Owning It
When my older cousin got her first car at sixteen, she added a hilarious bumper sticker to the center of her back window that read, "Fat people are harder to kidnap". Being thirteen at the time and going through a phase involving glasses, braces and pudginess, my insecurity levels were through the roof. Needless to say, I remember being so hurt and pissed off. Being thirty, fairly confident now and extremely cynical (I'm working on it), I now look back on this memory and laugh. Hell yes to the person who created that bumper sticker! Way to go on finding the positives in obesity! It amazes me that something so trivial could cause such an emotional reaction in me. Luckily, being overweight the majority of my life has given me something to help me survive--a sense of humor. I've learned to roll with the punches, for the most part. It has never been the straight-up bullies that have truly bothered me in life. I'd be lying if I said I haven't...