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Just a reminder cause this drives me crazy. Petite means short not thin. You can be petite and fat
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Anonymous 13w

Justice for us midsize and fat petite women 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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Anonymous 13w

my grandma has an ed fr. and i’m fat and i passively called myself petite (im 5’2) and she cackled at me and said i cant be petite at my size 🧍‍♀️

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Anonymous 13w

in clothing sizes yes, petite clothes come in bigger sizes. but the actual meaning of the word means both small and thin together.

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Anonymous 13w
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Anonymous 13w

so i guess it means both

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Anonymous 13w

this drives me absolutely insane thank you

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

we have really got to stop saying that everyone has an eating disorder her comment has nothing to do with eating😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

hi queen so you actually don’t fucking know me or my grandmother. my grandmother has quite literally had bulimia for 50+ years. her comment had everything to do with projecting her own body image issues onto me. “we have really got to” start respecting one another and stop assuming weird shit. tysm.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

what does it have to do with saying you aren’t petite though? i personally see petite as having a small figure, which might be how your grandma sees it too, and you probably see it as being short. don’t think her comment was correlated with her eating issues tbh

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

you realize she said two separate statements 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

again, you don’t know me. she takes any chance to make comments about body shape/size when it comes to me and the other women in my family. and this was just one tiny example. i feel like you’re being rude. i’m not saying she has an ed because she made that comment. i’m saying 1: she has an ed. and 2: she made a rude comment about my body being big. that’s it. you don’t have to understand it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

literally ty

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

“my grandma has an ed she told me i can’t be petite when im not petite” like ???

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

you’re missing a “. and” girl 😭 please just drop it, #3 already said that’s not what she meant

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

you know damn well what i meant get over yourself jfc you’re just trying to be rude

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

where am i missing and

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

legit just repeating what you’re saying, you’re the one who started off being rude and cussing @ me😭😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

“she started it” ass reply lmao. but if someone is saying i’m exaggerating when im not, yeah im gonna be rude. have a good day babe.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

i hope u have the day u deserve !

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

i will :)

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

you can't tho girl what

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

huh

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

you can't be petite if ur fat google the definition of the word

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

ok lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

language is descriptive not prescriptive aka idgaf

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

okay and you don't describe a heavier short person as petite 😭 u thought u ate

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

girl is telling me what I do and don’t do 💀 in case you didn’t get past middle school, words have used meanings beyond their dictionary definitions <3 keep up babe

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

there's still much better words you could use to describe a heavier short person that don't have a connotation of thinness or daintiness. the used meaning in this particular case isn't far from the definition. i would argue that the only reason a person would describe themselves as petite while being heavier is wishing they could be associated with that connotation.

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 13w

petite is a vibe in some contexts, my ex was definitely petite even though she wasn’t thin

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 13w

before someone says “man? on girl? talk??” I’m a les

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