Recently moved to Louisiana - constantly get shamed for being too "skinny" - what is the best way to respond?

Southern charm wrote:

First off, I'm really not too skinny - I'm 6'0 175. I've put on about 10 pounds of muscle over the last three years.

Has anyone else delt with this? This is a first for me. I would say about 95% of the people I work with are morbidly obese and a lot of the women say some pretty disgusting things to me.

I was just wandering what's the best way to respond. Just ignore?

And what ever happened to Southern charm?

Those are good stats. 6'0 175. Wouldn't worry about it. Come up with some one liners like "always had a small stomach," suggesting you dont eat much and "don't find enough time to eat."

Which part of Louisiana? If you moved to south Louisiana just do what everyone said and get a thicker skin/make jokes back at them. If you're in north Louisiana move to south Louisiana. There's nothing good north of I-10 and there's no point in dealing with the office trolls if you have nothing fun to do outside of work.

Best way to respond: "Verdad, gordo?"

6'0" 150 here. Used to race at 155 but I gave up beer.

A certain percentage of people give me sh@t about being skinny. My mom, I told her that I'm pretty much will never discuss it with her from now.

Pure Hate.

Best way to respond is to move out of Louisiana.

99% of the time it stems from jealousy. Just smile and say you like the way you look.

Do you really feel ashamed though?

No, because you are fit.

So don't worry about it. Or move to Kenya, ya skinny freak!

Southern charm wrote:

First off, I'm really not too skinny - I'm 6'0 175. I've put on about 10 pounds of muscle over the last three years.

Has anyone else delt with this? This is a first for me. I would say about 95% of the people I work with are morbidly obese and a lot of the women say some pretty disgusting things to me.

I was just wandering what's the best way to respond. Just ignore?

And what ever happened to Southern charm?

I think the OP is an attention 'ho making the whole story up.

So basically fat people think that if you aren't fat you are too skinny. Does the fat get in the way of their mental processes or something?

But yeah I've seen similar things, not where they insult someone for being to skinny, but just people who are more "average" sized for an american, by which i mean a bit overweight, will always tell people thinner than they are that they need to gain weight. Anytime you are thinner than someone and tell them you want to lose weight they say you're crazy and if anything you need to gain weight. Bizarre. People who aren't in shape think no one should be fit.

SouthernMan wrote:

Which part of Louisiana? If you moved to south Louisiana just do what everyone said and get a thicker skin/make jokes back at them. If you're in north Louisiana move to south Louisiana. There's nothing good north of I-10 and there's no point in dealing with the office trolls if you have nothing fun to do outside of work.

I was stationed at Fort Polk, LA and will agree. There's a reason why they sent soldiers to train here prior to heading to Vietnam.

Alan

Reply with "Who wants to be fat? That is so gross."

Runningart2004 wrote:

SouthernMan wrote:

Which part of Louisiana? If you moved to south Louisiana just do what everyone said and get a thicker skin/make jokes back at them. If you're in north Louisiana move to south Louisiana. There's nothing good north of I-10 and there's no point in dealing with the office trolls if you have nothing fun to do outside of work.

I was stationed at Fort Polk, LA and will agree. There's a reason why they sent soldiers to train here prior to heading to Vietnam.

Alan

Alan, why don't you tell us what that reason is?

messi wrote:

Alan, why don't you tell us what that reason is?

In 1962, Fort Polk began converting to an advanced infantry training (AIT) center. A small portion of Fort Polk is filled with dense, jungle-like vegetation, so this, along with Louisiana's heat, humidity and precipitation (similar to Southeast Asia) helped commanders acclimatize new infantry soldiers in preparation for combat in Vietnam. This training area became known as Tigerland. For the next 12 years, more soldiers were shipped to Vietnam from Fort Polk than from any other American training base. For many, Fort Polk was the only stateside Army post they saw before assignment overseas. Many soldiers reported to basic training at Fort Polk and stayed on post for infantry training at Tigerland before being assigned to infantry line companies in Vietnam.

There's a pretty good movie about it:

People say I'm too f****** skinny, I say you're too f****** slow.

Alan, you might like Thomas Pynchon's early story, "The Small Rain," from Slow Learner, set in a Louisiana military camp in the 1950s where the soldiers had nothing to do but help with hurricane relief.

Runningart2004 wrote:

SouthernMan wrote:

Which part of Louisiana? If you moved to south Louisiana just do what everyone said and get a thicker skin/make jokes back at them. If you're in north Louisiana move to south Louisiana. There's nothing good north of I-10 and there's no point in dealing with the office trolls if you have nothing fun to do outside of work.

I was stationed at Fort Polk, LA and will agree. There's a reason why they sent soldiers to train here prior to heading to Vietnam.

Alan

6'0" 175 in Colorado makes you obese.