hey bigmomma
Good on ya for speaking up, you get no arguments from me. Of course, I mostly lurk so take it for what it's worth
Whether or not the person is registered here doesn't make it ok to call someone names. We've had many, many discussions of this name-calling "thing" in other threads, I believe... Maybe the people involved haven't read those, so it's good to have someone speak out here.
Like your son, I was never a skinny kid. I was made fun of all the time. Once, when I was in college, I was walking down the sidewalk to my car and some yahoo yelled out the car window "Hey! You're FAT!" What gets in to people that they have to say such things?? Like it makes any difference in their world, or takes anything away from them, or whatever??
Meat went through his share of teasing as a child, I'm sure he can attest to the pain it causes. What it comes down to is this -
Name calling is never ok.
Lest anyone think I'm being all sanctimonious and preachy - Yeah, I've done it too, and I wish like heck I could take each and every horrible name or insult back. But life only works in forward. So I do my best to treat everyone the way I would want to be treated. I still screw up - but I try to say I'm sorry and make a concerted effort to do better tomorrow...
Self-revelation time is over for now, I have to get ready for work...
Laura