I remember this time when my self esteem had hit rock bottom,
so a friend of mine tried to boost it up by asking a few guys in our class
if they thought I was fat or not.
The first guy straight up replied "Yes, she is fat," and that
obviously didn't make me feel any better.
The second guy she asked said "I don't really want to answer that."
And she told him to just give a straight answer.
And then he said yes as well. I was feeling very upset
by this point.
And then my friend had a little snap at that guy, saying
"How could you say that?" and this and that.
My crush, who had just tuned into the conversation
asked her "How could he say what?"
And she told him how the two guys had
called me fat and I assumed he was just going
to say nothing and turn away.
But he didn't. And this is what he said.
"How could you call her fat? You never, ever call a girl fat,
especially if she isn't because you don't know how long
she's going to remember that. That's really disrespectful,
you know? Don't do that."
And then he turns to me and says,
"You're not fat."
And that was the first time in ages
I had a little hope in myself again.