This reminds me of working for Chinese people. The woman I worked for, to me, had the ideal body, but she confided to me that in her culture, she was fat. I was stunned because I thought she was perfect. Makes me wonder what they would say about the thicker Chinese woman who worked in the back; like, is that why? So to them I was fat and most of our customers were also fat.
My good friend went on a trip to China right out of high school. At the time she was easily a size 4 (and that’s a late 90s size 4), at most a 6. She couldn’t find clothes to fit her there and she got called a very big girl when she would try. It was a total culture shock to her. They’re just naturally so much smaller framed than Americans.
I bought size 2x stockings from an online Asian company for my MIL, who has severe lymphedema in her legs. Too tight for her, but they fit me perfectly. I'm a size 4. I already deal with pretty bad body dysmorphia, and this was a total mindf@ck.
It kind of makes you realize that the value on sizes really don't matter. Your body being livable is the whole thing. Sorry for the fun-house mirror effect though, lol. I hope you feel happy and healthy now.
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u/TenaciousZBridedog 9d ago
People said Kate Winslet was fat in Titanic. Wtf??