"Alot of girls I went to school with..."

[@QueenZsWorld]

can we also remember we were CHILDREN in high school??? 😂 why would grown adults look like children forever?

[@BooDotBoo]

I'm always weirded out by anyone talking about how come people don't look how we looked in high school. Why are you at your big age wanting someone to look like a teenager?

[@vss5383]

Right! Who is trying to look like an actual child?!

[@lcarthens2897]

Facts

[@crystallight328]

I’m 31 and ppl assume I’m a high school senior. Sometimes black don’t crack 😂😂😂

[@denisejohnson4037]

@@Princesss93 A lot of people still go to the gym. We still take care of our bodies.

[@carolperdue7534]

Well I’m at the age where more and more of my classmates are no longer with us so I’m just happy to be here. So bump that to whoever wrote that post!

[@blackbutterfly8338]

Right! I’m happy to BE, because quite a few of my classmates have passed. Plus, life happens….like it’s supposed to…..

[@earlenecarson395]

Absolutely!

[@Thoos-r5g]

And if we are honest, some of those young folk may attend funerals of their peers...😔

[@Happy-dq9iu]

As my Grandma would say - "I'm just glad I'm on this side of the dirt"

[@dyoung2739]

Amen🙏🏽,Carol,I wholeheartedly agree with your comment!

[@barose1]

I am in my 40s and in much better shape and condition than I was in high school. Being childfree and away from toxic family helps.

[@CourtneyChelle]

Same

[@rc6888]

Same here

[@Memomommy]

I’m happy for u i can’t wait to leave mine

[@HTownstylist253]

Lol right I glowed up

[@jonelle5810]

Same here💯💯💯

[@TomikaKelly]

I left high school in 2012 at a size 8. I've doubled in size, lost weight, picked up and quit smoking, started a business, earned multiple degrees, developed a backbone, learned my worth, started speaking my mind, and found out what styles look best on me....and I am 100% okay with that.

[@ULuvJanae]

I’m tryna get like you @26

[@MsShuman100]

Sounds like you are living a wonderful life 🥰

[@JaSmineLea217]

Right. I was always skinny in school and wished I was thick lol. I had best friends right after 2 years of hs were barbies in hs but just 2 years out got Hella big 200+ but back 2 me I went up n down like ya.

[@mekaa04]

Not going to lie you are very inspirational

[@thearough]

sounds like you living life doin the damn thing, teach us something and about this money, you looking good and like goals❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏what about your weight again....

[@Dreamsareareality]

I got ridiculed in high school for being skinny. That is what they called me. I am now thick. I had someone say what happened. I had cancer twice. People don't know your story. Grateful to be here. 🙏🏽🙏🏽 Right in my 50s now.

[@angieang26]

I was ridiculed in jr and high school for being quiet and skinny. But mostly for being quiet. Because black people hate quiet black people.

[@Dreamsareareality]

@@angieang26 I hate reading that. I love quiet people. Sometimes it is good to be quiet and take things in. You are right some can't stand silence.

[@angieang26]

@@Dreamsareareality at a couple of jobs I've had a coworker told me I can't be myself at jobs and another one told me if I don't become extroverted I won't make it in the world.

[@Dreamsareareality]

@@angieang26 Actually little co worker the world needs quiet people. They make the world go around. How would it be if everyone talked and talked and talked. People need to understand we all are individuals on this earth some of us are being our true authentic self. Embrace your quietness. It makes you special.

[@angieang26]

@@Dreamsareareality oh I've embraced it years ago. I just wish I could find my tribe of people who will love and accept me for the way I am. Because I haven't found that yet. I'm here in the south and there are a lot of loud black people here. even my own living siblings dislike me because I was different than them. And my older siblings is who made me this way by bullying me at age 12. I was a social extroverted child with no anxiety. But after my older sister and brother started bullying me my personality changed for the worst.

[@morganboutwell8231]

People who want you to look like a kid as an adult are creepy. AND we just survived a global pandemic. Girl I’m just happy to be here

[@frenchmayonnaise]

I thought the same thing, like why do you want to look like a child...we have enough problems in our society with kids being seen as adults 🤯 let's keep the two very separate please...

[@yuhz1m1]

Facts

[@ladytjoy]

Pretty sure they weren't referring to looking like a child but the size difference.

