By Jessika - 07/08/2009 09:18 - United Kingdom

Today, I finished a ballet class with a group of seven-and-unders. Afterwards, a new student's mother came up to me and thanked me, saying she was glad that her daughter had a "role model with a, ahem, fuller figure" and "not to worry about my weight." I have never thought I was fat before. FML
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Chantallika 0

You know, from a ballet standpoint, a lot of the woman are sticks. Maybe you just have a curvy figure, and she's happy her daughter can look up to someone with curvy hips instead of a coat hanger.

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AnakinWanders 0

If you don't think you're fat then don't worry.

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fmh123 0

Probably not fat, just some ballerinas are ass skinny

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futurecatlady 2

Hur dur, she wasn't trying to call you fat.

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xxXChiiXxx 2

Consider yourself lucky. At least you have curves. :/

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wbrycem 0

Well, if people think you're fat, you might be.

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kbs123456789 0

what a bitch. dancer moms are like the more evil, more judgemental version of soccer moms. fyl. but don't even listen to her, because her life now revolves around making sure her brats have a strict diet similar to that of an anorexic, toting them around in her expensive SUV, and all the while living vicariously through them because she's in denial of the fact that she's on the brink of middle age.

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plexico 3

Sadly, to dance ballet at the highest professional level, you have to be unnaturally thin. A woman who has a normal body (not even "curvy") would look like a horse on stage in a ballet. A ballerina who even appears to have a womanly shape onstage looks like a skeleton in real life. The men who look muscular and bulky onstage are scrawny in real life. Go ahead and enjoy ballet for the artistry, the exercise, the discipline, etc., but your chance to succeed at the highest level has already been determined genetically.

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plexico 3

I guess a better way to put it is this: In the real world, I am of median height. In the NBA, I'd be a midget. Likewise, a woman with a perfectly lovely body in the real world would look like a cow in a ballet.

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EClaris 0

Like many people have stated dancers (and more specifically ballerinas) have bad reputations for being unhealthily thin. She wasn't calling you fat she was happy that her daughter's teacher had a body and wouldn't give her unreal expectations about her body.

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Moemoemoe_fml 0

I think it might be indeed that yeah, considering how other ballerines are overly thin. I was thinking the mom thought she was fat, but considering how all ballerinas are crazy underweight, perhaps it's just that the teacher looks more normal. :)

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Cecona 0

You're not fat, you have a dancer's body! Strong muscles to support yourself through all those difficult moves.

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kukopia 0

YDI because you, and ONLY YOU called yourself fat!!!

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