My body is not a public discussion topic....?

I wonder if I walk around with a neon board over my head that says, "Please, tell me how skinny I am, again."

No uncle, your 151st iteration of "Hahaha, do you even feed your daughter?" to my parents is not funny. Nor do I want to hear about how unhealthy you think I am.

"Are you enrolling yourself in a pageant show? Why are you starving yourself?" Oh my, aren't you very smart and humorous?

haha. there. now shut up please.

Perhaps the concept of people having a naturally high metabolism is very strange and new to you, but the concept of keeping your opinions to yourself about other people's bodies should definitely not be - especially at your age.

And rambling on and on about how men like chubby women, and how no man would want to marry me if I remain this way?

Now isn't that very creepy and disgusting?

Especially when it comes from a man over 60 years of age?

And especially when I was only 15?

yeah.

I wish I could tape their mouths shut when they come visit me at my home, really. When did greetings go from "Hello, how are you?" to "omgee you're skinner than the last time I saw you!"…?

I used to run an internal commentary to see how fast they drop this line (I had to find some humor here, you see, for my own sanity), but I had to give that up when that was literally the very first thing they said as soon as they stepped inside. I wish I was exaggerating.

The only thing that needs fixing here is your social skills, auntie. But seriously, the only thing your brain could come up with for small talk is my body? I would reckon an elder person would have much more interesting things to talk about.

Body shaming is not cool, no matter what type of body it is. No one has to concern themselves with how attractive or how healthy my body looks to their eyes. My life doesn't revolve around you.

I know I sound too angry, but it really gets very exhausting after a while - especially when you're hearing this all your life.

Thank you very much for your concerns, but just leave me and my body alone.