Random Poll o' the Week: Non-ops say the darndest things...

What is the stupidest/most insensitve/most dunderhead/biggest faux pas/just generally stupid thing a non-op (person who has not had WLS) said to you? (Actually list as many as you've got!)

Most recently - my friend from out of state saw my pic on facebook and called to rave about how great I am doing and how proud she is of me.... she thinks I am amazing and working so hard and blah blah. I told her "Thanks!! I had surgery in August and Have been doing great!!"
She hesitated and said "Well, I'm still proud of you anyway"

lol

I have been lucky enough not to have had any bonehead comments about the surgery itself, but I've had a couple comments about my eating that has made me grit my teeth.

My husband called once and asked what I was eating. I told him I was having the guts of a spicy chicken gyro, and it was making my mouth burn (I love spicy food). He got all huffy and said, "Why on earth did you have surgery and why did we go through all this stuff if you're just going to eat stuff like that??"

Excuse me? Why did WE go through all this? Last I heard, you were across the world, and it was, in fact, my body being operated on. Where's the "we"? I laid into him about the "stuff like that" comment, asking why he thought a chicken gyro was a bad choice. He said, "I thought you weren't supposed to have spicy food. Isn't that going to hurt your new stomach?"

Omg. No. I'm fine. Really?

And then yesterday, after I ate my crab, I had several bites of a small salad. My mother said, "Um, are you supposed to be eating that? I didn't think you could eat lettuce--it has no nutritional value!"

::facepalm::

Kinda getting tired of being under the microscope, studied and critqued by people who have no idea what I'm supposed to be putting in my mouth.

My neighbor makes little weight loss surgery diggs at me from time to time while we wait for our kids at the bus stop. I know she secretly wants to have surgery, but would never admit it. The funniest comment to me was when she said, "I could NEVER have surgery because I like to eat!!" That made me laugh. I eat all the damn time. My mom said she often asks her what I eat. My mom tells her I eat all the time and can eat anything I want.

EVERYONE says that to me.  I LOVE to eat and I still do eat.  Peoples ideas of what we eat and don't eat just crack me up.

Sarah

'wow, you are really beautiful now' - I know, I was really hideous before I lost weight.  Thanks.

'you didn't want to lose weight bad enough that is why you are having surgery' -  comment from a so called friend when I told her I was having surgery.

Sarah

A friend saw me after about 4 months, complimented me on my weight loss and said "I'm so proud of you - you did this the RIGHT way, all on your own!"

I sat him down and explained the facts of THIS life to him, including that I'm the bad example and that he should knock off the idiocy about eating junk and not working out to avoid being where I was.

He blushed very red, LOL!

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TeeHee! Too Funny!!  People are silly....................... But you are telling the truth!