Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". 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 scolded my son at a buffet after he pointed at an obese woman in a motorized wheelchair and asked how anyone could let themselves get so unhealthy. As I lectured him on genetics and thyroid problems, she rolled past with a plate stacked with an obscene amount of fried food. FML
Today, my stepmother, an uncontrolled diabetic who refuses to change her abhorrent eating habits, berated me for how "mean" I am for limiting my kids’ junk food, and making them eat a portion of vegetables with every meal. Yeah, real mean. 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 had to sit and listen in mortification as my mother tearfully told our therapist how much sleep she loses over my being morbidly obese. She doesn't seem to care that I'm body positive and happy with the way I am. FML
Today, after I skipped dessert for the third day in a row, my mom cornered me and accused me of being anorexic. I'm actually not far off being clinically obese and I'm just trying to diet, but nothing I say will convince her. She wants me to see a psychiatrist about a disorder I don't even have. FML
Today, I asked my mom if she could include mashed potatoes and gravy with dinner. She then went on to yell at me about my "unhealthy eating habits" and how I've "gained a lot of weight in the past few months". I'm pregnant. FML
Today, I told my mom that I think I’m anorexic and she told me she didn’t care. When I asked why, in disbelief she replied, "Honey, you are 5’3 and over 350 lbs, at this point you NEED to be anorexic." FML
Today, I decided I need help, so I confessed to my mother that I'm bulimic. After she looked it up online she started screaming at me for "Wasting food that I'm not paying for." FML
Today, I found out my mother-in-law is trying to force me to lose weight, even though I am trying, and have a medical condition. FML
Today, my boyfriend called my mother stupid and angrily argued with her at a family dinner. Why? We have a long-running family joke that "Vegan food doesn't contain calories," and my boyfriend thought my mum said it seriously, and was therefore a moron. FML
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karcummings 19
Sounds like you need to give her a lesson on what and what's not healthy.
wheresmymary 22
Her attitude is unhealthy and utterly unacceptable!
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Comments (151)
laden_swallow09 35
"How would you know, MOTHER?" Mother heiffer.
nialls_girl 13
Well as a vegetarian you are, you are missing out on your vitamin B's that are derived from animal products.
Pinwheel 10
A vegetarian consumes animal products, just no meat so I don't see the problem here.
BrotherPhil 35
Not necessarily - the only B group vitamin not commonly found in vegetable sources is B12. Your body can store massive amounts of B12, and you can get it from yeast extract, as well.
nikkyham011 7
You know its not very nice to call your mother "morbidly obese" (even if she is)
Shade1982 21
It's called observation. And morbidly obese is actually one of the nicer way to tell someone that.
blackonblight 33
I'm assuming you think it's not nice to call your mother diabetic, even if she is, then.
SHMANDER 4
Being strictly vegetarian is unhealthy, but the hypocrisy is strong with your mother.
Algorithm 24
Being strictly vegetarian is healthy or unhealthy depending on what you eat. If all you eat is doritos you're going to feel like shit, but vegetarians who subsist mainly on egg whites, vegetables, etc. are going to be healthier than a meat-eater who buys mcdonalds on the daily. Seriously, it's all relative. Also, everyone needs to shut up about how healthy other peoples' diets are; nobody wants to hear that shit unless it's some kind of necessary intervention.
YellowTiger 12
If humans weren't supposed to eat meat, then animals would be made of something else.
BrotherPhil 35
Maybe, but that does presuppose that the perfect diet is Soylent Green.
CandyApple88 13
i feel for ya OP. My mother goes on and on about how vitamins and supplements are poison, while she chain smokes.
baahs101 4
it is not the best diet. humans being omnivorous need meat as well or you will be weak
valdur444 2
Just because she's obese doesn't mean she doesn't know what she's talking about. Would you trust her more if she was skinny but had a horrible diet? Do you think every nutritionist eats healthy? How about you criticize her advice and not her life choices.
ZorEl_fml 6
that's hypocritical. she's criticized his life choices.
timaeusTestified 15
Your mother needs to stop talking about herself.
Demonica85 8
lol