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It's a pity at the movie theater when I can cross my legs and not have them touch the seat in front of me with the person leaning waaaaay back.

Guess I don't get to kick the people in front of me anymore. boink.gif

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I need to add to this one!! When sitting at my desk and a paperclip drops into my lap and I quickly close my legs to catch it and hear the paperclip hit the floor because it passed thru the space between my thinner thighs!! LOLS!!

LOL, I do this one ALL THE TIME, with pills and Vitamins especially. I spend much more time down on the floor trying to find small things I've dropped now that my thighs won't catch them. :D

One I really DIDN'T enjoy was when a friend brought me a pair of brand-new jeans she'd ordered and they turned out to be too small for her...but they were like two sizes too big for me. I tried to keep it very low-key and just said I didn't think they'd fit me properly cos of the rise or something.

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I am going to have to find skinnier friends! I have been giving away all my clothes that are to big for me, and now I am small enough that I am smaller than all my friends. For a long time my sister took my clothes, but now I am like 45 or 50 pounds small than she is. So now I need to find smaller sized friends and relatives!

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Just totally hated it when I tried on my 18 year old skinny daughter's low rise jeans and they fit me so well she gave them to me...UGH...it was just awful! I am actually wearing them in my signature picture...isn't it just horrible?!fruitsex.gif

Living the Dream!!,

Laura

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This thread made me smile! Loving the trials and tribulations of the skinner you!

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Being content with eating one small plate of food at each of the holiday celebrations, while all those around me ate to the point they were miserable,

Being able to be picky when trying on clothes. Even if something fits, if it isn't flattering, not buying it - instead of buying anything (or the one thing) that halfway fits you at all,

Getting to pick from a variety of pretty underwear styles - instead of the granny pants styles.

Being able to stand on one foot and raise the other one off of the floor while shaving my legs in the shower.

Having my husband put his arm around my waist and move me in front of him in the family pictures this year (instead of me hiding half behind him)

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Being WAY smaller than my husband's ex-wife (saw her at a family party). :-) (evil smile)

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Posting new pics to Facebook so that your friends "might" recognize you on the street. Oh, and walking right by my ex and him having NO idea it was me!! Lol

Lissa

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This post and everyone's responses have made me literally laugh out loud! I can't wait to have these problems. :-) It will be such a great feeling to be able to share more than just shoes and jewelry with my skinny daughter!!

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LMAO these are all too funny...... I love it when I would wear pants and they would be fitting really great in the AM, but by the afternoon, they were toooooo toooooo big. Love it. Also when your office chair can fit 2 of you.... ;)

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Being able to be picky when trying on clothes. Even if something fits, if it isn't flattering, not buying it - instead of buying anything (or the one thing) that halfway fits you at all

YES!! I had so much black in my wardrobe in hopes that it would be more slimming (and somehow larger sizes come in darker and more drab colors). A lot of my clothes were bought because they fit, rather than because they looked cute and made me feel attractive.

Now, though, I can try on several things that actually fit, and be extra picky about what I buy! It's liberating, and so very exciting!

I can walk into a clothing store and no longer be afraid that I will walk out empty handed and embarrassed because nothing fit me!

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You women are truly inspirational! I am getting sleeved on weds. and I'm really excited! My biggest problem seems to be my brain, I keep obsessing that the surgery will not work and I will go through all this for nothing. Your posts really help me, thank you!

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The OUCH my wallet feels because I am constantly buying new clothes so I don't look sloppy at work (law office) and actually having to buy a belt for the first time.... oh the humanity!

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Being the "smallest" one who has to climb through the window to unlock the door when ppl lose their house key.

To have the ability to shop anywhere, kills your budget.

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