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Re: - the dressing room; My Big Butt
From: micaela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:50:53 -0500 (CDT)
this is less about dressing rooms (because i can't offer anything nice
to say and my parents taught me that in that event don't say anything at
all)... THIS is about FITTING HIPS INTO CHAIRS.
And since jodi is going on an interview (and i believe this is one of
the most heinous offenders--the interview chair) i thought i'd write.
WHY DOES THE WORLD INSIST ON MAKING CHAIRS WITH ARMS SO DARN NARROW?
do they like to see big girls stuck? do they enjoy watching the fold
into the chair or just sit-at-the-edge-balancing act? I mean really
now--what gives? why can't we all just get those nice friendly chairs
that DON'T have arms. they're not necessary. arms make a chair more
expensive. they take up extra space.
AHEM--enough said.
so wanna know what i do? (remember--micaela's a bold woman) i tell
people--chairs with arms (with the exception of those rare comfy wide
ones) aren't fat-friendly. After the disbelief wears off, or they try
to laugh at what they think is my joke and get a little uncomfortable
when they realize i'm not kidding, sometimes they ask what i'm talking
about--so i SHOW THEM. I squish into the seat and then stand up--WITH
THE SEAT ATTACHED TO MY REAR. That usually explains everything.
Hey, at one job interview (I swear I'm not lying--i'll give the phone
number so you can verify) it worked--they bought new chairs...how do i
know?
Well, even tho i was sure i ruined my chance of getting the job after my
little demonstration fiasco, i was hired and they told me my little
"act" made them realize i wasn't the only one inconvienced or
uncomfortable in the waiting area.
So speak up ladies--just think of all the other wide-hipped people who
will be thankful.
I guess I needed to be heard.
thanks for listening,
micaela
At Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Jodi I must say I agree with you completely about dressing rooms, I
>think we all do! They're set up to be that evil!
>
>On the subject of big butts: I have a whopper! Size 32 in pants and my
>measurement around the hips is 65". I can't even sit in most seats,
>really, as my hips are so wide. But ya know, if you touch my hips, you
>can feel the bony ridge of my pelvis sticking through all the way down.
>I don't know if it's PCOS or what that causes that massive bone growth,
>but I swear to you my pelvis is like 3 feet across. Consider what an
>absolutely fabulous baby machine I would make! I'd be like, in and out,
>10 minutes of labor! Alas, the PCOS makes that a bit of a dream for me
>at the moment. *sigh* the whole thing's entirely unfair! But I guess no
>one ever said that life WAS fair. Hrmph!
>
>--
>Sonnet
>
>At Tue, 5 Jun 2001, jodi wrote:
>>
>>Last night I had to go and buy some clothing suitable for the interviews
>>I have this week. I wanted to get
>>a nice suit and a nice dress. I did end up finding both... also
>>finding to my dismay that I am most
>>assuredly between sizes, really need junior's clothes to fit, but it's
>>hard to find something in junior's that is
>>suitable for a 24 year old woman to wear on an interview!!!
>>
>>Regardless... ugh!!! Why do storekeepers think glaring white walls &
>>tile floor under flourescent lights
>>are a good idea for a dressing room??? Why is it that I can walk around
>>for days on end
>>feeling OK about my body - not GREAT but OK - and then I go to a
>>dressing room and it's all over?
>>My skin did NOT look that rashy/red at home... my thighs and calves did
>>NOT look that big at home...
>>what gives? The crowning insult was I thought it might be a good idea to
>>try on a bathing suit...
>>You know what? I don't think it is EVER a good idea to try on a bathing
>>suit! I will wear my old bathing
>>suit - my god, i've had it since 7th grade, but I only wore it that one
>>summer - and just be very careful not
>>to pull the elastic out of shape pulling it off and on.
>>
>>My dressing room trauma lead me to conclude one thing, however. I have
>>a big butt. Oh, I knew I had a big butt...
>>what I mean is, I will always have a big butt. I have a big pelvis,
>>therefore, I would have a big butt at
>>85 pounds... I would have a big butt at 185 pounds. There's no way
>>around it. The painful part comes from
>>thinking I have been shackled with a big butt and subfertility. If I
>>have to have a big butt, I could at
>>least have the potential to put it too good use. Sometimes I feel that
>>God has a really off beat sense of humor...
>>
>>ANYWAY... outside of that awful dressing room, I think my new dress is
>>very pretty. And I hope at least
>>one of my interviews goes well, because I can't wait to get out of my
>>current job. :-) Then I'll know whether or not
>>it's the BCPs...
>>
>>- jodi
>>
>>ps - blech!! as I write this, i get a call saying the interview for the
>>research position has to be rescheduled
>>as the doctor was called out of town! ooooohh... i was looking forward
>>to that for a week! now i'm majorly bummed...
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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