I was, er, a bit overweight as a teenager. Okay: I was chunky.
One day, I arrive home absolutely ecstatic: I managed to run two laps around the park in gym class. A real feat for me. My classmates even clapped!
When I tell my mother, she doesn’t smile. Her face takes on a slightly pained expression.
“But are you sure they weren’t thinking instead, ‘Look what the fatty can do’?”
