Flyin Lilac
Jumped-up fahk.
I don't know whether to be pissed or slit my throat.
Here's the backstory: My sister had WLS in December and for all intents and purposes is a success so far. Also, my personal opinion of WLS is that while I feel it is not the right solution for me at this time and I don't wish to be talked into it, I don't get militant against anyone who has had it or is considering it; it's their decision and theirs alone.
That said ... this past weekend the band I'm in is playing at a party. One of the guests, whom I've never met, comes up to me during a break and says, "Hey I heard your sister had gastric bypass. How's she doing?" This not being one of my favorite topics of conversation, I say something to the effect of "She's doing great" and leave it at that.
Then he says, "Y'know, I had gastric bypass and lost 125 pounds in a year."
Here we go, I think to myself, bracing for the sales pitch. Again I say "That's great" and let it go.
"Yep, best thing I ever did," he says a couple different times in a couple different ways.
"Great" I reply, just waiting for the inevitable "You should do it, it will change your life."
Luckily he didn't go there.
Am I paranoid or was I being subtly recruited? Has this happened to any of you? Maybe I'm being hypersensitive, but it just irked me to no end. Sorry if my musings here stir up some kind of shitstorm, I was just thinking aloud I guess.
Here's the backstory: My sister had WLS in December and for all intents and purposes is a success so far. Also, my personal opinion of WLS is that while I feel it is not the right solution for me at this time and I don't wish to be talked into it, I don't get militant against anyone who has had it or is considering it; it's their decision and theirs alone.
That said ... this past weekend the band I'm in is playing at a party. One of the guests, whom I've never met, comes up to me during a break and says, "Hey I heard your sister had gastric bypass. How's she doing?" This not being one of my favorite topics of conversation, I say something to the effect of "She's doing great" and leave it at that.
Then he says, "Y'know, I had gastric bypass and lost 125 pounds in a year."
Here we go, I think to myself, bracing for the sales pitch. Again I say "That's great" and let it go.
"Yep, best thing I ever did," he says a couple different times in a couple different ways.
"Great" I reply, just waiting for the inevitable "You should do it, it will change your life."
Luckily he didn't go there.
Am I paranoid or was I being subtly recruited? Has this happened to any of you? Maybe I'm being hypersensitive, but it just irked me to no end. Sorry if my musings here stir up some kind of shitstorm, I was just thinking aloud I guess.
