Should I take offense or was he kidding?

[Christyyy]

Me and my boyfriend have been dating for 2 months now. He’s sweet and a gentleman. I’m his first girlfriend. I’m not anorexic but in the past and still kind of now, I’ve been trying to gain weight and hated being skinny. I get really sensitive when people tell me I'm skinny or want my body because I'm skinny or just make jokes. It really pisses me off even if it is a compliment. I never really get lunch at school because of my anxiety and being in crowds/long lines so I just skip it. My boyfriend doesn’t know that I am sensitive about my weight or my insecurities. Every time I tell him that I am not going to eat lunch, he says “Nope nope you’re going to eat.” He even gets me food from his classroom and sometimes from home. I mainly don’t eat lunch everyday maybe like 3 times a week, depends.

Usually when I'm at his house, he asks me if I'm hungry and want anything to drink or eat, I say no (because I'm really not thirsty or hungry) and he says “R you sure?”. Today in math class, I said that I’m going to finally eat lunch today and he said “Yay! Skinny Stick is finally going to eat!” and we laugh but I called him a jerk and punched his arm. He likes to mess with people a lot and joke around. It got to me later and he asked me if I was alright. I told him to not joke about my weight again because in the past, I was sensitive about it. He apologized a lot and we hugged. I’m still a bit hurt. I told my friend about this since she is skinny too and wants to gain weight as well, she said that I shouldn’t take offence to it.

[SweetDreamsLissa]

Hey I think you should just forget about it since he apologized and won't do it again. But on another note if you are trying to gain weight make sure you do it the right way. For example, just because you eat and eat and eat that doesn't necessarily make everyone gain weight. Maybe you're like my little sister and have a high metabolism. I remember at one point she was also trying to gain weight but was going about it the wrong way. My guy friends take protein shakes and work out to get bigger, I'm not saying do what they are but do some research on what types of things you should be eating. Also, don't skip meals try to eat healthy at least. I have been training myself to eat healthy except to lose a little weight. Also, you could work out and build your muscles.