[@jullianmcdaniel7301]

Now I'm looking at your picture and from the looks of it the years haven't been nice to you. I can almost garenteee you drink alot or use to. You can look at you and tell. This is what we're talking about. Making life altering decisions and thinking you won't have to answer for it. Make better choices that's the point of what they're saying

[@kaimckai]

How does being in shape equal looking like a child? Just cause that’s the last time you were in shape? I don’t get it

[@tinalee7440]

That girl is me! I’m an entire adult woman who held and pushed 4 humans out among other traumatic things! Some people look the same but I don’t and I’m fine with it because as Cealy said… ‘I’m here!”

[@billiismith6054]

That post actually was about, that one "pretty, thin, mean" bully, noooow she's not that pretty & thin anymore, so watch Whoooo u be mean toooo, even as a kid, u just may end up on the other Side of Bullying... (or a size 23, real Petty Butt True)🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pursedelighted8313]

Me too.i had 4 kids naturally. Child please

[@sdc8598]

You said it for me!!!!

[@mariejack506]

Same !!! 4 kids done did me in lol body ain't like it use to be...

[@livinmasterpiece3729]

Yassss!!! I'm here!!

[@iamalexisbaker]

"But the desk be having snacks in it" 🤣 Facts.

[@andrealedet9541]

Now EJ stop telling my business LOL so I have a whole dollar store in my drawer who are you to judge me?!!😂😂😂

[@curlygurl43]

💯

[@iamalexisbaker]

@@andrealedet9541 guuurl, even options for vegans and diabetics. Stop playing. 😂

[@122Tori]

Literally what file cabinets are for

[@honeywest39j95]

@@iamalexisbaker 😅🤣

[@mirandacamp4222]

Pushing multiple babies out definitely changes your body. Lost a parent recently. Depression is real and it will change your body for sure. Thank you EJ for speaking up about the real truth of being a woman.

[@sacredlady.]

My condolences to you, my Daddy left this earth a year ago, its hard because he was the parent that got me-didn’t try to change my personality. I hope the pain becomes manageable over the years and we’re left with all the beautiful memories. Blessings to you and yours. ✨🙏🏾❤️

[@selenamarshall102]

Praying for you my sister. Stay strong💜

[@selenamarshall102]

@@sacredlady.my son passed in 2020. Your in my prayers. 💜🙏💜

[@babyfaceweeb8937]

And if you still look the same as you did in high school, you're clearly a vampire.

[@hoololi]

As the fat girl in high school, it just felt like karmic retribution when all the mean skinny ones aged poorly.

[@leannthompson5585]

I'm not big and never have been, but I see it as karma for those "mean girls" in high school who were skinny and thought they were all that. Those girls, and boys, who thought they were "it" in high school and now not so much 😂

[@shennilleo3746]

Was looking for this comment because I was bullied about my weight in HS and all them heffas is as wide as the door now and have a lot of kids. I don't feel sorry for saying this either!😂

[@christinalafleur3813]

@@shennilleo3746🤣🤣🤣

[@silvernblack21]

I was a cheerleader in high school and looked fine, but my spirit was in tatters. Depressed, very far from The Most High...I wouldn't go back to those days for anything. Repayment for mean folks would be if they stayed stuck in immaturity and misery, that's worse than gaining weight 🤣

[@sassyfrass7029]

Just had a 40th HS reunion and honestly I felt a big “ha ha” about some of the once “popular” and “pretty” girls looking like death weighing …a lot. Yeah…40😮….I had to do the math when contacted about it. I just knew there was an error. 😂😂😂

[@brenale_heartsJesus]

I was actually pretty close to being morbidly obese in high school compared to where I am now, so I am GRATEFUL to not look like my high school self 😂🥴

[@lcam9241]

Congrats to you on getting healthier (I assume). 👏 ❤

[@brenale_heartsJesus]

@@lcam9241 thank you! Still got work to do but not nearly where I was!

[@jend8759]

Good for you!!!!!

[@artistryarticle6859]

​@@brenale_heartsJesus You're amazing! High school you is clapping and cooing over you

[@ladymacan7874]

Same sis. Look at me now. Ha!

[@isolda980]

I had lunch with my best friend from hs today. We graduated in the 70s. How we look is: glad to be here. Anything beyond that is as trivial as high school.

[@Wintersdaughter]

Now this is real.

