Last week I went to get my nails done. Nothing too eventful happened, until the manicurist, who I swear says mean things to me in a different language to her other peeps in the salon, commented on my hands.
I have little hands. Little, chubby, and I wear a rather large ring size (12.5). And, for some reason, I have tiny nails. My pinkie nail looks like that of a baby. Tiny and little...never thought I'd describe anything on my body like that.
While she was finishing my nails she called some other girls over to look. I thought it was because she had done such a good job. I've been going to her for about a year and have always enjoyed her work, but then all the girls started laughing and, in a thick Vietnamese accent, said:
"So tiny! Like baby hands! Chubby, little baby hands!"
I'm 20-something years old. I really don't think my hands look like that of a child's, but they couldn't get enough of it.
This brought me back to another time when I was getting a pedicure there. The pedicurist, (is that a real word?), told me that my legs, (which have a lovely shape I must admit), are like pillows!? I don't really understand what she meant, but I'm thinking that she meant that my calves are fat and therefore, like a pillow, nice and plump.
I'm wondering if I should switch places. I feel really uncomfortable there now. I don't really go there to get feedback on how pillow-like my legs are or how "little/chubby" my hands are. I know they're making fun of me and I know it's because I'm fat.
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I'd stop going there and find a new place with a hipper staff. You're paying for a service and deserve your money's worth.
I actually have the inverse problem. I'm fat, but for some reason my fingers are pretty skinny. In high school when we were getting class rings people would be really surprised by my ring size. You could tell they were thinking "Wow, you have really skinny fingers - for a fat chick."
I say find a new manicurist. When you go to a beauty salon you should leave feeling better about yourself, not worse.
I say go to another place, one where English is the first language.
honestly, they're not doing it to be fucked up... in Vietnamese culture to make comments about someone's appearance is to show you care.
there was a great article in allure last month about a woman going to a vietnamese tailor who used to tell her she was fat every week and she was like a 10... she would say "exCUSE me?" in response and the tailor lady would say "no, it's true, bring me the book... your waist was four centimetres smaller last time you were here."
That is exactly why I don't go to those nail salons. I got so tired of them talking to each other knowing I don't understand. I find it so rude. I agree that you should go somewere that makes you feel wonderful. ~j PS. I like your blog, it's really fun to read!
I have little squishy hands with tiny nails too, and have also been told more than once that they are chubby little baby hands. And I'm a size 12. I think people really don't consider "chubby" to be an insult where hands are concerned. (They also feel free to grab said tiny hands and maul them about. Grrr.)
Then again, the "pillows" comment sounds distinctly out of line. I would definitely go to another place for that. Not that I've ever had a pedicure, or even a manicure, but if I did.
I say SWITCH! Those crazy ladies have been sniffing too much of that fake nail liquid (what is that called?) and they are too HIGH to realize that they are insulting their bread & butter.
Half the reason we all go to those places is to pamper ourselves and make ourselves feel good, pretty, etc. Who needs to be insulted and made to feel BAD during that? Bah!
Maybe it is the language barrier and pillow is the best word she could think of. Dont feel bad my pedicurist said i have feet like a duck and proceded to yack in chinese wich i interpreted as, "look at this freaks feet, she should be in the circus". My 2 middle toes are webbed, hence duck the feet comment.
I stumbled across this blog and I've skipped around reading the posts.
Well, I'm starting to believe that this blog isn't real. Just some thin guys with a brilliant idea to make fun of fat women. And look at all the women believing you. LMAO!
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