Birthdays are meant to be fun! They’re an excuse to celebrate someone you love and care about, not to mention eat lots of cake, completely guilt-free. What birthdays should not be is an attempt to judge or shame someone about their lack of fitness. If you humiliate someone, you probably won’t be invited to many parties in the future, even if you might have more or less good intentions.
The last thing you want to do is make someone feel conscious about their weight on a happy day such as this. Unfortunately, not everyone has that much common sense. Internet user u/Sensitive-Table-928, who just turned 18, asked the AITA community for some impartial advice about a spot of recent family drama. She shared how she refused to accept a gift from her aunt who very openly fat-shamed her in front of the entire family. Read on for the full story.
Bored Panda has reached out to the author via Reddit, and we’ll update the article as soon as we hear back from her.