[@siantewilson4433]

Best comment!

[@princessbc9791]

😂I love it!

[@isolda980]

@@princessbc9791 Thank you!

[@dday3322]

❤😂😂

[@dr.thaliaw9881]

“The desk be having snacks in it!!!”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. She ain’t lying

[@michellejones32]

I would never want to be the same size I was in high school. I was very skinny and young! I’ve had 3 children and have gained n loss weight over the years! At the age of 50 rt now I’m ok with my looks and just so grateful I’m still alive! God bless you all! ❤❤🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@brystamcneal8736]

EJ went on a hilarious truthful rant 🤣🤣🤣

[@ms.j2u886]

& I was here for all of it

[@abrylalexander4683]

I felt she was speaking directly to me. The accuracy 🥴🤣

[@redbeaut]

I mean, she took her time and made it plain and simple! 😂

[@jayasmith9581]

Loved it🎉

[@KV-mz8ro]

Having kids, hormones crazy, stress in every area of life, depression, snacking when stressed and eating the food you want to satisfy you at the moment will take a toll on you.

[@LoveAndSnapple]

That’s why it makes me sad when people talk about fat people in high school. We’re not all just going to high school and having regular high school problems then going home. Even teenagers are dealing with adult problems but young people can be so callous and mean and they never even give it a second thought.

[@KV-mz8ro]

@@LoveAndSnapple I agree. Teenagers today definitely deal with adult problems and situations. Then the mean ones at school that talk about other kids have no idea the impact those negative words have on them, on top of everything else personal they are going through. It’s sad when you think about it. I would tell my kids if you don’t have anything positive to say, just hush.

[@reesecup95]

​@@KV-mz8ro Unfortunately adults treat each other just like the mean teenagers do in highschool

[@bevill72able]

@reesecup95 yes indeed! And its so pitiful to work with adult by age, immature and childish acting women

[@RBing]

Without the kids hormones are crazy!!! Damned if u do, damned if u don’t 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@imaginethat2003]

Because I've gained weight, I like to say I'm twice the woman I once was. 🙂

[@bridgebridgebridge]

180 to be a lady, 2-summ'n to do summ'n. I'm doing summ'n, and im NOT mad about it!

[@trulyrblessed]

😂😂

[@Joelise1000]

I say this is my grown woman body!

[@bridgebridgebridge]

@@Joelise1000 yaaas!!! And i love it ❤️❤️❤️

[@mgn3618]

😂😂😂

[@beniciananez]

PREACH!!!!!!! Pasta and cheese…my golden Oreos at my desk.

[@keysasalado3419]

“Some of us are young and ugly” I could not feel more seen 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@InnerRise]

"When is my sister gonna pay me back?" Trauma

[@aysyaw6038]

😂😂😂

[@Quata2002]

Facts!! And sadly our relationship is basically nonexistent…😑😖

[@blessedunoo]

@@Quata2002 truth

[@lucidasmr6413]

I care more about how I look versus comparing how OTHERS are looking. I am grateful I am able to look like anything and be living. Health is wealth

[@PhenomenonThePoet]

👏🏽 that’s how I feel. Preach!

[@emilyfarris3510]

Truth.💯👏🏽

[@monicam.9612]

The line "We drink tears and depression" 😂🤣

[@prideofjudah5767]

I was teased for being skinny in high school. Now, I'm shapely and young folks pay money to fill jeans the way I do. Caught shade from my peers because I never dyed my hair- just let it gray as I aged. Now, I am repeatedly told how beautiful my gray hair is. Bottom line: you will never be able to please all of people all of the time, so only focus on pleasing yourself. Your self worth is found within, not in a mirror.

[@RhenaLoveTarot]

😂😂

[@mygirlcrushonlinesolaugh]

SHO U RIGHT MIRROR OF THE SOUL

[@Faith_Walker_]

I’m aging gracefully, most people say I don’t look my age. That’s what having peace and staying away from toxic situations/people will do for you😊.

[@jonathanjack1000]

So I went to a magnet school and my 10 year is next year. Saw an old homegirl in the gym and within a couple minutes of catching up starts to talk down her "regular" life. Im like okay but you survived the pandemic and are raising your child tho right? Blessings. We are doing more than enough

[@moniqueuu8777]

A lot of us feel like we should be doing more due to social media and all these fake posts of happy, wealthy, perfect people.

