My Butt
I can't believe I'm telling this. I can't tell anybody in my family. I was at the store today, pushing my buggy back to the car. I was wearing my little summer-time skirt with matching top I got from Goody's. A man stopped me and said, "I hope you won't get mad at me but I have to tell you something." And I thought, "Oh sh**, my skirt's probably stuck up in my panties." But then he said, "You've got the cutest little butt." He didn't just say "cute butt" he said "cute little butt." I just stood there gaping at him. I had never heard that in my entire life, and here I am working on age 48. Oh my goodness. Now when I'm on my death bed I can go knowing somebody thought I had a cute butt.
Kim Fiveash
Ya know, some women might be offended by that, but I would have probably gone home w/ that man!! (Not really, I have an awesome husband who has loved me through every stage of thin & fat--mostly fat, of course!)
Of course, I'm one of those women who LOVED it when I was getting close to goal and people would comment that I was getting too thin or wondered when I was going to stop losing! Lots of people who have posted on OH find these remarks annoying or rude, but in my mid-50's, I loved it and never found it offensive in the least. I never thought anyone who said those things to me meant it in a snotty way--they were just good-natured, and I just soaked it in! I would kill for a remark like that now that I've regained some weight!! 
Always,
Jo
You're right, most women would have been offended, and I probably should have slapped his face, but I went to sleep with a smile on my face last night. I walked in front of a car with two women in it at WalMart a few weeks ago, and the driver got mad and told the other one I was a "skinny *****" And all I could think of was "she called me skinny." It felt great, even though it was really an insult.
