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Well, you're not entitled to any respect whatsoever. If someone is going to respect certain things that don't apply to you, it's you who has no business complai

Well, you're not entitled to any respect whatsoever. If someone is going to respect certain things that don't apply to you, it's you who has no business complaining about that. Where does the comment you responded to even talk about random strangers? > and the amount of respect I got after less than a year of diligent weight lifting was incredible Sounds to me like this is mostly about friends or acquaintances. All you're doing here is trying to invalidate something someone else did that they feel somewhat proud about.

em-bee 6y ago
you are probably right, i read the comment as receiving respect from everyone and not just friends. it was also not my intention to invalidate the achievement of someone improving their bodyshape, which, as someone who is overweight myself, is something i wish i could achieve too (although i am somewhat proud of the fact that i kept my weight stable for the last 20 years) and i appreciate your criticism as i realize that my comment can be read like that. i'd like to apologize for that. what rubbed me wrong was the implied suggestion that i should improve my body in order to get more respect from friends or anyone else. it felt to me like doing it for the wrong reasons. again, while saying that i realize that this may not be what the comment intended to express, and i am saying this now not in order to restate or repeat any criticism on my part, but in order to explain my thought process however inadequate it may be. finally, my comment was not meant critisize the parent at all personally but rather critisize the very idea of respecting someone for their body shape.