[@BooDotBoo]

@@moniqueuu8777 Yep, people who should know better at their big age, still comparing themselves to the 19 year olds who be having plastic surgery (with no money or going into debt to pay for) to have perfect hourglass figures. You alive, that's ALL that matters.

[@fromlissawithlove]

This whole thread deserves an encore!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 The fact that we survived not only the pandemic, but all of the wars, 9/11, Y2K, grave social injustice, Reganomics, and everything that came before??? Baby you deserve the ABSOLUTE world 🌍 ❤ You are doing enough and your ARE enough!

[@toshawhatareyoudoing6410]

I honestly think I look better now than I did in 1997 when I graduated high school. Sure, I have a few more curves, and my knee sometimes hurts for no reason, but I was a tom-boy back then who didn't yet know how to embrace her femininity and dress the body she had. But somewhere in my early twenties, I discovered that not only was I a girl, but I was cute. So I started dressing a lot better, and in turn, it made me feel a lot better. Now, I'm a mature woman with some life experience under my belt, and I can say that I look good.

[@neci596]

My 10 year is next year as well. And I'm so insecure about where my life is. You're right tho. I'm surviving and doing what's best for me.

[@tayriobravo6204]

This was me! Skinny to a 🥔. Hormones, divorces, kids, bills, stress and tragedy will do a number on you. But I’m still kicking and raising my kids, i still got my edges and trying to be the healthiest I can be at this stage in the game.

[@resad3183]

"I still got my edges"!!🤣😂.. that was hilarious.. I was not expecting that😭

[@Ravioli-uw9uy]

​@@resad3183 I lost my damn edges when my mama died 🥺 I'm glad at least someone kept their edges. God bless y'all

[@resad3183]

@@Ravioli-uw9uy ohh I see.. yes Our edges can so fragile and sensitive and the slightest thing can take them out.. may God rest your Mom's soul and blessings to you too!🙏🏽💜

[@carlaanderson6987]

😂😂😂😂 ma'am I'm glad you got your edges, I remember when edges weren't a thing, your post was hilarious

[@literally8647]

Slick them edges down for me girl! 😭😭😭

[@eljeepi]

Thank you for giving shout outs to caregivers. Not all of us have kids, but some of us elderly parents. Life be lifing in so many ways.

[@imeanreally9094]

You said a WORD in addition to EJ's. No lie. Stressors find their way to everybody.

[@eljeepi]

@@imeanreally9094 absolutely. None of us can escape from stress.

[@MakyaKByrth]

“Not all of us have kids, but some of us take care of elderly parents..” It’s me. I’m some people. 😩 Sometimes a 3 piece chicken box from Popeyes is the highlight of my day 🫣 but Imma do better though. Imma do better.

[@imeanreally9094]

@Makya K. Byrth I'm sending strong and whenever you can use then restful vibes your way sis, because that's me too. And earlier than expected but life be laughing at expectations.

[@eljeepi]

@Makya K. Byrth we the same sis. Working, helping, tired, emotionally drained. Not to mention the sadness of watching parents grow old. But we do what we do because they loved us 1st. Or at least we're trying to do the right thing. I see you sis. When you can, take care of you. You're not alone 🥰 enjoy that Popeyes btw..lol

[@LeolaGlamour]

She has a reputation for being a bully, I think they were indicating her karma.

[@nikifisher76]

The desk DEFINITELY be having snacks in it!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ashes2beauti]

She got stuck in time… High school is 4-years of your life. She needs to move on.

[@PhenomenonThePoet]

That’s big facts! But social media done turned the whole world into a high school lunch room nowadays

[@Eternity4ME]

But that was the longest 4 years ever.

[@leelee5593]

@@PhenomenonThePoet I agree it’s crazy

[@jillneverumind7229]

🤣….”Just because you eating apples & oranges, & celery doesn’t mean the rest of us are! Some of us are eating tears & depression…(and cheese)!” Sounds like the argument I just had with my Personal Trainer! 😂

[@habeshasister11]

The cheese!! I swear it’s killing my body lol

[@karissam.7030]

FACTS!!! FROM HEELS 👠->WEDGES->TO SNEAKERS 👟 #COMFORT THAT'S WHERE YOU WILL FIND ME!!! 😌

[@christinalafleur3813]

To slides baby! 😅

[@sheena_said]

And slippers🫠

[@RealityCheck1980]

😂 😂 😂

[@Whoreallycares23]

And crocs 😅😅. I finally gave in last year and they are everything 😅😅😅

[@chrmurr1]

Yes

[@VeaRobinson]

I'm so glad I'm still fine at 40. I eat well and have abs, I stay on top my health, and childfree and stress free. I see so many folks from school that look a mess, but hey life still life, but grateful to be in the lucky few, that's still hawt!

