Friend Inquires About Possible Weight Gain, But OP Tactfully Avoids Answering Due To Personal Observations

This situation is quite interesting because people had a lot of different opinions in the comments.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• August 13, 2023

Being forthright with friends is often encouraged, but there are moments when honesty can lead to awkward, uncomfortable situations. This is particularly true when it revolves around delicate subjects that one might be tempted to dodge.

Today, our spotlight is on a Reddit AITA post that brings such a dilemma to life. An individual narrates their repeated entanglement with a sensitive topic and seeks the community's judgment. For a comprehensive view, we've dissected the original post and cherry-picked some of the most thought-provoking comments that reflect the diversity of opinions on the matter.

Online platforms, like the AITA subreddit, serve as invaluable arenas for genuine, unfiltered feedback. They provide an outsider's perspective, which can often shed light on aspects we might overlook.

In this particular post, the person is wrestling with a moral quandary: Is it wrong to sidestep a friend's direct questions about her perceived weight gain, especially if one believes the observations to be true?

To fully grasp the nuances of this predicament and the variety of perspectives shared by the Reddit community, we invite you to dive in. We've meticulously curated the content to ensure you get a holistic understanding and, perhaps, even help you form an opinion on the matter.

OP's post is pretty short and to the point but they let us know what kind of questions the friend asks and just exactly why they don't want to answer the questions directly.

This explains it perfectly because ti is a no-win situation for both parties here. Obviously if she's asking then she knows.

This person came with pretty good advice on how to deter the actual question.

This is OP's response to the comment above. They seems receptive to the advice.

People are suggesting that OP switch up the question back at her.

OP put a response to the comment above and agrees with them.

This comment is the one that we agree with the most and OP can't win in this situation.

This person actually told OP to tell ehr friend the truth next time she asks, but obviously in a calm and nice manner.

Advice wasn't sparse on this thread because people knew exactly how to tell OP to handle this and OP seems like they're down for whatever it takes.

OP might have to say something to their friend in response so she will stop asking.

A lot of people are suggesting that she just tell her the truth because obviously she's asking.

Here is OP's response to the comment above. It seems that she is self aware but maybe not connecting the dots quite yet.

It seems like honesty is the best way to go with this one.

OP was very open to feedback and was taking advice left and right.

There were so many people giving in depth perspectives and opinions.

Here's OP's response to the comment above.

We hope that OP can take some of this advice because people came up with tons of it in the comments section. This is an awkward situation for anyone but hopefully, OP's response gives their friend the honesty and companionship they're looking for.

Daphnie