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Negativity

I knew to some extent I would have to deal with negative or jealous people. But being that I'm still pre op I had no idea there would be so many already. I keep hearing things like. " oh you better start saving money to get all your extra skin cut off" or " people who have that surgery have nothing but problems and are miserable" and " F that diet you have to eat after" also I'm engaged so I was recently asked if we have set a date and I said no we haven't yet we are just getting caught up on our finances as paying off our debts but we are getting closer! A woman replied, " she just wants to lose weight first then decide if that's the person she wants to marry" it took everything in me not to jump over the couch and pummel her. Ugh

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    :faint: The best revenge is happiness, because nothing drives people more crazy then seeing someone actually living a good life.

  • As much as I hate to say this....you will find negative people who have had WLS.....same reasons. jealousy? Spite? Just be aware, they are out there and some on this forum...don't let it get you down

  • You don't need to tell another soul that you are having wls. Misery loves company. I wouldn't mention it again, even to the ones that already knows. I talked about it for a week at work, when the

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Birthsjourney. Very kind words and great advice. I always have to replays to those kind of comments. " bless your heart" or " how nice" sound very pleasant to the but have a different meaning in my head. Lol. Anyway you seem to have a very kind heart. Good to see.

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