Do you wish you’d been born slim? Could eat whatever you like? Well, I can tell you that there are some things about being thin that drive me nuts …

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1. Wood Benches, Ouch!

Wooden benches and wooden seats. Oh my god. More than 2 minutes is sooo uncomfortable. I need a cushion.

** 2. Rude comments**

I wouldn’t dream of telling someone they were overweight, so why is it OK to tell me I look like a stick insect and ask when I last ate a decent meal?

3. No weight to spare...

If you get sick, you lose weight you can’t afford to lose, and end up looking skinnier than ever!

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4. Shopping

Finding clothes to fit. I don’t have so much trouble with tops, but trousers and jeans are a nightmare to buy. I need a belt to stop them falling down…

5. Rude!

People are very patronizing, especially if you are not very tall. I have actually been patted on the head. What am I, a dog?

6. Eating disorders?

The assumption that you have an eating disorder. Because of course someone couldn’t be naturally thin, could they? Annoying...

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7. Gain Weight? Yeah, Right!

It’s a LOT harder to gain weight than lose it when you’re naturally slim. I have tried and tried, and even supplements make no difference. When you're naturally slim, you can't gain weight, even if you try!

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8. It's All My Fault...

All the articles about skinny celebs. Some may diet too much, but slimness is criticized as if it is something inherently bad. We get the blame for women and girls aspiring to be thinner. Why? How is it my fault?

Now, I believe that we have a natural size, and I am how I’m meant to be. What do you think? Is it unfair to pick on skinny people? Or do you pick on thinner people? Please let me know!

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sharon
2010-06-28T23:09:38.000Z
I'm not naturally thin, in fact I work very hard to stay thin, but I have been targeted by people in similar ways. After all of my efforts to eat healthy and keep in shape people accuse me of not eating or being too skinny. I think the majority of the problem is this awful catty attitude women have to have about one another. If I'm a size 4 or a size 16 (and I have been both in my life) people will still make rude comments about my weight. There's no way to please everyone, so just worry about pleasing yourself.
Al
2010-08-12T11:41:09.000Z
R u girls done ^ ^
Alison
2010-06-21T23:11:37.000Z
Yourmum - I would rather not be criticised at all for my size. Calling someone a toothpick or calling them fat - both mean.
lynn
2010-06-20T23:44:53.000Z
i agree a lot with this article because i am naturally skinny too. it really is nerve cracking when u complain that u have lost weight and everybody gives you nasty looks. it does drives you crazy when u go shopping and since brands are making clothes bigger for bigger people (i'm not against this)you can't find anything fitting.there are still girls who are naturally really skinny and it is a nightmare trying to gain weight. for me it's almost impossible, i have only managed to gain 4 pounds in 6 months and i lost it past week i had my end of semester examinations. i think naturally skinny girls really get what it is like to struggle with clothing and dieting and people making low taste jokes about your body. we get what does fatty girls go through, even when we are in the exact oposite situation. so, when u meet a naturally skinny girl, be a reasonable person and don't tease her about it, she has no control of her metabolism at all.
Eve
2010-06-16T11:34:35.000Z
I look at these comments and they shock me. Why is it okay for people to call each other names based on weight PERIOD?!?!?! I don't care if you are fat and "jealous" as one poster put it, you never have the right to pick on someone just because they are different? Same for the other way around. What happened to butting out of other people's lives? If we should be mad and mean to anyone it's the media brain washing people into their own way of thinking. Don't blame the models for being skinny, blame the men (and a small percentage of women) at the top who run these companies and hire these models. I've read that the reason these "beauty" standards are enforced so that anorexia looks acceptable is because it is the last area where women are "controlled" by the patriarchy. Seriously think about that. Why else would starving yourself and feeling bad about yourself gain them? They sell more diet and cosmetic products and at the same time "put women in their place." This is why I avoid media that scrutenizes the body types of women like the plague. As a result I live a happier life.
Charlotte
2010-06-15T17:18:42.000Z
This is a very good description. I am naturally thin and it's a nightmare, finding clothes is so hard, and I constantly get told that i'm too skinny. I am currently trying to gain weight and it is taking forever, it's almost not worth the extra money for food! I just hope this article is not misinterpreted to seem like we are complaining about what some people would call 'a gift'.
Katie
2010-06-25T04:28:11.000Z
this is soo true! i hate it when people are always making comments about my weight. everybodys always saying, "you need to eat more" "are you anorexic??". i HATEE it. im sorry, that i have a fast metabolism! trust me,, i eat sooo much! it doesnt make any difference. and im also sorrry causee i like my body exactly the way it is! :)