'Fat' woman shocked by what her mother-in-law serves her for dinner at family meal

Many people who are worried with their weight are committed to shifting the pounds, and are always keen to try the latest popular diet.

But others are not bothered by their shape or size, and are happy with the way they are - and rightly so.

So one woman, who describes herself as "fat" but has no plans to lose weight, was shocked by the meal she was served by her mother-in-law when the went around for Sunday lunch.

She claims her husband's mum "can't cope" with the fact she isn't crash dieting because of her size, and she's always watching what she eats.

While her husband and father-in-law were served up huge plates of roast chicken and all the trimmings, she was given a much smaller portion.

Her plate contained just one roast potato, two slices of meat and two tablespoons of veg.

Shocked, she asked for more but was told there wasn't any left.

Luckily her husband saw what was happening and gave her some of his food.

But the couple were still hungry, so after a cheeky trip to the pub to escape the awkward atmosphere picked up fish and chips.

The woman then claims she heard her mother-in-law calling her a pig.

She was completely outraged, and asked other parents what they thought on Mumsnet .

She wrote: "Generally I like MIL. Our relationship isn't that bad, however, I'm fat and she really really can't cope with the idea that I'm not crash dieting. She is permanently on a diet.

"We stayed with them yesterday. Lunch while traveling and then dinner there. Roast chicken.

"I was served a single roastie, a slice of breast meat and 2 tablespoons of veg. Mil had slightly more. FIL [father-in-law] and DH [darling husband] had laden plates.

"After looking in shock I asked for some more, she said there wasn't any. DH then split his food with me, leaving us both with reasonable sized portions.