Unwanted advice.....
One of the issues I have with Americans and Washingtonians in particular is this need to tell everyone around them what they are doing wrong or why they are doing you a favor by pointing this out.in the rudest possible way.
I would have never known that I was obese if a lady at Fred Meyer did not point out the fact that I did not need the cookies in my cart......this of course after ignoring the fruit, the vegetables and the green juice that was also in the cart, because umm apparently it was the cookies that sent her over the edge.
I especially loved the part where she said that she is paying for my bad habits.
Did this mean she was buying my groceries?
No. This merely meant that she is paying for my insurance, again not really because I get it through my work a hospital, and it has not bumped me for being obese yet, and perhaps if she also worked for the same company I could see where she might be worried about it.
But No she does not she is a stay at home Mom and she takes time to take care of herself and all it takes is willpower.
At this point I had had enough.
I asked her if I knew her? did she know me? No, well then in what planet is it okay to come up to a complete stranger and ask them personal questions?
I then asked her if she wanted to know more about me that maybe that would help her solve my issues since apparently I was not doing so myself.
I then preceded to tell her my life story from birth to present day all the deaths in the family the last couple of years have brought all the stress being a Navy wife and working in a place that did not respect that choice, the rape, the car accident the overwhelming stress that life in general dishes out, and oh yes let us not forget my commute, and the years upon years of spending most of my extra time going to or from work, the depression the Anxiety and the knowledge that yes i have gained 41 pounds since I have gotten married because being a new wife no matter how much you love him is hard.
And as much as I do love being outside I have a million other projects I need to get done because there is not an infinite amount of time in my day, also added the myriad of money issues we have had and that we are finally getting ourselves worked out, and I am currently still going to school and commuting and house sitting because my 90 year old Grandmother is moving back up here, oh yeah by the way my job requires I walk for about 4 hours and I try to go to the pool once or twice a week but sometimes homework which is more important takes over.
I also went on to tell her that I used to be a cook, and have grown up eating organic and whole foods and by the way that diet coke in your cart will kill you aspartame is a rat poison, and Tyson chicken is awful for you and not so good for the poor birds that are cage raised and never see light and can't walk or stand because their bodies are to big for their limbs to hold them, Buy Organic Free range it is better for you.
At this point I think she was a bit in shock, I am pretty sure she did not expect this conversation to turn out this way.
She looked at me and said I will pray for you........And hurried away.
I am positive that the prayers will help.
I would have never known that I was obese if a lady at Fred Meyer did not point out the fact that I did not need the cookies in my cart......this of course after ignoring the fruit, the vegetables and the green juice that was also in the cart, because umm apparently it was the cookies that sent her over the edge.
I especially loved the part where she said that she is paying for my bad habits.
Did this mean she was buying my groceries?
No. This merely meant that she is paying for my insurance, again not really because I get it through my work a hospital, and it has not bumped me for being obese yet, and perhaps if she also worked for the same company I could see where she might be worried about it.
But No she does not she is a stay at home Mom and she takes time to take care of herself and all it takes is willpower.
At this point I had had enough.
I asked her if I knew her? did she know me? No, well then in what planet is it okay to come up to a complete stranger and ask them personal questions?
I then asked her if she wanted to know more about me that maybe that would help her solve my issues since apparently I was not doing so myself.
I then preceded to tell her my life story from birth to present day all the deaths in the family the last couple of years have brought all the stress being a Navy wife and working in a place that did not respect that choice, the rape, the car accident the overwhelming stress that life in general dishes out, and oh yes let us not forget my commute, and the years upon years of spending most of my extra time going to or from work, the depression the Anxiety and the knowledge that yes i have gained 41 pounds since I have gotten married because being a new wife no matter how much you love him is hard.
And as much as I do love being outside I have a million other projects I need to get done because there is not an infinite amount of time in my day, also added the myriad of money issues we have had and that we are finally getting ourselves worked out, and I am currently still going to school and commuting and house sitting because my 90 year old Grandmother is moving back up here, oh yeah by the way my job requires I walk for about 4 hours and I try to go to the pool once or twice a week but sometimes homework which is more important takes over.
I also went on to tell her that I used to be a cook, and have grown up eating organic and whole foods and by the way that diet coke in your cart will kill you aspartame is a rat poison, and Tyson chicken is awful for you and not so good for the poor birds that are cage raised and never see light and can't walk or stand because their bodies are to big for their limbs to hold them, Buy Organic Free range it is better for you.
At this point I think she was a bit in shock, I am pretty sure she did not expect this conversation to turn out this way.
She looked at me and said I will pray for you........And hurried away.
I am positive that the prayers will help.