The Break-Up
Dear Bathroom Scale,
I think it's about time we sit and have a talk about our relationship.
We've been together now for a long time but I'm slowly starting to see our relationship for what it
really is and I think I deserve better. You are unreliable and you lie to me constantly; sometimes
you tell me what I want to hear even when I don't believe it's true and other times you just to put
me down. In spite of this abuse you somehow still have such a powerful hold over me that I keep
coming back to you day after day. Sometimes multiple times a day.
What you say to me on any given day defines my happiness. It has the power to make me feel beautiful
or ugly or frumpy or stunning, and that's something I can't seem to decide for myself without your
input. I'm not content until you tell me that I'm light. I want to feel beautiful regardless of what
you say to me and that's something I just can't learn to do with you dominating my life as you do now.
I've had enough of this and it has to stop. I am breaking up with you. I will always think fondly
of you and I hope we remain friends. Maybe we can keep in touch and even catch up on a weekly basis.
But this relationship has overwhelmed me and I think it's best we go our separate ways.
Love,
Samantha
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I just today wrote my second to the last post about the scale. The title is Success if you want to read it.
And to think that only a few months ago, all you could talk about was how excited you were when Mr. Scale came along. It was non stop about how much you loved him, how awesome he was, how much he could tell you about yourself. What a shame it had to end.
I seriously hate my scale!
I was beginning to hate my scale but discovered it wasn’t the scale it was me. I wasn’t eating enough and now the scale is showing me proof I was wrong…2+lbs already.
Amen sister!
yes!!! time to kick it out of ur life.. its time to go.. bye bye
hehe
xoxo
Good for you. I’ve broken up with my scale too. I don’t even own one–just jump on one if I see it at a friends house. There’s no reason a number defines happiness. If you feel beautiful and are treating your body well, that shouldn’t need to be affirmed or denied by a measurement. Beauty is not a quantitative measure!
BRAVO!
yay samantha! hate the scale and i do not think it should determine your self worth-LOVE THIS!
Great letter! Congratulations!
Yay Samantha!
Anything that makes you feel bad about yourself on a daily (or even more often!) basis has NO place in your life. There are so many better ways to track whether you are healthy and happy — the main one being, if you feel good and healthy, then you probably are!
Very proud of you. I know how powerful the scale can be and how hard it is to say goodbye and not feel like you’re giving up on some kind of goal. But that number is arbitrary at best and you just don’t need that kind of pressure in your life.
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Yay! breakaups with scales are a GOOD thing
i just wrote about this!
more power to ya! we know our bodies better than a piece of electronics do anyways.