[@Roccofan]

The worst is when the bully/bad boy/jerk only got better. He looks better now than in high school, he dresses better, has a lot more money, drives a better car and is successful in life over all. Those people must be stopped!!! 😂😂😂

[@ifeefee6964]

How you not changing is the question of the day???😂😂

[@blackbutterfly8338]

AAAAA-MEN! Girl! You don’t even know what you just said! You just preached, just now.

[@billiismith6054]

It's actually not about the Physical Change, it's IMPOSSIBLE NOTTT TO PHYSICALLY CHANGE, the person who post that was actually getting a lil innocent revenge, think ... the Skinny, Pretty, Meeeean Bully That made eeeeverybody feel bad for being "different", Grew up to be the saaaame person She Bullied... hummm, iiiii ddnt get the "how can u not change" iiiii got that WATCH WHO U BEEEEE MEAN TO, EVEN AS A CHILD, U JUST MAY END UP ON THE SAME SIDE AS THE BULLIED🫡🫡😉😉😉😉

[@kristinccha]

You preaching with added comedic relief I appreciate you mentioning about some of us that have lost kids, I lost my child in the pandemic to an unknown illness and it has been trying. Still have my faith, my other children, my husband and friends but I definitely think this experience has aged me

[@ItsChristyLove]

❤️‍🩹

[@normette]

Condolences for your loss. I sincerely pray that God wraps you in his comfort and healing, and that you are able to find joy in the family surrounding you and in the precious memories that you have of your child when grief attempts to overtake you. In my father’s heavenly and everlasting name, Amen. Blessings ❤️🙏🏿

[@glamsaucy]

Condolences for your loss.

[@Jesus.SaVeS77]

I agree 💯 with u. Bc I lost many folks,since povid & b4 as well. But los'n immed. Fam. membrs is hardest thing in my life ever.. For i.e my dear mom & my 1st born, oldest neph. murdered, & stepdad B4 my mom. So my🌍 hasn't been the same since they all pass'd on. 🤦🏾🫢😐🙁

[@steppyd1981]

Prayers for your family 🙏

[@abrylalexander4683]

"The desk be havin snacks in it" that felt personal 😩🥲🤣🤣

[@9darshana]

I actually look better than what I looked like in highschool. I found what worked for my hair and skin so both are hydrated. I was bone thin in highschool so I needed some weight anyway. Everything just worked out in my favor.

[@rizuejigu7402]

#ThatPart🎉🎉🎉

[@ericah.3906]

She put the HOA in there too! 🤣 E.J. is speaking on ALL the stressors.

[@Everythingfreshandsassy]

I just turned 60 and I am N O T claiming anything less! No surgeries and every line and wrinkle I sit comfortably tight where I am!

[@lvnlrnification]

sis i round my age up to the nearest 5😅

[@srch42]

Preach!!

[@Ravioli-uw9uy]

Yess queen❤💯

[@idi.h5460]

You’re beautiful and look 20 years younger ❤

[@eyethumfazwe]

@Everything Fresh & Sassy love this for you ❤️ & I'm 32 years younger than you. Very inspiring

[@Nurse_Shelly44]

I caught up with an old friend that said something like "you can tell you got older." I told her that I should look older since we last saw each other 23yrs ago. And she's the same age as me. Some folks.......

[@latoyamoore642]

***heavy on the stress and snacks*** But my fly still can't be ignored. I was a 10 back then I'm still a 10 now. It's just bolded and italicized. 😂😂

[@shannontidwell5724]

👐🏾👐🏾👏🏾👏🏾 100% FACTS!! I LOVE THIS COMMENT!!❤❤

[@tionak]

I’m about to be 35 and I JUST started loving up on myself. I had a huge weight loss journey in my early 20s (lost 92 lbs) and I was still unhappy. I’d look back on pics and be like “now why in the world did I pick myself apart like that!? Never again”. Ive since gained a little weight which I like and I love my body as it is. I’m doing better health wise (exercising, eating) for ME which has me approaching it a totally different way this time. If I lose 10lbs or don’t, I’m still fine. Lol I would like to extend this to all the young people feeling similar. Work on the mental and love your body for what it does not just how it looks.

