Monday, May 13, 2013

To All the Skinny Girls

So more and more lately you are seeing these images of robust women with titles of "Real Women Have Curves" or "Real Women Are Not Twigs" and here you are a young lady that is quite thin.  Not because you are dieting, or bulimic or anything like that, but because you were born with a high metabolism.  You just cannot gain weight, no matter how hard you try.  I have been there.

Growing up I was always the "twiggy girl" that for the life of me could not put on weight.  I would binge eat for days at a time, sit on my ass and not gain a pound.  I tried desperately to put on weight, I wanted to be one of the girls with the beautiful curves that the boys always went after, but it wasn't happening.

I always ended up the "pal" or "good friend" of the boys I liked because they always saw me as "one of the boys."  And why not, I mean I was always small chested, flat bottomed, thin and lanky. 

I had my crew that I spent most of my time with, and yes I finally met my first love in high school.  He was actually interested in me, as more than a friend!  It was amazing, and I did everything I could to make him happy.  Eventually we split up, he moved on, life went on.

I had a couple other boyfriends in high school but none of them lasted.  They all seemed to leave for one of the better figured females.  I really began to wonder if there truly was something wrong with me.

And then one day I realized there was something wrong with me, I did not believe in myself.  So what if I barely filled an A cup, so what if I wasn't a fat bottomed girl, I an compassionate, and I know how to love!  I do not need boobs to make someone happy.

Do not judge someone by their size, be it thin or overweight.  Do not think that just because they do not fit the Barbie doll basis of beautiful that they are not worth your time.  Your ignorance and mistreatment could be the final straw that sends that poor person to commit suicide, or do something else that they will regret for the rest of their lives.

Get to know them, you might be surprised.  Love is not about the physical, it's about the emotional.