Comments by "Kimberly C" (@kimberlyc84) on "Van Life: Bad Manners In The Gym Should I Have Stayed Quiet?" video.

  1. Indeed! She could have taken him to the independent bathroom, which is usually a single restroom reserved for people who may be in a wheelchair. Or, how about this, telling dad to hold his game for one hot second to be responsible and take his son to the restroom. I remember going to our local rec center with a friend at the age of 12. We had gone swimming, and had finally come out to the locker room to get changed. There was an older woman who had had a mastectomy. (I had no idea at the time of course) I had no idea of why she looked like that and my friend actually started giggling at it. I just felt like she must be in such pain. Keep in mind, I was a very underdeveloped 13 year old so to me it just looked strange not that she was flat on one side, but that she wasn't flat on both sides. Because I was very undeveloped and flat at 13. Anyway I moved on with life but when I was diagnosed at the age of 42 and subsequent reconstruction, I know exactly what that woman was feeling. I had always been very self-conscious about my looks all through my marriage. And then when I finally made my exodus, and was diagnosed a year after, I felt even worse. I felt like I couldn't look at myself and that nothing would ever make me feel better. I really had to dig within to finally come to terms with who I was, and how I looked and with my subsequent reconstruction. I chose to stop at a certain point so I may not appear 'normal' to others. I am hyper modest now. And that's not to say that I won't put on a swimsuit, but I am very aware of how I feel about my body. No one has a right to see me unless I give them that right. I would have been extremely upset at seeing this child going through the locker room, and I would have reported it to management. The second one: me...out loud: What's WRONG with you? Me: in my head: punch in the throat.
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