The Eyes Have It…
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Okay. So I am going to try to write this blog without having it sound like I am completely obsessed with myself?I am not, by any means?Just pondering something lately?
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You all have Scott to thank for this blog by the way?
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So, I have noticed a strange trend?In the last few months, I have gotten NUMEROUS compliments on my eyes?
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Now?That?s cool. I like my eyes. One of the few features on myself I do like!! They are okay by me.
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And throughout my life, I have gotten compliments on them from time to time, but here lately, complete strangers will say things to me?Women will tell me?My co-workers have said things?Its really starting to freak me out a bit?Seriously, its becoming a weekly event, and frankly, its just weird!! 
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So in pondering this, I wondered aloud last week to the husband, ?Could losing weight have affected my eyes??
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I mean, did they change shape? Color? Clarity? Is it confidence reflected there now? Is it that they stick out more now that they aren?t swallowed up by fat???
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Well, the husband didn?t really have an answer for me?And that?s okay. So today I asked my buddy Scott why he thought it was?
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And as always, blunt and straight to the point, he essentially tells me its PROBABLY because I was fat, and people don?t like to look at fat people?Now, those weren?t his exact words, but that was the gist?
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And man, that?s something to ponder?How many times have we missed a really nice feature of someone or someone missed them on us, because they were side tracked by the fat?
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In his words, it is sad, but true?And we are probably all guilty of it to a degree, I suppose?
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Sooooo?Anwyay?
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Thank you Scott for your honesty?
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Maybe I should stop pondering WHY I am getting compliments, and just embrace the fact that I am?Geesh?I can be sooo ungrateful?
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So, my buddies, I hope you all have that day, maybe you already have, when people start noticing some of your better features because they are no longer hidden by the fat, or your fears?
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Take care all?
Oh so I am really famous now.. I made the blog of a person that got her picture taken with Jerry Springer!!! Woo hoo!!!
What Dawn fails to tell you though is that I also told her how beautiful her eyes really are as well… They are quite beautiful!!
You are right on point though and it is sadly true that people don’t look at people with weight issues as they do people without them.. I think everyone is unfortunately guilty of that sometimes.. Even me.. And I’m almost Perfect!
Scott is a funny one. I think you’re right that we miss things on someone with weight issues. I hate the words “fat” and “obese.” I don’t know how many times I hear people describe someone as, “that fat girl/guy” and I swear it hurts my ears. The point is, in general people miss those great features when the first thing they see is the weight. A good learning lesson for us on here to look beyond that.
Yo Sista!!! That Scott needs a hug. I think he probably nailed it and so did you! But I noticed your eyes the first time I saw your pic. I’m just one of those people that notice something but just doesn’t say anything. I need to get better about that.
And AMEN to Nikki’s comment!!!
Looking at your pictures - your eyes really stand out in the close up ones. I can see why people compliment you on them.
Hey Dawn,
I call it as i see it. It has nothing to do with weight.
You just have very pretty blue eyes……You sexy girl…..
I loved your Springer pictures too.
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Bask in the compliments, Dawn, you deserve them!!
I agree that sometimes we don’t pay as much attention to the positive side of people when we let ourselves define them by something we consider negative….it’s a character flaw that far too many people would benefit from working on!