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What was your fat-based nickname as a child, and how did it make you feel?

My nickname as a very young child, was Fat Gal. My dear dad, Uncles, and all men in our family called me Fat Gal. I can remember as far back as 5-6 years old. Even today I look at pictures of myself as a child, I was a plump baby but not fat, but they called me Fat Gal (especially my Dad lol) until I was a teenager. I fought my weight all my life, because I was Fat Gal? At age 50 I was reaaaallllly Fat Gal. What's your memory?

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Unfortunately my nickname was Molly Moo Cow, and what hurt me so much was it was by the cutest guy.

but as an adult I was able to tell him about it and how much it hurt me and he just shrugged it off and said not everybody is supposed to be thin.

How wrong ?

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Unfortunately my nickname was Molly Moo Cow, and what hurt me so much was it was by the cutest guy.

but as an adult I was able to tell him about it and how much it hurt me and he just shrugged it off and said not everybody is supposed to be thin.

How wrong ?

OMG you shoulda slapped him!

Pillsbury Doughgirl :(

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Maybe some of these names will not be so funny, BUT I hope that everyone can now laugh and say KMTLB (kiss my tiny little butt).

My mother's husband would refer to my sister and I as "the hippos" - ugh... just scratching the surface of the emotional abuse from him.

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My mother's husband would refer to my sister and I as "the hippos" - ugh... just scratching the surface of the emotional abuse from him.

I was married to an abuser 4 hard years of my life. I understand this. He ridiculed me, sneered at the way I looked, Sometimes a few words like this bring it back. Emotional and verbal abuse is worse than physical, I was told. I am laughing now, but it took a long time of healing. I hope you have healed and are laughing now thesuse2000. God Bless.

I was married to an abuser 4 hard years of my life. I understand this. He ridiculed me, sneered at the way I looked, Sometimes a few words like this bring it back. Emotional and verbal abuse is worse than physical, I was told. I am laughing now, but it took a long time of healing. I hope you have healed and are laughing now thesuse2000. God Bless.

Thank you Linda! I'm glad you got out of that relationship! I am mostly healed, but there will always be scars. But they are part of who I am today, and I like me, so that works :)

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As a teenager in the 50s-60s, my maiden name was Dabbs. Most of you are too young. But I was furious to hear "A lil dab'll do ya!" (Brylcream).

My ex fiancé used to call me squeezy. Glad I never married that ahole. Lol. He was an idiot so glad it didn't work out!

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Rollie pollie daddy's little fatty. My dad used to sing to me. I don't think he meant it to be mean and I don't remember it bothering me then. I do think about it now from time to time tho.

Cacau - which means cocoa beans and - Chumbinho, which is a heavy metal, like lead.. :(

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We have risen above these stupid nicknames lol!

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