Redditor Gets Fat-Shamed By Brother At The Family's Christmas Party, Leaves Peacefully, Taking All The Gifts With Them

"It’s a bit of an overreaction to say I ruined Christmas just because I quietly walked out"

Maryjane

• Published in Christmas
• January 29, 2023

Criticism and harassment of overweight persons regarding their weight or eating habits is known as "fat shaming," which is done to make them feel bad about themselves. People may be inspired to eat less, exercise more, and lose weight as a result of such.

Most often, those who fat-shame others are thin and have never had to deal with a weight issue. Stigmatization and prejudice against overweight people intensify the issue and inflict serious psychological suffering.

Discrimination stresses individuals out and has a bad impact on them. Stress might cause those who are already overweight to eat more and put on weight.

Meet u/BumblebeeFarming, the OP in today's story, whose brother loves to say pretty awful things to her. For the last couple of years, the OP has avoided spending Christmas with the family because of the bad relationship with their brother.

Worst of all is that their parents defend the OP's brother when he says some pretty awful things to her. Fast forward to the present, when the OP decided to spend Christmas with the entire family as it would be at their grandfather's house, but the brother still messed things up.

He started making fun of the OP's weight, and no one tried to stop him. Read on to find out what the OP did later on.

OP asks:

They were going to the OP's grandparents’ place and there would be lots of family there

They said the OP brought the whole mood down for the rest of the night

Redditors trooped in to drop their hot takes and we've gathered some of the top replies for you below

Go no contact or low contact for a while

Good for you for standing up for yourself

You need to set a firm boundary

They are not worth your concern

They do not deserve to be around you

Your parents are the AHs for letting this linger

You should not just sit and accept nonsense

All they had to do was shut him down

You brilliantly asserted your boundaries without making a scene

No one should expect you to put up with it

Can we normalize not attending family functions?

This Redditor would have taken the gifts too

Do not let them guilt you about it

This Redditor's brother behaves the same way when he's drunk

The reason is that none of them stood up for you

It's not like you took the presents with your name

Your family not defending you makes them the AHs

They were in a snit because you left

As simple as it can get

It's wrong on all levels to fat-shame anyone. Just as one Redditor put it:

If they're going to act like children putting presents above all, I'd treat them like children right back and let them know that Santa thought they belonged on the naughty list.

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Maryjane