It's summer time! And it really is getting HOT. For the reader's info, this year the heat wave has claimed lives of more than 2200 people and it currently stands as the 5th most destructive heatwave, and standing at number 1 is the North American Heat Wave in 1936.
Now this all sounds very disturbing but it is the truth. There are numerous reasons for the temperature spiking up that are all related to Global Warming. Leonardo di Caprio said very rightly 'Stop pretending that Global Warming doesn't exist.'. It really is becoming a pain in the butt. This is not an environmental lesson or something like that. It's just that I'm having trouble writing anything so I'm writing anything just for the sake of writing. It may be because of the heat maybe it has got my head all fried up and all these people around me are just buzzing constantly. It's like there is a constant noise inside my head that just won't stop. Well this isn't something you want to hear about, so moving on.
Now this all sounds very disturbing but it is the truth. There are numerous reasons for the temperature spiking up that are all related to Global Warming. Leonardo di Caprio said very rightly 'Stop pretending that Global Warming doesn't exist.'. It really is becoming a pain in the butt. This is not an environmental lesson or something like that. It's just that I'm having trouble writing anything so I'm writing anything just for the sake of writing. It may be because of the heat maybe it has got my head all fried up and all these people around me are just buzzing constantly. It's like there is a constant noise inside my head that just won't stop. Well this isn't something you want to hear about, so moving on.
So my sister passed her 10th standard board exam and with an excellent score so many people were expected to come to our house to congratulate her but what I didn't know was that they were also there to tell me how 'kamzor'(weak) I was and the funny thing about this is that some of these people had seen me after 10-16 years. I know I'm not all muscular and I know I'm skinny but telling me that everytime you see me is definitely not the solution. With this 'Kitna kamzor ho gaya hai?' come the most ridiculous questions anyone can think of but I won't say these because I don't want to sound stupid like everyone else and just for everyone's knowledge being skinny and weak are not the same things.
Here are some of the struggles people like me face everyday
(DO WATCH THIS ONE)
Trust me it doesn't end here, there is a lot more stupidity that goes on. It's like when it comes to skinny guys everyone else is an expert on gaining weight. Trust me, when it comes to gaining weight there isn't much that we people haven't tried. I have a hard time figuring out what these people expect in response when they say 'Man! You're so thin.'; do they want us to be grateful to them for enlightening us and say 'Thank you Mr. Wise Man for opening my eyes and showing me the truth that had been hidden from me my whole life.' and I don't even want to get started on the advices they give.
'Kuch khata nai hai kya?'(Don't you eat anything?) this is the most common thing that comes out of people's mouth when they talk to a skinny person. When someone asks me this I just smile and in my mind I'm like 'NO! I'm allergic to any edible thing. Infact in my 22 years I've never ate anything, I just survived by breathing'. This really is stupid, I mean come on people seriously you've got to stop this. Telling a person that he is skinny isn't news to him. I'm pretty sure that he's seen himself in a mirror atleast once and he knows what you are talking about. You're not the first "wise" person to tell him that and believe me you won't be the last.
A few months ago I started working out because I was fed up of people telling me how weak I was and then I posted a photo and most of my friends were like 'that can't be you' because it didn't have my face in it. I hadn't particularly buffed up but I was looking better that I was earlier. I still remember I had to send another photo of me to my friend in the same pose with my face in it to make him believe that it really was me.
This isn't one of those posts where I'm telling you what it's like to be a skinny person, well not completely but it's about shutting some people up. WE KNOW WE'RE SKINNY and you telling us this won't help change that fact so kindly please keep your 'wise' advices and those stupid questions to yourselves. I and every skinny person has made it till now and I know this for sure we can hold our own in the future too. My friend says that when I write I criticize too much, I don't mean that everytime. I just want people to realize what they say or do has consequences and they aren't always what you think. Someone could go into depression because of this and I've heard about people who've under gone surgeries in hopes of never being called skinny or weak again. I don't know if people mean well but they probably should think before they say these things.
If you find it somewhat related to yourself please share it as much as possible and I would like to kindly request people to please stop doing this and I believe I am speaking for most people like me.
Thats something incredibly touching topic....
ReplyDeleteYeah but it doesn't mean that it's not to be addressed!
DeleteWell to b vry Frank I want to b skinny cuz m fed up by the thing tht m fat n all c'mon m Nt Katrina or deepika bt I am me.....N evry one shuld accept me lyk this......bt there's a class of people whom v call 'rishtedar'(relatives) whom u can't fight.....nd idea of being slim is 'rishta acha milega' (u'll get Married to arjun kapoor😒, Nt exactly)........nd abt this post.....so I don't think being skinny is such a big issue , n skinny people r cute too😳👍
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't seem like a big deal at first but when every person you meet, tells you how skinny you are you get fed up!!
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