When You Call Someone Fat

I was young the first time I heard an adult family member tell a child in our family they were fat. It felt so different than those times you hear someone say you’re smart, funny, or adorable. This felt hurtful and I could see the disappointment and hurt in the young family member about what was said. I remember being glad it wasn’t said to me. But then when I was growing up, it was my turn to be called this word. It was always meant in a negative way. Whether it was having a family member grab a softer section of my body and tell me I was “putting on the beef”, or another child trying to bring me down with that one word, it all left an impact that haunted me for most of my life and became that foundation of what defined me as me. <a href="https://medium.com/@ContinualMomentum/when-you-call-someone-fat-c499a50fe040">Click Here</a>