I popped in to see my sis on the way home from work and a mutual friend of ours was there. She is a lovely girl but had a tough upbringing and because of some other things in her life has some self image issues.However she is still pretty fine despite the fact she can't see it. She is a great mom and all round lovely person.

Anyway while i was talking to her my sis was upstairs putting Iris to bed her 9 yr old son says "mommy if i tell you that you are thin will you buy this for me"
I was flabbergasted and said "you have a lot to learn about women son"

She then goes.....

"oh he gets it from his Dad.....the other day he told me if i get down to a certain size (bear in mind there is nothing of her) i will buy you a boob job!"


I mean WTF how offensive is that on so many levels.....ffs some people



[Edited 8/7/06 10:06am]

mdiver said:

it only works in her house if she lets it. I feel there's a communication problem between her and her husband, and to include the kids on it is awful

"mommy"??

funny, i always thought you were English

I popped in to see my sis on the way home from work and a mutual friend of ours was there. She is a lovely girl but had a tough upbringing and because of some other things in her life has some self image issues.However she is still pretty fine despite the fact she can't see it. She is a great mum and all round lovely person.

Anyway while i was talking to her my sis was upstairs putting Iris to bed her 9 yr old son says "mummy if i tell you that you are thin will you buy this for me"
I was flabbergasted and said "you have a lot to learn about women son"

She then goes.....

"oh he gets it from his Dad.....the other day he told me if i get down to a certain size (bear in mind there is nothing of her) i will buy you a boob job!"


I mean WTF how offensive is that on so many levels.....ffs some people



[Edited 8/7/06 10:06am]
[Edited 8/7/06 10:13am]

mdiver said:

He already knows about women. He knows that how they look is very important to them. He will find that out even more when he grows up.

mdiver said:

He already knows about women. He knows that how they look is very important to them. He will find that out even more when he grows up.

Spats said:

There we have it people the mentality and maturity of a 9 year old. Karen i guess you were right.

It's the truth. Go out and meet women.

mdiver said:

Oh man, it took you so long to figure that out?

choose your words with care and i won't get riled.

Anx said:

me?

Spats said:

To "THEM" or to MEN?

applekisses said:

To women. Women would not have issues with weight or their looks if their looks were not important to them.

mdiver said:

anyone, really.

it was a general observation.

Anx said:

Angst, if I say you're thin, would you get me a lollapalooza tshirt?

Spats said:

You're barely scratching the surface there...dig a little deeper

Spats said:

You're barely scratching the surface there...dig a little deeper

applekisses said:

And you find this with mostly with women. You rarely see guys with issues like this. If someone didn't like how I look i would tell them to go F**k themselves. I would not develop issues about it.

applekisses said:

And you find this with mostly with women. You rarely see guys with issues like this. If someone didn't like how I look i would tell them to go F**k themselves. I would not develop issues about it.

Spats said:

I asked nicely. Please go away

mdiver said:

Co sign

applekisses said:

To women. Women would not have issues with weight or their looks if their looks were not important to man like me .

purplerein said:

I'm not even contributing to the thread and I agree!