A woman recounts a Thanksgiving experience with her boyfriend's family, where a unique tradition involving weighing after a meal raised concerns and discomfort from friends due to its potential for being inappropriate.
I recently spent Thanksgiving at my boyfriend's parents' house, marking my first family gathering with them after four months of dating. One peculiar tradition they have involves the female members of the family weighing themselves before and after dinner to determine who consumed the most food. This year, to everyone's surprise, I emerged victorious, earning a crown fashioned from glittery fake drumsticks.
While I had a wonderful time and felt incredibly comfortable with his family, their amusement at my triumph contrasted with the absent participation of my boyfriend's brother's new girlfriend. However, when I shared this experience with my friends, they expressed discomfort, suggesting the tradition bordered on perverse and potentially fueled by fetishes. This unexpected reaction left me deeply unsettled. While I don't perceive anything inherently wrong with the tradition, I am troubled by the numerous photos taken during the weigh-in, some of which reveal more than I'm comfortable with. Though I always kept my bra covered and my jeans were undone, but not revealing anything explicitly suggestive, the act itself feels vulnerable. The tradition is apparently restricted to young women, as the men would supposedly win too easily. I'm unsure whether to address this with my boyfriend or anyone else. How should I navigate this situation next year? I feel conflicted and uncertain about the implications of this seemingly innocent family tradition
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