Bridget,
I read your posts sometimes and think about how I always wanted to be thin and beautiful. I know now, that beauty holds it's own torture.......as you said, being ignored or stared at......women treating you as a threat. I think I would even wonder if a man really loved the inside me, or just put up with me out of appreciation for the outside. It makes me thankful that I'm average. When I lose my weight, I'll just be an average kind of elfin cute. lol But I love you beautiful people for what's inside.
