she had all of these warts/skin tags on her quadruple chins and on the back of her hands.
She was a Type 2 diabetic
Can't remember if I've mentioned this one, but in my younger days I knew a guy from the local church group who was an internationally ranked water skier. He'd just gotten a new ski boat and invited me to go skiing with him (I'm a pretty good skier too). Unfortunately, we were overheard talking about it by another guy, a deathfat of at least 300lbs, who then invited himself to come along.
I was
livid, because I knew there was no way he was going to be able to ski and I also knew that we would waste the entire day pandering to his self-inflicted physical problems.
I asked the owner of the boat why he'd permitted him to come, when we both knew damn well the guy was never going to be able to do it. I got the stock, lame response of, "
Oh, well, we need to build up his confidence and encourage him..." (Looking back, I suspect it was actually about just wanting to show off his new boat to other people.) Fatty was not lacking in confidence; Fatty was delusional about his capabilities.
Anyway, the day was a complete disaster, as I knew it would be. Fatty was completely unable to get up on his skis, and also was completely oblivious to the fact that his ineptitude was preventing others from enjoying the activity they'd set out to do.
It was about this time that I realised the concept of "encouraging people" has its limits. You shouldn't encourage all people, all the time, in all things. People
need to be told hard truths and face reality.