I cab from the train station to the office and most of the regular cabbies know me pretty well. So yesterday I got into the cab and since I've been out a lot because of the hip replacement surgery, the driver hadn't seen me in a while. English is not his first language so I have to remember that he meant it as a compliment when he told me that I was skinny now and not big fat any more. What could I say except thank you... LOL.

Yes.......... That's right the language barrier...lol

LOL....good you could see it for what it really was; a compliment! Great loss btw!

Lol!!! Got to love the compliment? Congrats!!

Hey, a compliment is a compliment, no matter how its wrapped.

Haha! Awesome. A good compliment it is.

NSV in ANY language is a WIN!!!!!

Congratulations & thanks for the story

So funny! Did you give him a good tip? Maybe a quick ESL social graces lesson......

Hey, a compliment is a compliment, no matter how its wrapped.

Totally agree! One of my neighbors was telling a new neighbor about how much weight I had lost. The new neighbor wa congratulating me with out trying to sound rude, but it still came out much like that! NSV, great job! Karen..aka.kll724

That has got to be the best NSV ever.

It's such a tricky thing to compliment someone on their weight loss!! Anything along the lines of "you look so skinny now" always sounds like you're telling them you noticed they aren't fat anymore. I love that the language barrier made it that much more obvious haha!

Lol too cute

That's awesome. I try to remind myself that if I wasn't fat I wouldn't have done this surgery. I think I liked to believe that people didn't see my fat before lol it's great that we can take compliments even if they aren't wrapped up all pretty. Great job on your journey!!