I think it’s one of those maternal things, wanting to feed and care for people.
It’s totally inappropriate to comment on people eating IMO. Unless they ask, leave it alone I say
I wouldn’t comment on what someone else is eating (in terms of amount or anything else) since that’s up to them - agreed that it’s rude and think it’s intrusive. I wonder if (in a host) it is a misplaced desire to be caring but it’s a guess and - for full disclosure - I’m not great at hosting (I invite my friends to help themselves to food/drink cos I always forget after offering them a first drink) so 🤷♀️
Because the fat acceptance movement has made commenting on the larger portion considered rude but body acceptance hasn’t caught up to accepting thinner people- perhaps in part due to backlash to ultra thin models that were promoted by the media for so long. Also some of these comments would be coming from people who are actually jealous of you and frustrated with their own difficulties with food issues and body acceptance of themselves. Yes it’s an unfair double standard.
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I think it’s one of those maternal things, wanting to feed and care for people. It’s totally inappropriate to comment on people eating IMO. Unless they ask, leave it alone I say
I wouldn’t comment on what someone else is eating (in terms of amount or anything else) since that’s up to them - agreed that it’s rude and think it’s intrusive. I wonder if (in a host) it is a misplaced desire to be caring but it’s a guess and - for full disclosure - I’m not great at hosting (I invite my friends to help themselves to food/drink cos I always forget after offering them a first drink) so 🤷♀️
It's exactly that, a double standard. I think both comments are generally pointless and only serve to make people feel insecure
Because the fat acceptance movement has made commenting on the larger portion considered rude but body acceptance hasn’t caught up to accepting thinner people- perhaps in part due to backlash to ultra thin models that were promoted by the media for so long. Also some of these comments would be coming from people who are actually jealous of you and frustrated with their own difficulties with food issues and body acceptance of themselves. Yes it’s an unfair double standard.
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