Hey, guys! I'm here because I need a boost. I feel soooooo bad and maybe it's worse because what happened to me today was with a total stranger, who bares no significance in my life AT ALL. I was out and about having a good time today, I was buying an Italian ice for my kid; I was about to leave and I moved backwards when I felt these arms surround me from the back. The person was so TALL and so close to me that I couldn't see his face so I continued to turn around and look up, trying to figure out if its a person I know, or what the heck just happened. I quickly realized that the person was trying to stop me from stepping on him, since I was slightly "pedaling" back to leave, but I still wanted to see his face. He was like: why you keep looking? I was just trying to keep you from stepping on these $300 sneakers that's all. I answered him and said: well, I'm just trying to figure out who is this person TOUCHING me, can you understand that? He replies: yes, but I didn't want you to step on me. To which I said: ok, fine, I still need to know who's touching me... At this point I had already taken a few steps to get outta there and I heard him say really loud: you know whatta I mean? You step on me with your 300 POUNDS AND break my ****..... I tried. I tried really hard to keep the tears in but I couldn't! Waterworks, y'all. I was mostly pissed at my self (or at least I told myself that) primarily at the fact that this a*****e wearing $300 SNEAKERS (not shoes) was able to ruin my day. To make things worse, this happened in front of my nine year old. *sigh* Ps. My current weight is 221

I'm sorry that you had to encounter this idiot. I know the world is full of them!!! I always tell myself remember where the remark came from. I notice that people who like to talk about others or be rude are the ones with issues and need to be that way to deflect the attention on themselves. You are doing great Don't let anyone make you think different !!! Hugs

Apologies for resurrecting the thread.

My feeling is you know you have made it when you have an altercation like that and they don't say anything about your weight. Being fat is such an easy target that people invariably zero in on it.

No apologies needed. Actually, I wanna THANK you for resurrecting it. It's good to remember from time to time where we were only a few months back. Yes, obese ppl are easily targets and society encourages that with their silence & not standing up for others.