Wow, You Look So Fat!!!

Teddy Eragbai
2 min readMay 10, 2020

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Recently people have turned themselves to depression agents, People now talk other people into depression and low self esteem, how can you see someone and all you have to say is “ you now look too fat”, what is your business biko? of all the amazing things about that person, you have decided to pick their size. There are other subtle ways where some would tell others that they look too slim and they even go ahead to start advising them. It is ok to tell people the truth, but try to mind your business too, a fat person already knows that he/she is fat and they probably are not comfortable with it, even though some of us are, don’t talk people into depression, before you say such comments, make sure you and the person are third level friends, and by this i mean you guys are extremely close. Don’t be an agent of depression,, don’t do the job of demons.

Body shaming is never a good resolve regardless of what mood the discussion is taking. Be responsible for the mental state of your friends too, don’t be lousy with words. There are better ways to drive home a point without trying to kill the person’s esteem. Emotional intelligence would be very handy here, be empathetic with words, even the bible tells usbin col 4:6 says “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”. let your words be full of grace words, words that people don’t even deserve. A wise man once said “talk to people as if it was the last time you were going to talk to them before they leave the earth”. The next time you see a fat person, if you aren’t gonna pay for a gym session for them, MIND YOUR BUSINESS!!!

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Teddy Eragbai

Data Scientist, Digital Marketer, Music instructor, Recording Pianist, Creative Writer