Comments on: The Big Question http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jie Zhang http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-30083 Jie Zhang Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:37:46 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-30083 navy dating adviceManolo for the Big Girl! navy dating adviceManolo for the Big Girl!

]]> By: The best advice ever… | Creamy Nougat Lair http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-1167 The best advice ever… | Creamy Nougat Lair Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:08:45 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-1167 [...] If you could pass on one piece of advice to a younger big girl, what would it be? [...] [...] If you could pass on one piece of advice to a younger big girl, what would it be? [...]

]]> By: KellyGirl http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-546 KellyGirl Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:35:17 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-546 Take up space. Don't buy into the pressure to be small, because that's just one more tactic our culture uses against women to keep us docile and quiet. Take up space and be proud of the fact that you take up space. Take up space. Don’t buy into the pressure to be small, because that’s just one more tactic our culture uses against women to keep us docile and quiet. Take up space and be proud of the fact that you take up space.

]]> By: Younger Big Girl http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-491 Younger Big Girl Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:44:14 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-491 As a younger big girl (just turned 17 this week), I thank you all. As a younger big girl (just turned 17 this week), I thank you all.

]]> By: g-dog http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-443 g-dog Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:26:12 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-443 Kimocean and others - so true re: wishing I had learned to accept myself at a much younger age - I am still working on it! I would have spent my younger days feeling like the pearl in the oyster, and not the ugly grain of sand! Ah well ... Kimocean and others – so true re: wishing I had learned to accept myself at a much younger age – I am still working on it! I would have spent my younger days feeling like the pearl in the oyster, and not the ugly grain of sand! Ah well …

]]> By: Sarah http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-437 Sarah Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:52:04 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-437 If you are clothes shopping with your friends who are not large (12+), you should probably stop. Just going into Ambercrombie, Hollister, BR, Wet Seal when I was young was enough to make me feel like shit for weeks. Unless the person is a best friend and it is a wedding/funeral/largelifeevent, let them clothes shop on their own. I always ended up being dragged into stores where nothing fit me by "friends" who would refuse to shop at Lane Bryant or Torrid or look bored and uncomfortable the whole time we were there. If they constantly drag you into stores where they *know* nothing fits you, then they are not your friends and you are better off without them. They just want to pressure you into buying skinny clothes ("see you're not fat!" or "if you just loose a few pounds these jeans will fit fine!") that will be a waste of money and will make you feel even worse when you get home. And whomever said avoid bright colors and prints, blarg on you. My wardrobe is almost ENTIRELY comprised of bright colors and prints (plus versitile black). Bright colors and prints are not just for skinny girls and they usually look BETTER on me then my size 8 friends. If you are clothes shopping with your friends who are not large (12+), you should probably stop. Just going into Ambercrombie, Hollister, BR, Wet Seal when I was young was enough to make me feel like shit for weeks. Unless the person is a best friend and it is a wedding/funeral/largelifeevent, let them clothes shop on their own. I always ended up being dragged into stores where nothing fit me by “friends” who would refuse to shop at Lane Bryant or Torrid or look bored and uncomfortable the whole time we were there. If they constantly drag you into stores where they *know* nothing fits you, then they are not your friends and you are better off without them. They just want to pressure you into buying skinny clothes (“see you’re not fat!” or “if you just loose a few pounds these jeans will fit fine!”) that will be a waste of money and will make you feel even worse when you get home.

And whomever said avoid bright colors and prints, blarg on you. My wardrobe is almost ENTIRELY comprised of bright colors and prints (plus versitile black). Bright colors and prints are not just for skinny girls and they usually look BETTER on me then my size 8 friends.

]]> By: Ms.R http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-427 Ms.R Wed, 15 Aug 2007 03:38:13 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-427 Shoes seem to always fit! :) Shoes seem to always fit! :)

]]> By: Advice to a Younger Big Girl « Ask The Blondes http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-421 Advice to a Younger Big Girl « Ask The Blondes Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:34:32 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-421 [...] August 14, 2007 at 9:29 pm · Filed under Body Image, Social Issues, Exercise, Fashion, Beauty Last week, Francesca and Plumcake at Manolo for the Big Girl asked their readers, “If you could pass on one piece of advice to a younger big girl, what would it be?” [...] [...] August 14, 2007 at 9:29 pm · Filed under Body Image, Social Issues, Exercise, Fashion, Beauty Last week, Francesca and Plumcake at Manolo for the Big Girl asked their readers, “If you could pass on one piece of advice to a younger big girl, what would it be?” [...]

]]> By: Kimocean http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-404 Kimocean Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:33:49 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-404 Thanks g-dog. It's taken me 31 years to figure that one out but I do like it ;-) All of the advice here is really wonderful and I too wish I'd heard it when I was a bit younger! Thanks g-dog. It’s taken me 31 years to figure that one out but I do like it ;-) All of the advice here is really wonderful and I too wish I’d heard it when I was a bit younger!

]]> By: g-dog http://manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/comment-page-2/#comment-398 g-dog Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:48:10 +0000 http://www.manolobig.com/2007/08/10/the-big-question-2/#comment-398 'Kimocean Says: August 11th, 2007 at 1:49 pm Let your big personality shine. You are not too big, too much, too loud or too anything. You are amazing and sometimes it takes a bigger body to handle all that superfantasticness! ' Wow - what a nice way to look at this - needing a bigger container to hold all the superfantasticness! Cheers! ‘Kimocean Says:
August 11th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Let your big personality shine. You are not too big, too much, too loud or too anything. You are amazing and sometimes it takes a bigger body to handle all that superfantasticness! ‘

Wow – what a nice way to look at this – needing a bigger container to hold all the superfantasticness!

Cheers!

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