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A Modern Epidemic

A shallow man

will only date a model,

but at least he's

honest.

 

A ****

will date anyone,

but only make the models feel

beautiful.

 

A decent guy

will date an average girl,

say he doesn't look at size,

but his actions say otherwise.

 

A nice guy

will date a fat girl,

but marry

a skinny one.

 

A good guy

will marry a fat girl,

but wish,

every day,

that she was thinner--

and she

will always know.

 

A rare guy

will date a fat girl

and not realize

that she's fat.

She will feel

beautiful

and think

she's a model.

 

But he's a

minority,

and non-model girls are a

majority.

 

There's a solution:

Starve

until the fat

disappears.

Until every guy

that has ever preferred a skinny girl

over you;

over a girl that looks like you

-- or worse --

is even smaller than you,

but not small

enough,

would finally

consider you

worthy.

Starve.

 

But don't get too thin.

Guys complain about that too.

Now you're not pretty enough,

again.

 

Starve until you're

just right --

they'll tell you how great you look;

ask how you did it.

 

You'll lie,

yet again,

to maintain

the facade.

 

They'll think

you're disciplined --

but they don't know

just how much.

 

You can starve so they're happy;

put on a smile

to make them think you are too. Because you never will be --

 

they've destroyed your mind

with their standards;

you've destroyed it

with striving to live up to them.

 

You'll marry a guy

who tells you

you're beautiful,

but your eyes are broken;

an ugly,

obese girl

relentlessly

stares back.

 

She tells you

your husband

lies.

 

She tells you

food is bad,

purging is good.

 

She tells you

he prefers someone skinnier,

someone better.

 

You'll never be enough --

all because some

teenage boy

hung up a poster of a

photoshopped

model on his wall --

decided that she

is the ultimate goal,

 

and, thus,

your destiny emerged.

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Written by
rebekah-wilson
27 / F
Published
May 25, 2013
Lines·Words
101·330
Notes

2020: yeah. I’m just really gay. That’s all. Hope you let out a good chuckle or one of those nose air puffs that indicate something was amusing.

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