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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-05-26 06:32 pm

[ SECRET POST #3065 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3065 ⌋

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[The Witcher 3]


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[Shakin Stevens]


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[The Godfather II]


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[A Redtail's Dream]


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[David Lynch & David Cronenberg]


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[Laurell K. Hamilton]


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[Big Bang Theory]


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(Richard Dawkins)


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Re: awkward questions

(Anonymous) 2015-05-27 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I'd be surprised that someone would automatically go to "gastric bypass surgery" instead of just the simpler "you look like you've lost weight." On the positive side, I guess that means you've lost a lot, which is a lot of hard work, so congrats!

In my case, I find that people didn't notice that I'd lost weight until it was about 30 lbs. It happens gradually, and yet it seems like you have to lost quite a lot before people notice. Or maybe, it's just that they don't feel safe asking if you've lost weight until they're really sure.
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Re: awkward questions

[personal profile] elaminator 2015-05-27 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
Funnily enough, it was a pharmacist that asked the question. I hadn't needed meds in quite a while and she was never there when I dropped by anymore; it had probably been a year and a half since I'd seen her.

By that point I had lost a lot of weight, so I didn't mind people mentioning it (I worked hard for it, might as well), but yea, surgery was a pretty big leap; lots of people lose weight other ways.

You might be onto something; I would never ask someone if they had lost weight unless I was sure, and even then... Idk, I might just tell the person they look good. (It's awkward to assume people's reasons, and sometimes weight loss happens for bad ones.)

Change IS gradual, I think that's why I didn't look at myself and go “Wow, that's different" until I lost about forty pounds. (Even though I had lost dress sizes during that time period.) Maybe because you see yourself in the mirror everyday so it's easier to adjust to the small changes; you don't really notice until something big happens.