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Woman Body-Shamed Her Granddaughters While Trying to Sell Her Old Wedding Dress
And someone bought her David’s Bridal $10,000 wedding dress for $800, but the woman got more than what she bargained for on social media.
It’s 2022, and you still hear fat jokes, are they funny? I dunno. You tell me? Let’s talk about the Oscars, this isn’t another Will Smith story, but did Amy Schumer make a fat joke about Jennifer Lawrence?
Many people are still uncomfortable with their bodies, and jokes are not helping. What happens if your grandmother body-shamed you in public, albeit unintentionally, I hope?
Making the rounds on social media is a viral tweet — “Please buy my wedding dress, my granddaughters are huge” by Emily Murnane.
Stop body shaming!
So, here’s the story, a woman who got married in 1994 decided to sell her David’s Bridal wedding dress she said was bought for $10,000 and sell it for $800 on the Facebook marketplace.
Nothing wrong with that, her gown, her choice, right? Goes on to write a short ‘copy’ for the dress, the usual, where she bought and how much was she selling it for, condition, etc.
Details
- Condition — (Used — like new)
- Occasion — Wedding
- Color — White
- Dress Style — Ball Gown
Beautiful David’s Bridal Dress. Perfectly preserved, mint condition. Breathtaking dress. Dress has been sold, thank you to all serious inquiries.
Nothing unusual right?
Like anything on the Internet, it turned its ugly head inside the comment section.
Here’s the comment from the grandmother who body-shamed her granddaughters online.
If I had daughters I would, but even my daughters-in-law were too big I’ve had the dress since 1994 when I got married.
I had it professionally hand boxed to protect it. Even my granddaughters will be bigger and not fit the dress. I always hoped that one of them would have been able to, that’s why I've kept it all these years. It’s also why I paid to have it professionally packed and preserved, unfortunately, my boys married bigger girls and my granddaughters will also be bigger than I am.
It’s too bad, the dress is gorgeous, and the way it flows when walking is breathtaking. When I bought it from David’s it was their top-of-the-line dress, I always thought one of my boys would marry someone small enough to wear it, or at least one of granddaughters would be able to wear it.
Well, no such luck. I’ll probably end up sending it to a bridal consignment shop. They have offered me more than I was asking, I just think those places are just so cold, and they will sell it for far more than I was asking. — Woman seller.
And it exploded on Twitter;
Someone did the math, if the woman was married in 1994, her granddaughters' age by now be anywhere from 7–11, and only if her sons who married the ‘big girls’ at age 16 and had children the next year.
Who knows?
Murnane tweeted.
“Anyway, so weird how everyone born in the late 80s/early 90s ended up with an eating disorder!!!”
David’s Bridal has nothing to do with the woman who is fat-phobic, and while they received so much social media attention, they tweeted this;
Fat, Funny Girl: It’s No Joke — WebMD
From the Oscars, to real-life, recently a woman in Toronto, Canada had this experience at an Italian restaurant.
“I guess Academy Members ‘don’t look up’ reviews. Wait a minute — I loved that movie. Jennifer Lawrence was amazing in it, even though she did gain some weight this year.” — Amy Schumer at the Oscars.
Jokes hurt, and fat jokes, well, they hurt and any person dealing with weight issues doesn’t deserve any of these jokes, in the same way, that Jada Pinkett Smith doesn’t need to hear jokes about her alopecia.
In 2013 a popular comedian not only made a fat joke but also a rape joke of a well-known journalist in front of an estimated 25,000 people, where the audience was caught on video laughing at every word the comedian was using to describe the rape of a woman who is faulted for her weight.
The comedian was not canceled, although he has since apologized.
Stop body shaming!
Bodies are powerful and our own can be both beautiful and powerful as well.
A 2011 study by the American Psychological Association showed that young girls were more likely to develop body image issues if they had been victims of abuse and trauma.
Body image issues are especially troubling in the areas of physical appearance and sexual orientation. If you’ve struggled with negative self-talk, here’s some advice on how to avoid it altogether.
I spent a long time as a victim of self-hatred and learned a valuable lesson: It’s not who I am, but what I think about myself, that determines my worth.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of body shaming without even realizing it. Here are some tips to help you be more aware of your words and actions so you can avoid inadvertently hurting someone’s feelings.
No one enjoys body shaming; It is possible that the woman who was selling her wedding dress was doing it unintentionally. We usually do it subconsciously and we don’t even realize we’re doing it!
Learning how to stop body-shaming is an essential life skill that anyone can learn. Learning to stop body shaming takes time, but it’s a skill you can develop with dedication.
Body shaming causes people a lot of pain and suffering.
If you feel fat and uncomfortable in 2022, this trick works all the time
If you want to know the trick, it is —
‘Don’t give a f*ck!’
And after you don’t give a fuck, you need to be kind to yourself. It is Ok to feel fat and uncomfortable. And it isn’t only the weight that can make us uncomfortable. There is aging too.
And speaking for myself, for someone who is now in their 50s, occasionally I feel these negative feelings, not because of vanity, but human nature. — Napoleon
Final words
For a few laughs don’t do it at the expense of other people. Body shaming will never go away, some people may not do it intentionally or know that they hurt people, but they should learn to apologize and do better next time.
Grandmothers should be loving to their grandchildren regardless of their weight.
I hope the woman who sold her wedding dress learned from this experience.
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