I just told my sister in law and mother in law about my decision to have gastric sleeve. I was so

Hurt when they were so negative. They went on and on about people they know who have gained all their weight back. They are both very large women. I've decided to never mention it to them again. It was just upsetting because I didn't see it coming. Thanks for letting me vent.

I totally understand and when the negativity comes from those we least expect it from, it somehow hurts worse. I now realize that most of these people want the surgery for themselves, but just don't have the nerve, motivation & commitment to pursue the surgery like we do/did.

I didn't tell to many others after hearing those rude comments.

However, after I had the surgery I decided I wasn't hiding it & I would be ready to respond to any comments that were rude or inconsiderate. Best of luck to you in your new weight loss journey.

Hi I'm sorry this happened to you seems ppl feel they can speak to us however they please sometimes you just can't count on family for support but usually they are quick to criticize you have to try to be as strong as you can alone if u must it's your life and your decision not theirs they don't get a vote I had a lot of oh you had surgery comments not that they said much but the tone implied they didn't approve however I'm not ashamed and told anyone who commented I didn't care what they thought so they could just keep their opinions to themselves and if they thought it was so "easy" they should go thru the process have the surgery and when they reach at least 6 months post op we can revisit this discussion and what exactly they think is " easy" about it that shut down that shit show pretty fast...