What Your Thinness Has Taken From You

I told you my reality as a fat person, but you weren’t able to hear it

Your Fat Friend
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readDec 5, 2018

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The last day I saw you, you drove up in a new car.

When you arrived at our one-on-one happy hour, I asked about your new job, but you told me only about your salary. You were making six figures, nearly triple my salary, and were disappointed not to be making…

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Your Fat Friend
Human Parts

Your Fat Friend writes about the social realities of living as a very fat person. www.yourfatfriend.com