Chris apologized again this morning, quite profusely, and said he felt bad about it all day long yesterday, which I know he did. He said he was just being thoughtless, and I agreed. He is hiking this morning and I asked him to perhaps take some time while hiking to reflect on his priviledge. I explained how when he goes out for a jog, he is just some guy, normal weight, totally anonymous with nothing to be concerned about. When I go out for a jog, it is literally an act of social rebellion which requires a bit of courage on my part every time I do it (and sometimes more than a bit, particularly when I've had some stupid and thoughtless comment hurled at me by someone, ahem). So, yes I am a bit sensitive about it, and even though I KNOW he was not being intentionally hurtful, but just thoughtless, but even a thoughtless remark about such a sensitive subject is hurtful. He listened and I think he will do it (reflect on it, I mean), but his comment to me was very interesting, he said "I just would not have thought that you would still be having those battles." My answer to him was "ALWAYS. I will always be fighting those battles."
Anyways, he is sorry, he feels terrible and I am feeling much better now that we talked it out, so we can all put our pitchforks away.
Title of the post comes from "That's Some Dream" by a band called Good Old War. They have a very Simon and Garfunkel sound going, although this song is the only one I found that is good to run to.
I added a list of blogs I read, most of them I found through links on other people's blogs, so I thought I should return the favor. They are funny and awesome.
Stats for the week:
Treadmill running: 7
Outside Running: 10.1
Total miles moved: 17.1
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