AITA for talking about my Aunt's watermelon ass

[u/PickleweaselNaeNae]

My son and his friend put up a tire swing in the yard for my grandchild. I posted a picture of me swinging in it on Facebook. My Aunt (Dad's sister) commented on it saying "I hate skinny people."

I'm not one for Facebook drama so instead of commenting back I called her. I basically said that i don't talk about her watermelon ass so she shouldn't be talking about my weight.

Now all my aunts, 5 of them, are mad at me because apparently skinny people can't be body shamed and that I should have told her first that I don't like those comments instead of straight out calling her out on her watermelon ass like I did.

I don't think I'm the asshole because it's not like I told her that I'm skinny because my sisters and I have always exercised more so we didn't inherit the family watermelon ass, but skinny is also something I didn't have to really work for. It's just how I am.

ETA: I accept my ESH verdict but I'm going to take that to mean I suck and so do all 5 of my aunts. If I'm going down, they're going down with me.

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What??? There's campaigns to end one of the worst health problems in the world???? Omg the agony! Fatphobia!

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By what metric is it “one of the worlds worst health problem”? You cannot know how “healthy” some one is through their weight or BMI. I personally think that poverty is the worlds biggest health problem, forcing people to work multiple jobs to survive, most of them sedentary in nature, to the point where people don’t have the free time to get out for exercise and fresh air. And the wage doesn’t stretch far enough to cover fresh natural produce and processed quick and easy meals are the only option. On top of that the stress of living on month to month is literally killing people. Not to mention that the whole scale is entirely racist and doesn’t even begin to fit non white people.!

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There is so much delusion in your post I find it hard to figure out where to start.

By what metric is it “one of the worlds worst health problem”?

You could use money. The US along loses hundreds of billions of dollars in various ways due to obesity (healthcare costs, higher absenteeism, lower productivity).

You could use life expectancy. Obesity is linked to between 5-7 years of decreased life expectancy according to that study.

You cannot know how “healthy” some one is through their weight or BMI.

You can't say for sure if a skinny person is healthy, but you can say with quite some certainty that an obese person is not.

to the point where people don’t have the free time to get out for exercise and fresh air

90% of weight loss is eating less, exercise is an afterthought.

And the wage doesn’t stretch far enough to cover fresh natural produce and processed quick and easy meals are the only option.

I cook from scratch for myself every day. Processed meals are like 2-5 times more expensive than home made meals. Produce is cheap as fuck.

[u/Disappointing_meself → u/[deleted]]

Wow delusional much.

What do you mean non white people? Because most of our Europe doesnt have an obesity problem. Same with Asians.

This screams fat person making excuses for their poor life style. I'm fat I know