Honestly!!

[Alexandra 55]

Some people!!

A family on my block has a lot of people in and out of the house all the time. Many of them are frequent visitors--relatives, I guess--and maybe I've seen the same people more frequently than others. This is not to say we've ever been introduced, or that I would know any of these people if I met them elsewhere; but I do wave if I catch someone's eye once in a while.

The family that lives in the house is perfectly nice, and I know them somewhat. When the mom first saw that I was losing a lot of weight, she quite nicely asked me about it and I told her my story. That was at least two years ago now.

So this morning, a gaggle of people was leaving their house, and I was down at the curb getting the mail. I didn't recognize anyone but waved casually anyway. One of them--someone who has evidently visited before--actually yelled at me across the cul-de-sac: "YOU LOOK GREAT! HOW DID YOU LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT?" Holy crap! She was with at least five other adults, two or three of them male but none of them anyone I knew. Nice! "Magic," I said with a smile. She laughed and then looked puzzled, so I just said "a lot of hard work" and returned to my house.

What the hell was she thinking? That I would bellow across the road "I HAD WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, THANKS FOR ASKING, YOU TACTLESS BITCH"

[SherryA 0]

What the hell was she thinking? That I would bellow across the road "I HAD WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, THANKS FOR ASKING, YOU TACTLESS BITCH"

Now THAT would have been priceless if you had responded that way!!! You are right though, some people really have nerve, that was really out of line for her to ask you that by yelling across the street!!!!!

[conniesueb 1]

Why is it that people can't just compliment you, without asking "how did you do it?" There are some people I will tell, but others I prefer not to, and it's a little uncomfortable. I'd just be happy with-"You look great!" Is that really too much to ask? I agree that you should have really answered her that way--it would have been hysterical, and maybe taught her a lesson in tact!

[*susan* 1,709]

That was really rude, they seem almost shocked that we could actually lose weight. I agree with Sherry, you should have responded with the "tactless bitch" comment.

[Boo Boo Kitty 3]

Now THAT would have been priceless if you had responded that way!!! You are right though, some people really have nerve, that was really out of line for her to ask you that by yelling across the street!!!!!

I agree and I would say it, but I am that way! lol...

[Alexandra 55]

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind compliments and even people asking me how I did it. But this was, to me, a perfect stranger; if she'd said only "you look great" to me I would have thought she was whacked. Come to think of it, maybe that's why she added the question--so I wouldn't think she was paying a stranger a compliment for no reason.

But the tactless part was that she was yelling to me across the street in front of a group of other strangers! No, I don't mind that she asked. It was HOW she asked that really rubbed me the wrong way. (Of course, I don't know this woman from Eve, so I don't know what would have been a "right" way for her to ask. But yelling was NOT.IT.)

[faithmd 14]

Now THAT would have been priceless if you had responded that way!!! You are right though, some people really have nerve, that was really out of line for her to ask you that by yelling across the street!!!!!

I'm making note of that one!

And I'll alos be remembering Jack's-for those older folks that I feel the need to not swear around.