My mom is from Morocco and is a classically trained chef. She's highly active, practices yoga, was a dancer in her youth and has instilled a sense of excersize and whole eating for me and my siblings. My big sister is a sponsored rock climber and I danced ballet professionally, and now I lift. My big brother USED to be the classic gym rat, he also nursed a secret coke addiction for years during college and grad school. He used to be huge, cut up and really proud of his physique. Over the last few years he's gotten sober, graduated NYU and began running a very successful restaurant in the lower east side. Since then, the excersize has ceased. My brother is a fucking ham. Recently my mom went to visit him in NY and apparently her helicopter-mom instincts kicked in and she had a "chat" with my 30 year old brother about what a lardass he's become. Apparently it really upset him but everytime we talk about him her first thing she ALWAYS says is "he is SO fat now. He's just FAT. I can't believe it". Learned from the best I guess.
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[–] Gigglestick 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
I WISH there were more parents like this.
[–] tinytoad 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I wish my mom was like this. She only mentions weight when someone gets "too thin." smh