My Mom is a Fob - Latest Comments in Honesty is the best policy

Re: Honesty is the best policy

name — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:20:53 -0000

Hahah, the one arm and leg.

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Mich — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:10:34 -0000

That's really a typical asian mum thing! Especially amongst chinese haha.

My mum will be like, " You look fine."

Me: "Okay....."

mum: " except for your arms. and your legs, and maybe ur face is getting abit round"

And I'll be, "And u stilI say I LOOK FINE?"

hahahahah. Love my mum.

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haha — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:40:51 -0000

AGREED.
at the beginning of the meal, "ah really, you need to lose weight. for your own good."
end of the meal, "people will think you have no manners! finish everything!"
wtf, choose one!

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kp — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:12:44 -0000

haha... so typical of an asian mom. >.<

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Chow mein — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:58:40 -0000

The best is "YOU GETTING FAT + YOU EAT MORE, FINISH EVERYTHING" in the same sentence

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:06:57 -0000

I don't think that's generally the best approach to encourage an overweight person to lose weight, but if you need to lose weight, you need to lose weight. I don't think that there is a danger of "MORE body dysmorphia issues;" I think if people were actually more conscientious about their health, i.e. don't be so fat, there would be MORE healthy persons.

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Rocknrope — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:07:43 -0000

I have to wonder why the asian community doesn't suffer from more body dysmorphia issues, with all these moms criticizing how fat us kids are. But maybe we do and I just don't know it. Or maybe we just let it roll off our backs, like all the other comments we get from the 'rents.

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GP — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:02:21 -0000

my personal favorite:

YOUR BODY IS SO BIG NOW! YOU BETTER WORK OUT OR ELSE.... *end*

(and then there's mystery!)

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heyj00de — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:17:13 -0000

At least it's not the other way around.
My mom says "How come you arm and leg so skinny and the middle is so fat? You too big on top, like flamingo. If I push you, I scare you fall over."

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Sue — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:23:38 -0000

umm - after moving to a big city and eating out a LOT, I maybe gained about 10lbs in one year and went back home, my mom started yelling at me when I tried to hug her and I didn't quite understand why...

she left the house and came home and dragged me into the bathroom to take a pregnancy test - she was so sure that I got myself knocked up...not fat on purpose.

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CK — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:24:28 -0000

keekkeee , i am laughing to tears.. this is such a classic ;) At least she stops at email..mine is around as continuous reminder and there is no "stop" button..

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jen — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:53:15 -0000

LOL I usually get "so husky"... xD

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Tn — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:26:51 -0000

I get this on a weekly basis hahhahah

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dliao — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:36:14 -0000

LOL "You looks very, very fat especial your arm and leg." Personally i think anyone who replied has fat arm and leg. That include me of course

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joyosity — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:14:38 -0000

Same here. But I love them for it. =)

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Lauren — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:53:21 -0000

my mom says the exact same thing to me all the time....

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Justin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:32:54 -0000

White parents tend to be in "fat denial" about their kids. It's all "oh hunny bunny youa re perfect the way you are" - better to just say, yeah, get on the treadmill chunkyabunka. ;-)

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Satsuki — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:36:46 -0000

Yeah, I hear the same thing from my mom all the time.
At least my mom will always be more honest to me than my friends...

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Sippy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:23:17 -0000

hilarious. Asian parents are always too honest. lol lol lol

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Lisa — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:03:02 -0000

HAHAHA. You gotta give it to Asian parents - they cut to the chase.