Question from Last Weds. Answered...you have to read this.

Well last Weds when I was getting ready for my interview I posted a question. Am I good enough NOW...Well I did not really want and answer because I think I am good enough now...but something happened to me yesterday to prove that I do love myself. I was in a local store which alone is small and they are restocking so the isles are cluttered and there is barely room for a healthy skinny person to fit through well I had no problem until a tiny young girl came out of one of the other isles and I bumped into her accidentally. Well I said I was sorry and I went down the next isle as I was walking down that isle I heard her say to her mother "That is why FAT people should not be allowed in these stores."....now I thought Ohhh my am I still FAT....Then I thought to myself....instead of just ignoring it and walking away face it. Because if I did not I would go home and eat something or stuff that emotion and feel bad about myself. So I went back around to that young girl (20 something) and I asked her what she said and of course she said "ohhh nothing"....I told her how dare she call me fat and that I have lost more than she even weighs and that I could break her in 2. Well her mother kept saying "You can't talk to her like this"...I told her mother to shut up....and stay out of it. Well I told her that people like her are no better than a FAT person and I was not a FAT person. I told her that she better watch what she says because she is a nasty snake and she would never amount to much talking like she was. Well when I went to walk away she started to talk and I told her that she better just shut up and say she was sorry and she said YEAH I AM SORRY YOUR FAT.....Ohhhh I just looked at her and said you know what I am a better person than you are and when I walk away again that if she says anything I was going to turn around and ***** slap her.....lol.....I don't even know what that means...but I got outside into my car and I cried a year ago I would never had said anything and I would have been so hurt but not now.....So you know what I am GOOD enough....Good enough that I would not let a total stranger hurt me..... Lesson learned....

You Go Girl!!! I am so proud of you. None of us should ever take that crap! That girl will Never be one tenth of a good person like you! Yea for Crystal!1 Joni

Well thank you Joni....awwww and thank you for thinking I am a good person....but I left out most of my swear words....so I am not sure about how good I am but man did I feel good

It's not ok to talk badly about people of a different ethnic or geographical background than yourself. It's not ok to make fun of physically handicapped people. It's not ok to diss the mentally handicapped. It's not ok to harass gay people, or sexually harass people. Why, oh why, is it ok to disparage and make fun of fat people??? And she obviously didn't care because she said it out loud in front of you. The attitude of the mother also kills me. I hear from my teacher friends that their problems come as much from the parents as they do the kids. Good for you!!!! It's about time we all started doing what you did. And I am so glad you didn't let it get to you. You realized she's the problem, not you. Ain't nothing wrong with you, thin or fat!!!! And here's hoping that little snit grows up to be fat and see what it's like to hear someone make the same comments about her as what she said about you. Marcia

Marcia thank you and you are so right,,,who made the rules of society....they must have been messed up themself. I almost did not stand up for myself. It would have been so much easier if I had just walked away,,,but I would have payed for it...and I might still have been paying for it....

Good for you, Crystal! I am so proud of you for standing up against that little ***** It is so wonderful to feel empowered. Just remember, the main reason people put others down is to make themselves feel superior. Not oly are you good,,,,,you are the best!!!!!!!! And we all love you. What's going on with the job? Shar

Well as for the job I should hear something by Weds....Awwww Shar I love you all too....Thank you and I thought I would share my strength with the A-team.....

Good for you. You have more strength than me. Pardon my french, but if it had been me the ***** - and her Mother - would have went down. Glad to see that parents are instilling such great values into their (little turds) children.

Well thank you Jessica and you know what I agree with you.....some peoples kids...I am trying to make sure my children are nothing like most children....they would never say anything about anyone...but it is hard to even raise gentle ones....Bullies always get my daughter...and you know what...I can't get her to stand up for herself,,,after yesterday,,,,maybe she will understand through me telling her what her MOM did and she will..

Oh my gosh, you go GIRL!!! That was great. I had an 'incident' years ago (when I don't think I was even that fat) and I confronted two old ladies who were talking about me 5 feet from me, like I couldn't hear them, about how people let themselves get fat like that and I shouldn't be ordering food. It was awful, so I walked over to them and let them have it (quietly). It made me feel good too. People are so awful! Proud of you! RJ