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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/ARatNamedClydeBarrow on 2023-08-07 07:41:16.
I’m 27 years old and last week I underwent a tonsillectomy/ adenoidectomy. I was nervous the entire month leading up to my surgery, due to everyone telling me how awful the recovery would be… and not one, but two separate women telling me they’d rather give birth again than go through this recovery.
Everybody would tell me their horror story, then immediately follow it up with “but at least you’ll lose some weight” / “you’re going to look fantastic after” / etc.
PARDON??
I’m 5’6 and 149lbs. I was not aware I needed to lose weight… because I don’t. I’m at a healthy weight for my age and height. I have never had so many comments about my weight, to my face, in my entire life.
Unfortunately, I have of course lost weight due to the liquid diet. I’m scared to go back to work because I’m going to get comments on my weight. I’m afraid of the headspace this is going to plunge me into, I have been there before and it wasn’t good for me.
Why on earth do people think it’s okay to comment on other people’s weight?