Yes!! I could live without scrawny!!
I’ve actually used that line before too. I like to add this to it though…
“You would think that having 2 kids would slow my metabolism down, but it hasn’t so far!”
That really pisses 'em off. I’ve only said it a couple times though. I don’t like to be shitty to people but sometimes I just can’t resist.
Someday, possibly in an alternate universe, Nika will learn when I’m joking.
Then again, I hope she doesn’t. Befuddlement makes her all the more desirable.
[Hijack] Glad you know that I am from an alternate universe. [Hijack]
Nike, if you don’t close a hijack vB code ([**/**hijack]), we may never know where the thread may end up.
I, of course, meant Nika.
sorry, still learning
Thank you, Rachelle, I can tell you’re not that kind of a person, to be mean or hateful to others, unless they provoke you into it. It’s funny how narrow the range of ‘acceptable’ weight really is. You’re on one side, being too slim, and I’m on the other, being too large. And, I bet you have the same types of problems finding clothes that fit as I do. I get the feeling that manufacturers think that large people must all be short, and slim people must be only average height. Go figure.
JohnL, thank you, I think so too, at times. Americans are too hung up on body size and what we look like. I get paranoid at times because of the way so many people treat me and look at me. And, yet, I’m not that much bigger than a lot of women I see. I just bought me some new clothes, and I was down 3 sizes in my pants, so that means that I’m now only about 3-4 sizes bigger than the ‘average’ woman.
Nika and ChiefScott: no, I won’t say it. At least not yet. 
<sorry, Chief>
Say what? Say it
Purplebear, I think you need to clarify yourself here.
Body image is really tough in the gay world. There is a premium placed on being under twenty-five, blonde, muscular.
Having even a little extra gut will prompt catty remarks, and fat or old men can count on being ignored as if they didn’t exist.
Another thing I learned over the years is that when someone says something totally inappropriate, you can sort of look amazed and say (with the proper intonation of amazement, of course) “Excuse me?” (Emphasis on the cuse part) This works really well in almost all of these situations. Of course, it really helps to have the backstory in your mind-"I REALLY can’t believe you are rude and insensitive (or drunk and boorish, or totally without class–you get the picture) enough to SAY that to me!
I like this one, as no one could ever feel justified in being rude back-at least no one ever has. Again, take pleasure in watching them fumble for a comeback.
Scotti
A line I heard in a movie once works pretty well here, too:
[ul]“Excuse me, but are you trying to be rude or are you just stupid?”[/ul]
It’s from “Shadowlands”. Good flick. Anthony Hopkins can ACT!
~~Baloo
I am very sorry if I’ve given the wrong impression, Nika. I was merely pointing out that you and ChiefScott were really flirting, and I was going to make a comment about that, then I decided I didn’t know you well enough yet, so I left it a bit vague. Too vague, apparently. Please forgive me, no offense was intended. I’m sorry that I just saw this update, having been too busy today to come back to it till now.
Who?
Me flirt?
I’ve never.
And don’t go linking to other threads either…