You really can't with with the bàs and your body weight!
I've lived here for 6 years and cycled up and down in weight, maybe in a 10kg range. I'm 167cm so taller than most VN women, but I used to get so many béo comments at my higher weight. Got tired of it, decided to lose weight by cutting so much com rang and pho and beer.
Now every time I go to a market vendor or com binh Dan, it's all -em ấy quá gầy. ăn cơm đi!!!
I'm like a healthy BMI, like 20 or something.
You just can't win. But I've also learned that those observations of your weight aren't so much judgements, like they are in the west- just observations. And sometimes care.
I've lived in the same town for 6 years, rural mountainous north, and these ladies are like blunter, more straightforward grandmas that look after me!
Posted Sep 3, 2025, 5:03 PM UTC