Saturday, October 18, 2008

How do you respond to this?

Me: (while helping to move a new stove into my home) Gosh, I'm not particularly strong, am I?

Landlord: Come on, a big ol' husky girl like you?

Me: Haha, you'd think I would be, huh?

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Seriously, what do you say when called "husky" and should I consider that an insult or a compliment?

The landlord is new and I only met her a few weeks ago, so she only knows me at this size, not the size I used to be. I don't know her well enough to judge whether or not she just says random things like that or if she really thought I was "husky."

Is husky a bad thing? I mean, I wouldn't use husky and the first word to describe myself or anything. But should I be insulted?

I never know when to be offended or when not to be. This is a problem. On a plus note, I got a new stove that actually works and isn't bright yellow.

1 comment:

Becky said...

ick! what a LAME thing to say. she just sounds ignorant to me; i wouldn't take it personally. she probably says thoughtless thins like that all the time. besides, you obviously know you look fabulous!