you must be warm with all that insulation!

i'm hoping both camps are able to establish one rule:

it is absolutely impolite to comment unsolicited on someone's figure.

that said, am i wrong to feel the slightest bit upset about tuesday when i asked a woman, whom i had never met, how she was doing, and she responded with,

"well you're lucky because you're so slim!"

not that i was hurt in the least by her comment, but it was unsolicited, AND from a lady i did not know. it's ok for the gym teacher (female) to tell me "you look great!" without my asking, because i know her.

but it's not like i'm going to say to a bald man on a hot day, "well you must be nice and cool with no hair on your head!"

or to a fat person on a cold day, "well you must be nice and warm with all that insulation!"

people, just don't do it.

what if i had said to her, "but i'm not slim ENOUGH!" i wonder how she would have responded. i just gave her a snort disguised as a laugh and a grim smile.