Dealing with Opression and MMI

[macloudt at yahoo.co.uk]

> Bodies are wierd things.  I'm finally comfortable with mine.  
Anyone who
> wants some virtual support, email me, we can drink virtual wine, 
eat virtual
> chocolate, (and did you know both contain antioxidants and are much
> healthier than you'd suspect?  <g>) and make fun of silly men while 
we
> compare ourselves to those wonderful Rubenesque women!
> 
Abbie, count me in!  I'm very Earth Mother Goddess-like myself, and 
perfectly comfortable with it.  Finding clothes that fit is a problem 
for me, too, as I'm 5'2" and a British size 16-18.  According to 
clothing manufacturers, with hips like mine I should be 6'8".

My husband weighs a good 30 lbs less than me, but never says anything 
about my size (probably through fear :P).  And having hips like this 
has one great advantage:  the combined labour time of my 3 kids is 
under 6 hours.  I may be short but I'm built like a docker, so 
there's no way I'd be healthy if I was the "recommended" weight found 
on those ludicrous height/weight charts.  Sure, I could do with 
losing some weight for health reasons, but a lot of our shape is 
genetic.  So let's forget this comparison nonsense and see each other 
for the good happy people we are.  People who compare other people on 
looks obviously don't have the brains to form any valid opinions.

Dibs on the orange cream!

Mary Ann :)