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Any good comebacks?

I'm one month preop and I am getting quite a few people telling me I am taking the easy way out. I think I would like to create a " elevator speech" with some good comebacks to that common statement. Any ideas? Thanks

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    • Dub
      Dub

      I tend to take a non-verbal approach with idiots like that. A deep breath.....inflated chest cavity.....cross my arms and give 'em a squinty eyed stare. A slight nod of the head back and forth is

    • Clementine Sky
      Clementine Sky

      To be literal about the figurative - if you're in an elevator and someone asks you why you're taking the "easy way out" ask them why they're in the elevator since it's the easy way up. After all, taki

    • OutsideMatchInside
      OutsideMatchInside

      Don't tell people you are having surgery and you won't have to come up with comebacks. If people are saying this to you, they don't really care about you. Just cut them loose.

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    If sacrificing 75% of your stomach, permanently altering both your capacity for and tolerances of foods is easy. If doing something STRICTLY FOR YOURSELF and your health, despite the ignorance of others is easy. If giving up the ability to consume what was a normal meal and Permanently Changing not just what you should eat, but what you CAN eat is easy.

    If Chickens need to squak every time the Eagles decide to spread their wings and soar, then YES it's So Damned EASY

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