Sophia, in my experience there is no reasoning with a much thinner person who weeps to a much fatter person about being fat. I've had that conversation eight bagillion times. I've tried everything but smacking. I've come to the conclusion that if someone is so self-absorbed as to be rendered BLIND there is just no point in trying.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jan 02, 2007 6:20:34 am PST #9299 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2007 6:23:24 am PST #9300 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't that blindness part of the pathology of anorexia? As opposed to a character trait or flaw, I mean?
megan walker - Jan 02, 2007 6:29:44 am PST #9301 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sophia, in my experience there is no reasoning with a much thinner person who weeps to a much fatter person about being fat. I've had that conversation eight bagillion times. I've tried everything but smacking. I've come to the conclusion that if someone is so self-absorbed as to be rendered BLIND there is just no point in trying.I'm not sure it's self-absorbed so much as the fact that many people have real issues with their weight, no matter what their size.
ETA: or, what ita said. Also, hi Trudy!
Pix - Jan 02, 2007 6:30:00 am PST #9302 of 10007
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Isn't that blindness part of the pathology of anorexia? As opposed to a character trait or flaw, I mean?
Yes it is. It sounds like she may have some serious issues in that area.
So I'm at work. We have a PD day today, so no kids. I just got the agenda via email:
8:30 a.m. - Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - [name here] - Guest Speaker (all employees)
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. - Break
10:45 - 12:45 p.m. - Cooperative Learning Techniques Workshop (faculty)
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 p.m.- Sexual Harassment Training (all employees)
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training? Really? Just kill me now.
Laura - Jan 02, 2007 6:31:50 am PST #9303 of 10007
Our wings are not tired.
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training?
Hey cutie, wanna practice?
Strega - Jan 02, 2007 6:35:05 am PST #9304 of 10007
After all, you don't want to do it wrong, do you?
tommyrot - Jan 02, 2007 6:37:58 am PST #9305 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
After all, you don't want to do it wrong, do you?
Plus with 2 1/2 hours they should have enough time to teach you all the cutting-edge harassment techniques.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 02, 2007 6:41:40 am PST #9306 of 10007
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
2 1/2 hours of sexual harassment training? Really? Just kill me now.
That sounds horrific. Also, I am sure they meant to say training on how to deal with sexual harassment... right now, it sounds a little as if they will be producing a staff full of harrassers.
Thanks Trudy and megan and ita... In reality, she is not a very self-absorbed person-- she is one of the most generous and fair bosses. When I was having problems with my cat peeing on everything, she took me aside and very gently let me know that my purse and coat smelled like cat pee without hurting my feelings. So in addition to being annoyed and hurt, I have an underlying feeling of worry that she does seem to genuinely think that she is fat-- it isn't like my old boss who was a self-abosorbed bitch who had real issues with my fatness.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 02, 2007 6:43:53 am PST #9307 of 10007
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Also, talking of my New Year's resolution to only eat things that are a pleasure... I just had a lovely little snack/lunch(snunch?) of sliced bartlett pear and smoked gouda on a cracked wheat cracker. Yummers.
Trudy Booth - Jan 02, 2007 6:44:42 am PST #9308 of 10007
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Isn't that blindness part of the pathology of anorexia? As opposed to a character trait or flaw, I mean?
I've had this conversation hundreds of times with people who, in the course of my knowing them, do not appear to be anorexics.
I suppose some of them may have been. But statistics beg another answer and occam's razor leads me to "grossly self-absorbed" (which is far more common than any pathology I've ever seen).