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.
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I had one girl ask me how much I weighed and I told her she was rude. She soon left.
they will yell out to your wife we have fat clothes that will fit big women
I’ve just got back from Vietnam, I stayed in Mui ne for a few days lots of big men and women there just letting it all hang out, white skinned and bright, mostly Russian I think with a handful of Americans
Yep.
Unless you speak Vietnamese don’t worry.
YES. I Can’t lie.
I had several women say I had a “Buddha belly”
Overtime, the Viet diet will wean you off the sugars and starches that are the cause of the weight
In Vietnam they care very much about weight so expect some comments and maybe some jokes but not malicious or mean.
Only if you understand the language. 😁