Comments on 'Terry's Troubles'Terry Tervis was fat and ugly.
At the photo shoot she could barely pose, so concerned was she with the rolls of cellulite she _almost_ had, that she could _almost_ see, _almost_ hanging over the top of her bikini bottoms. It was revolting.
When she was handed a copy of the final calendar, she glanced at it and tossed it away in disgust. Those eyebrows, like the mangy fur of a werewolf! Those horrible detached earlobes, like a pair of saggy wings hanging off her head! Why couldn't she just look more like Miss September?
"I heard your calendar went to press," said Mrs. Tervis. "I'm so proud of you, baby."
Terry slumped over half a cup of yogurt and a bottle of diet lemonade. "I don't want to talk about it, Mom."
"Honey, I saw the proofs. You looked beautiful!"
"Yeah, if you like yellow teeth and love handles."
"Terry. You looked beautiful." Mrs. Tervis leveled her gaze across the kitchen table at her daughter. The girl sighed, giving up; arguing never worked. Mrs. Tervis simply couldn't be reasoned with.2008-06-05T14:43:24Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/33058Comment on Terry's Troubles<p>Yep, the tweaking made it smooth as silk. Awesome job! And of course not all girls think this way. Just like not all guys even like a stick-thin woman.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=682022008-06-05T14:43:24ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Terry's Troubles<p>Haha, I’m with you, Hunting Beauty, it’s a very annoying and frustrating mentality! I like to write ficlets that stretch me, by getting into the heads of characters I don’t have much experience with in real life. It would be too easy to write things from my own point of view all the time; gotta make it a little challenging! :-)<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=680502008-06-04T23:32:20Zuselessnesshttp://ficlets.com/authors/uselessnessComment on Terry's Troubles<p>You did a good job. And just so you guys don’t go jumping to any conclusions, that’s not how all girls think. :p</p>
<p>Girls like the one in this story, I find very annoying. You did a good job of getting in the mind of a girl like that though. Some times you amaze me…how in the world did you know exactly how some girls think. You worry me, Parker. LOL </p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=680472008-06-04T23:20:47ZHunting Beautyhttp://ficlets.com/authors/missourigirlComment on Terry's Troubles<p>I tweaked it… hopefully it makes more sense now!<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=679242008-06-04T16:35:33Zuselessnesshttp://ficlets.com/authors/uselessnessComment on Terry's Troubles<p>Yeah, thebetweenspace has it, I’ll see if I can rework that to make more sense. Since the story is from Terry’s point of view, it’s her mom who is viewed as the stubborn one, even though the woman is perfectly rational. :-)<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=678932008-06-04T13:28:57Zuselessnesshttp://ficlets.com/authors/uselessnessComment on Terry's Troubles<p>Very good job of getting inside the head of the young Tervis.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=678822008-06-04T12:51:19ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenuniqueComment on Terry's Troubles<p>So that’s what’s going on inside those disturbed minds of theirs! I see what THX is hitting at with the last line. It’s a bit hard to tell if it’s coming from the mother or daughter Tervis’s point of view. I read it as from the daughter’s, as if she thinks she’s sane and Mrs. Tervis won’t listen to reason so why argue.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=678812008-06-04T12:37:32Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on Terry's Troubles<p>Great job at getting inside the head of the body-conscious model type. The last sentence was a bit confusing. Maybe ‘Miss Tervis’ would make it clearer, unless you meant either there’s only one person at the table or that the mom is actually the problem.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=678692008-06-04T11:34:03ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Terry's Troubles<p>Women! Can’t live with ‘em, can’t shoot ‘em. Well…not legally, anyway…<br />Kind of sad that this is actually how some people think, and a good look at how frustrating it can be to observe someone who’s beautiful, but doesn’t think they are.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/33058?basename=678392008-06-04T03:51:53ZJLaughterhttp://ficlets.com/authors/jlaughter