I have never really had to go looking for stuff to tick me off. Usually I can find something pretty easily. All of that is not to say I enjoy it, I really don't, but it is what it is. Today's peeve really got under my skin, though. An acquaintance on facebook was talking about today being a 5 cookie day and hash tagged it with something like "fatkidproblems" or something similar. The issue is that this young woman is no where near what I would call chubby, let alone fat. She appears to me to be in fantastic physical condition. Liking cookies doesn't make you fat. It makes you normal. Congratulations you like delicious baked goods. Join the club.
This bothered me so much because being fat sucks. A lot. It affects everything in my life and while this person can, every once in a while, pig out on cookies I cannot. I cannot control myself around them so I cannot have them around. Not her fault, and I am glad there are people who can enjoy those things responsibly. My other issue was that it treats fat like a state of mind or an action one can make. I am "being fat" today. It minimizes what is a dangerous and unfun health condition, something that could kill me if I don't get it under control. I am not going to say anything to this person because this is my problem not hers, but sometimes you gotta get frustrations like this out early or they fester. Rant over.
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