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Pigglet - Tricky to answer whether it would bother me to have the question rephrased. It would depend on who was delivering it. For it to be a prejudiced comment, it by necessity has to come from somebody who knows nothing about me, in which case, it's horrifically inappropriate. If it's coming from my mother, who (for argument's sake) might have witnessed behaviour on my part suggesting a low self-esteem, then there might be some justification for that comment.
Thing is, when it comes to heavier people 'admitting' they want to lose weight, I have to question the reasons for that. If you want to be thinner for any other reason than to satisfy yourself (and not satisfy yourself that society is no longer laughing at you behind your back), then you're probably not in it for the right one.
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy in a sense... you can't admit to having less confidence as the result of obesity without it at least in part becoming true, and the more you hear it, the truer it becomes... IMHO, anyway.
skier - We agree on that, I never said I didn't have stereotypes, I'm aware of them and I admit to them, just like you did. Thing is, you admitted to having a stereotype based on physical appearance, I have a stereotype based on being an asshole. It's just different points of view.
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