21.
I have ginger hair, a colleague met my light brown haired daughter and said ‘shes very pretty you must be so pleased she didnt get ginger hair’ 😯
😆— Zo Whiteside (@ZoWhiteside) September 12, 2020
22.
“You’re so brave; I wouldnt leave the house if I looked like you”
— BexGArtist (@ellapeaches1984) September 13, 2020
23.
I have worse ones… PE teacher who was mean to me for YEARS about my weight and acted like my arthritis diagnosis was a personal whimsy saw me when I’d left school (& lost weight): “I heard you were much thinner but you still look well.” And we all know what “well” is code for
— Chloe Houston (@ChloeReading) September 13, 2020
24.
Boyfriend when I was 19 told me “You’re not the prettiest thing in the world but I do love you.” Regret to this day that I didn’t (at the least) breakup with him on the spot.
— Louise Geraghty (@idontdobeige) September 13, 2020
25.
Mine was a very thin woman at work telling me she has to watch her alcohol intake because of her “very slight frame” and that I’m lucky not to have that problem (eg I’m a fat b*tch )
— ᧁꪶꪶ..ꪖꪀ (@x_gn_x) September 13, 2020
26.
I had some thin friends complaining about their fat thighs. I pointed out my thighs were much larger than theirs and they said “well at least yours are in proportion to your body.”
— Squirrel Herder (@squirrelshorts) September 13, 2020
27.
I also once had a (fat) male work colleague poke me in the stomach with a metre ruler and tell me I didn’t need a second biscuit at morning tea.
— Steph (@JustStephOK) September 13, 2020
28.
Top two, which I have heard many times:
“You don’t look Jewish!”
and
“You write too well to be a romance author!”
— Julie Cohen (@julie_cohen) September 13, 2020
29.
From an eliminated bakeoff contestant, greeting me with: “you’re much fatter than you looked on TV”. Lovely introduction, nice to meet you too ☹️
— Dan Lepard (@dan_lepard) September 13, 2020
30.
Top two, which I have heard many times:
“You don’t look Jewish!”
and
“You write too well to be a romance author!”
— Julie Cohen (@julie_cohen) September 13, 2020