PostSecret: Positively Alive
As a child, my grandma told me that no one would want to be my friend if I was fat. That’s why I try so hard to have friends. It’s like I measure my self-worth based on how many friends I have. Even if they’re not good friends…
PostSecret‘s beneficiary is the National Hopeline Network. It is a 24-hour hotline (1 (800) SUICIDE) for anyone who is thinking about suicide or knows someone who is considering it.
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April 11th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I hope you also have some true friends, that will always be there for you!
April 11th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I will be your friend. You are cool. I was told I’d never find anyone due to being fat. I found my dream guy. The type a guy I wanted to be with since I was 12.
April 11th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
The things people say in order to “help” us…
How sad that your grandma said that when you were an impressionable child. I wonder whether she really believed it.