i get uncomfortable when i have to eat lunch in front of my friends at school, because they aren't exactly thin/healthy and they often talk about (like i'm not there) how i always seem to eat a lot and never gain weight and they make me feel guilty about having a thin body. they are really mean to me most of the time but i feel like i can't call them out on it because i don't have any other friends.

I don't really have much of a waist indent, but I have curves on my legs (my legs give the illusion that they curve in after my hips). My friend has noticed this and personally took the time out of our conversation to say that they don't count as curves because they do not start before my hips. I laid her out. I'm sick of people telling me what to think about my body. I would NEVER tell any of my friends something like this, yet it always happens to me.

Hi, I liked you blog. I am 22, 180 cm tall weighing only 48 kg. I have some friends who are much younger than me, just about 18. They are also much shorter than me but weigh more than twice of me. They like to over power me. They usually lift me up, bear hug me nearly to death etc. They insult me by beating me easily in arm wrestling. I don't tease them for being so fat. I don't really understand so why do they tease me. I don't know what to do. Please tell me what can I do.

About the negative friends, the best advice I have is that if you are a female and you have female friends trying to "compete" with you (bad comments about your body etc)... They are not friends, it is NOT normal to have a female friend being unhappy with your sucess, beauty etc. I have some (girls) best friends for several years, we never (ever) tried to compete even if there was "boys" in the middle, male or female... Real friends do like your for who you are, do not accept less than this. (:

I decided to open up to my friend about my body issues and she was really surprised (not in an ignorant way) but surprised that I would think such a way about myself. I was afraid she would brush it off or wouldn't understand like people normally do concerning skinny shaming, but she actually listened and I'm really glad.

Today I wore some jeans to school and this one girl that is always making fun of me, (she used to be my friend but she made fun of me so I left her,) got up before class started as I walked into the class and yelled "look at the skinny bitch with no ass or boobs" and I wanted to cry and slap her because she did the same thing last year and I'm getting tired of the criticism I get from my peers. Thank You for making this blog, you are the reason why I don't give up. :)

The other day, some of my college friends were talking about how skinny I am (like a lot of people do) and one of my guy friends said: "Yeah, she looks like model". It was just a comment, but that made me so much happy. I'm used to people's mean jokes so it was nice to hear something different for a change.

Hey, thank you for that latest post of yours about all the skinny friends... It really helped me see a different side of that issue, which is really hard coming from someone who has a really hard time even halfway liking herself. I think I might be able to finally let go of the grudge I was holding against them, for what sounded (somewhat reasonably) previously like a horribly insensitive comment. Thank you again for your understanding.