To Put It Bluntly.

Having lived in Asia for three plus years, you think that I would learn to accept the blunt comments/criticism that my Asian friends like to dole out.  

The following statements and questions have been thrown my way over the years:

-What's wrong with your face? (A sincere question!)

-You look much better. (After a haircut.)

-No muscle. (During a massage.  No tip)

Becky has received the following praise:

-Ooooh, are you pregnant?  (Said to Becky when we got back from break this year.)

-You look fat.

-You look much better than you did last year. 

-You have a pimple on your face.

-Did you gain weight.

-You look better with makeup.

Keeping that in mind, it should have come as no shock when our school secretary asked me today, "Did you lose the weight?"  I asked her "What weight," feigning ignorance due to the grammatically incorrect question.  "The weight," she said, pointing at my stomach.  "Are you stressed."  No confusion there.  I gave a little smile and just told her that I am skinny.

So thank you for that Asia.  I guess that means that I am going to be getting back into the weight room starting Monday to see if I can lose the weight-loss - that is, put on some weight.  And I thought that I had escaped those comments about my weight once stopped living in the same country as my mom.

The lesson here is: In Asia, everyone is your mom...only its Marie Barone.

Love iBeck