my friend evie
was miles away daydreaming, getting changed after a session at the gym. realising she had been staring at someone without meaning to, she rushed to compliment the only thing the woman was wearing - a bra.

the woman looked nonplussed and said it was only primark. evie, who hasn't an ounce of fat on her, but is about 5'10 and very muscled, said, "i know but it's so hard to find nice bras when you're a bit bigger, isn't it?"

then stumbled all over the place, saying she had just meant chest size, because the woman was really quite fat.

the woman glowered, then sighed, and admitted she'd recently gained about 4 stone. "oh, i know how you feel", evie blundered on, "i recently gained a few pounds myself."

bit more excruciating silence rewarded that comment, before evie said that it was more common in your 30s, especially those who'd had kids. the woman said that she had indeed gained weight initially because she fell pregnant. feeling back on familiar ground, smug because she wasn't going to fall into the 'when is it due' trap, evie said: "oooh, what did you have?"

"a miscarriage," came back the blunt response.

even evie shut up after that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 28 Nov 2008, 0:22, 2 replies)

Ouch...
and click.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 28 Nov 2008, 9:43, closed)

Man
she just couldn't fucking win, could she?
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 21:54, closed)