She Means Well....

(deactivated member)
on 6/14/10 12:08 am
On Saturday we had gone to an outdoor benefit so being really hot I wore a summer dress and I asked Dennis 20 times if it looked ok before we even left the house. Since it was humid and going to be 3000 degrees once I started dancing. I opted to not wear Spanx out because lets face it you can sweat in those things. Dennis told me that it looked good so I went out! 

So last night my Aunt was over she went to the benefit with us we were looking at the photos and then she told me that she Didn't like my dress on Saturday because it showed off my belly too much. I felt to sick to my stomach like did I look bad all day long??? My muffin top is the thing I am most self conscious since surgery. I know she meant well but now I am freaked out in my mind over the whole thing.

Ugh this mind trip we go on with this surgery.
SPatel4
on 6/14/10 12:21 am - Levittown, PA
Beth,
You look amazing! I agree there are a few body parts that I am not crazy about but I would wear the muffin top as a badge of honor. I mean I just saying that just means that you have come a long way baby and until both of us can afford the plastics I say there is nothing we can do and you know what Beth? Dennis told you that you looked good that is what I would keep in the back of my mind. Trust me he knows what he is talking about! {{{Hugs}}}

 
-Shilpa

People comment on my over 100 pound weight loss and attribute it to my WILLpower, but it is my WANTpower: I WANT to be thin and healthy more than anything else! 

 

(deactivated member)
on 6/14/10 3:59 am
Thank you Shilpa! 
bvohl
on 6/14/10 12:33 am
On June 14, 2010 at 7:08 AM Pacific Time, Beth C. wrote:
On Saturday we had gone to an outdoor benefit so being really hot I wore a summer dress and I asked Dennis 20 times if it looked ok before we even left the house. Since it was humid and going to be 3000 degrees once I started dancing. I opted to not wear Spanx out because lets face it you can sweat in those things. Dennis told me that it looked good so I went out! 

So last night my Aunt was over she went to the benefit with us we were looking at the photos and then she told me that she Didn't like my dress on Saturday because it showed off my belly too much. I felt to sick to my stomach like did I look bad all day long??? My muffin top is the thing I am most self conscious since surgery. I know she meant well but now I am freaked out in my mind over the whole thing.

Ugh this mind trip we go on with this surgery.
Beth,

Sometimes people just need to not say anything! As my mother used to say, "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing!" She may have "meant well" but those type of comments really play with your mind.  I had a coworker say something about my haircolor that I had done myself. She said, "It really doesn't compliment you, it looks fake". So what did I do? After work, I went and got more hair color and colored my hair AGAIN!!  Some of my other coworkers thought I was crazy for changing it, but thought both colors looked nice. To me, it really played with my mind. Did I look like an orange haired freak all day? I totally understand what you went through. I think you look fantastic!! You rock it, GIRL!!!

((HUGS))
Beth
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on 6/14/10 4:00 am
Beth..thank you! 
Liz R.
on 6/14/10 12:52 am - Easton, PA
AWW hun I am sure that you looked awesome!!  I have the muffin top too and it is what gets me so aggravated.

Now, I know I can't ask Chris and get an un-biased answer. He is always honest but he doesn't see the flub like i do.

*hugs*
(deactivated member)
on 6/14/10 4:01 am

I knew I would find others that understood here...THank you Liz! 

rivardstarr
on 6/14/10 9:27 am - phoenixville, PA
hijack- Congrats on your little girl! I moved, and between all the moving stuff and radiation therapy I missed thr big day. I hope all of you are resting, doing well and ignoring the housework!
Chris
IdaMae D.
on 6/14/10 12:52 am - Philadelphia, PA
Beth,
You look amazing and have done a wonderful job with this tool. 
I understand how aunts can be.  They think they are being helpful - yet what they say really plays with our heads.

My mom always told me - look in the mirror is you like what you see, screw everyone else....my mom was a character and I do miss her sarcastic isims...... 

IdaMae

(deactivated member)
on 6/14/10 4:02 am
My aunt totally meant well sometimes she just expresses how she feels....

Thank you Ida! 
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