really impressed by all the flips they were doing, and I told her, "Hey! I can't even do that." To that her friend replied, "Of course you can't. You're fat!" FML
Today, I went to my parents' house. I recently lost about 30 lbs. My mom hugged me and said, "Aww, you're not my chubby baby girl anymore." She then said she wished I were still fat because she missed it. She's the reason I lost the weight; she used to tease and taunt me. Thanks Mom. FML
Today, due to family, job, health, and pregnancy issues, I didn't dance in the past decade, but recently started doing my favourite classical dance again. In this decade, I've more than tripled in weight and can't recognise myself in the mirror or in videos. I'm still in a healthy BMI but feel so fat. FML
Today, my son was looking through old photos and showed me a picture of myself and asked who it was. When I told him it was me, he responded by saying "But mommy, the lady in the picture is not fat!" FML
Today, I took the kids to the pool. I'm short and 20lbs overweight but they talked me into it and I put on a swimsuit for the first time in 10 years. As soon as we got there, a girl my height but a good 150lbs heavier said, "It's so nice to see another big girl in a two-piece!" FML
Today, I was at the local theatre watching "The Nutcracker" ballet with my mother. When the prince made his appearance in his tights my mother leans over to me and says, "Those are some well defined butt cheeks!" loud enough for everyone around us to hear. FML
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Top comments
Chantallika 0
You know, from a ballet standpoint, a lot of the woman are sticks. Maybe you just have a curvy figure, and she's happy her daughter can look up to someone with curvy hips instead of a coat hanger.
AnakinWanders 0
If you don't think you're fat then don't worry.
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Comments (127)
theintrollama 0
If you're a ballet teacher being called fat... then that probably means you still need to gain weight ;) You probably have nothing to worry about.
Acid80 3
Don't worry about it. She's maybe just crazy and jealous of your body!
troller_fml 0
YDI for being a fat bitch. Fat people should be banned from any sport or activity where they wear tights.
lilbitch123 0
and moronic immature assholes like you should be banned from society, and left onto an island where they deserve to rot.
bbobe900000 0
yep. totally. but anyway, I say the mom's a bitch. If someone says "don't worry about your weight" that generally means they're trying to make you feel better because they think you're fat, and therefore they think YOU think you're fat. So yeah, in my opinion, the mom was calling her fat. Bitch.
merri_fml 0
Ballet dancers are INCREDIBLY prone to anorexia nervosa, and it's very common for their parents (the ones that may fall more into the 'stage mother' category as opposed to the 'supportive parent' category) to passive-aggressively encourage that behavior.
dont_be_dumb 0
Well since she's all about worrying, Tell her you wont worry about her insecurities and passive aggressive behavior to inform people of their "problems"...oh yeah, and go F^@* yourself :)
hmartin 0
you obviously dont have a mirror then. i personally dont like girls that are super skinny, my gf is a size 6 and thats perfect for me cuz shes got boobs and a butt and she'll actually eat something when we go out unlike the small girls who only order salads and then wait for you to finish eating or the fat girls that empty out ur wallet just with the appetizers.
wafflemonger 0
I agree with previous posters--maybe she did mean someone with real curves rather than a stereotypically skinny ballet instructor. But even if she didn't, her opinion shouldn't matter. If you don't think you're fat, don't let anyone but your doctor tell you otherwise.
dramakat11 0
She probably just meant you aren't rail-thin like most ballet dancers. Don't worry, you probably just have healthy curves like a normal woman.
RunZoneFive 0
People in ballet can get really ******* weird about their weight. It doesn't sound like you're one of them, please don't let her or anyone else turn you into one
waterynuggets 0
STFU you're probably hot Full figure FTW