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Honest question: my wife and I are overweight and not thick-skinned.

Honest question: my wife and I are overweight and not thick-skinned. Are comments or jokes about body weight common in Vietnam? Just want to know what to expect and how to react.Thanks.Honest question: my wife and I are overweight and not thick-skinned. Are comments or jokes about body weight common in Vietnam? Just want to know what to expect and how to react.Thanks.

570 thoughts on “Honest question: my wife and I are overweight and not thick-skinned.

  1. AustraliaAustralia
    SoMos Retreats Tania
    says:

    The stores will make you feel seen in a way you won’t love.

  2. CanadaCanada
    Dick Paterson
    says:

    Ohhh pal the vietmamese are beautiful. They don’t care what you look like. If you are kind and respectful to them, they will love you

  3. United StatesUnited States
    Kieth Weinberger
    says:

    If you don’t understand Vietnamese, tou won’t even realize that they are making fun of you.

  4. VietnamVietnam
    Phung Nguyen
    says:

    My wife is Filipina, we went to Vietnam in early 2000 and 1 of the kid called out Fat Lady in Vietnamese. My wife turned back and asked me why did the kid yelled out for? I said he called you Fat 🙂 so we just laughed it off 🙂

  5. CanadaCanada
    G John Edwards
    says:

    Are you sure that you’re ‘prepared’ to travel to such culturally different locations?

  6. United StatesUnited States
    Kieu Le
    says:

    Yes it is bad form to be overweight unless you have money. They are very judgmental, bit as long as you have money you’ll be fine. They’ll be nice to you no less.

  7. AustraliaAustralia
    Elsie Norback
    says:

    They are t-i-n-y ppl, very tiny, so just know that you will look like a giant to them. If you are overweight, than you are ginormous to them.

  8. United StatesUnited States
    Ian Michael Garland
    says:

    You will get some, (Anh map) listen for that word.

  9. CanadaCanada
    Sandra Middleton
    says:

    when getting clothes in Hoi an, she asked me…. “Why so fat?” its not malicious.. just go with the flow

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