Just laugh and say, "Too skinny for what?". No one has an answer for this. Girls are generally jealous or they are coming on to you. Guys are trying to alpha-dog you and are insecure. Response works either way.
No use in getting mad about it, just be grateful for what you can do with your "skinny" bod. Do you realize that most bigger, fatter people will NEVER know what it is like to run as fast and as far as you do every day? Consider yourself lucky.
I was recently at a meet and an old teacher who used to have me in school said I was too skinny. The guy I was with told her " hes not skinny , hes fit!" and she shut up. I'm 5-9 and between 126-130lbs. If people tell me I'm too skinny I usually disregard it because they aren't distance runners and think its normal to be 200lbs and overweight. These are always the people too who joke how they couldn't run down the street after you tell them about your run.
skin and bones wrote:
I don't respond, I run away and cry into my pillow at night.
It's ok.
I give a geeky grin and chuckle to appear unphased by the remark, but inside I hurt.
Im have a pretty small stature, but very toned all lean all around. Very fit!
Last weekend during a race, a girl said, "I wish my body was like that!" Actually, I heard several woman comment something of the sort. The thing is they already looked good and fit, well kinda, by American standards.
Like Jack Daniels said, people are never happy with what they have and want more. More, more, more.
I once received great advice. I give a good number of presentations to large groups of people, and there are often public Q&A sessions after the talk is over. At least 1/3 to 1/2 of the questions are really stupid and come from confrontational/angry people. So here is the advice:
Try answering all stupid questions or comments with a question. It makes the stupid person actually have to say that they are being stupid.
In this case, if someone says you're too skinny, then say "For what?" This can lead to a string of conversation that points out the commenter is fat, lazy, and not as healthy as you.
whip out my 11 incher
RealTalk wrote:
Last weekend during a race, a girl said, "I wish my body was like that!" Actually, I heard several woman comment something of the sort. The thing is they already looked good and fit, well kinda, by American standards.
I've never had a girl say I looked skinny. It's usually pudgy guys who are trying to justify their inactivity by saying the alternative does not make you attractive. They all hook up with fat chicks.
and we don't?
Love your name, Rakanishu!
great thread, I am 6'2 160..pretty big for a distance runner, but if i go out to a bar or night club I feel like I am easily the thinnest person there (girls included). In my opinion it's much easier to be tall and skinny, than short and skinny. One of my best friends has a similar BMI than I do, but he's 5'8ish and gets much more lip for being skinny. When people say "your too skinny!" i say..."yea but my full-ride scholarship check is fat"...before i was in college i said " I have an eating disorder, thanks"..it's always nice to make someone feel awkward and bad, because then they feel like they need to be nice to make it up to you, and probably wont comment about someone being skinny ever again.
fattyfatty wrote:
i'm not too skinny, you're just too fat.
This. I actually had a little kid say "you're too skinny", while out running. I yelled back "you're fat". Afterwards, I thought it was kind of mean to yell that back at a kid, but it was the honest truth! Kids shouldn't accept fatness as normal and acceptable.
Am I the only person that never really has anybody tell him he's too skinny? And I live in Mississippi, one of the fattest places in the world. Nobody ever says that to me. People sometimes observe that I'm skinny, but it generally comes off as a compliment. I'm 6', 145.
whenever i get shouts of run up skinny the perfect reply is slim down fatty
usually the people that comment on my skinniness are bigger, fatter people. sometimes football players or something.
i remind them that i probably banged their girl and then they relax and shutup.
just the way of the world. be skinny and lay pipe.
Tell them
" You're right - I came dead last in that pie-eating competition you won last week"
or" i have cancer. thanks for reminding me"
I've dealt with this kind of comment most of my life. Especially in High school. Now at 38 I'm so grateful I'm thin or 'skinny' because I didn't put on any weight the last 20+ years and most of the folks around me are bitching about how fat they are and how they can't lose weight. I always think its cool to be standing on the 1500m line and seeing 10+ other dudes who are just as thin. Be thankful you are skinny. My wife loves it. She ain't rolling around with a big fat beer bellied slob at night! LOL!
Not a problem with me. I'm a hunk and I can still run faster than any of you.
F*** off fatty
I tell 'em to SUCK MY FAT FU#&IN D%@K