"I am a very overweight woman, but down 50 pounds from my top weight and continuing at a consistent, but slow, rate to lose. My A1C is now down to pre-diabetic, so I know my efforts are making a difference. I recently had a terrible bout of sciatica and pain in an arthritic knee, which kept me from some anticipated travel."
"As I see it, you have two ways to play this hand. The next time this woman says something grossly insensitive, tell her it's her third strike and repeat what you have written to me about what comes out of her mouth. Or simply do yourself a favor and from now on ice her out. (She may have been trying to help you in some weird way or she's clueless.)"
An overweight woman reports losing 50 pounds and lowering her A1C to pre-diabetic levels while losing weight slowly. Sciatica and an arthritic knee interrupted travel plans. A friend suggested weight caused the pain and recommended further weight loss, which the woman found condescending and hurtful. The same friend previously minimized her grief by urging her to socialize during COVID. The woman asks whether to confront, ignore, or end the friendship. Advice offers two options: tell the friend it is her third strike and repeat the offending remarks back to her, or distance herself and 'ice her out,' acknowledging the friend may be clueless or strangely trying to help.
Read at www.mercurynews.com
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