Welcome!!

You may be overweight, dear, but you have the tools you need to become slim and healthy. That insensitive ~#$! will need years of expensive therapy before he can stop building his own self-esteem by belittling others!!!

I've had similar experiences ... and I found myself becoming very bitter about people in general. It took serious effort on my part to remain open to others, and to realize that cruel people are the minority in our species. This forum is a terrific antibiotic for the wounds inflicted by cruel people, and reinforces every day what Anne Frank wrote in her journal: that humanity really is "good at heart".

Hang in there ... you'll get there ... we'll be cheering for you when you do!!!!