[@miracle-pi5ws]

How did you lose that much I need to lose that much to omg

[@sandywright-leonard5238]

Not only did I NOT get any “pandemic” money, but, because I’m a nurse, I had to put my life in danger and nearly lose my mind every day. The mention of the pandemic makes nurses get that one eye twitch from PTSD!!!😡

[@Nana-vx6mt]

Thank you for all you did and sacrificed ❤️🥰🌸

[@TammiMorrison]

You are so right about that. No money here either just putting our lives at risk daily, my husband and I. I’m over it and nursing, DONE!

[@vetgirl71]

Thank you nurses for sacrificing and serving our community with pride! I appreciate all of you, am a hospital administrator and always admired nurses & physicians I work with. All of you showed up and showed out during the pandemic and everyday and are my heroes & sheroes! Thank you for your courage and dedication! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🙌🏾❤️

[@MsDera81]

OMG!!! These comments make me see my place of employment in a different light. Our nurses at the hospital got Hazzard pay. They stopped taking days off too. Just wouldn't go home because their pockets were getting fat.

[@rizuejigu7402]

😮😮

[@lmg8236]

“Life be lifing”. I better NOT look like I did in high school because I came through some things, and I rejoice in that fact. I don’t even want to feel like I did in high school. I’m proud of being a 40 something that has gone through life and still standing. Y’all betta stop playin’!!!

[@eyethumfazwe]

Love the spirit 💓 and I'm more than a decade younger than you

[@AngelicDiva1988]

Like my granny use to say, “Just keep living.”

[@luvh8tr]

I haven’t been in high school in 30 years. And I send love and light to anyone who is personally vested in what other people from high school look like, even if those people were mean to and/or bullied them. I got way too much business to be concerned with anyone else. And as I race towards 50, how I look ain’t my primary concern, it’s what that blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and mammogram do. I am way more concerned about what is going on inside my body than the exterior at this point. Besides, I am ace with hair and makeup, I can pull out a cute look anytime. Cause, I do care a bit about being cute, I just care way more about being healthy. 😂

[@GL1TCHED9]

This is the comment I was looking for. If you are still harboring resentment about some stuff from hs, seek peace.

[@altalovelady661]

Exactly! I can't be worried about what people looked like in 1993 when I got bills due in 2023. They need to mind their business.

[@beprettylife]

Girl this was not for you 😂. You still look 20

[@Nurse_Shelly44]

@@altalovelady661 Preach! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@manestage5403]

Yessss! This is an ENTIRE WORD. I just turned 40 and it's like all my middle-aged instinct kicked in. 😄 Excited about cleaning products. Grateful about making it through a pandemic. Praying my mammogram looks good. When I meet someone I'm wondering what that retirement do (and making my own do what it do in the meantime)? I was over the moon because of a perfect blood pressure reading at the doctors the other day. Can't be out here setting ourselves back 20 and 30 years talking people from high school. lol

[@karmlaquinn]

“Don’t ever play with me” 😂

[@samueldystany]

I was someone who was bullied incessantly in high school by the ‘popular kids" almost ever day I knew as the quite one who didn't speaks at all I had extremely bad social anxiety I was going through a depression back than. so high school kind of of had damaged me afterwards. My whole Glow had came years later , and started taking better care of myself today. I'm more confidence now then ever . I would never attended to my, 10 years HS reunion the past is all dead to me I've had moved on with my life .

[@InnerRise]

"We be getting TITTIES" wrecklessness😩👐🏿⚰

[@Nmendenh-rl6ej]

My hair was breaking off because I had a relaxer in HS. My reunion is coming up and now I have a full head of locs. Grateful for change!

[@redeamedrichly3]

🤜🤛😂😂Likewise Bless GOD🤸🏽 it's Long.😌🏃🏽‍♀️💅🏽👠 won't HE do it tho.😉🙌🏽

[@purpleness64]

My metabolism changed and life began to life!!! Yasssss!

[@alimuh007]

5:09 "1st of all mind your business" hilarious!!!!!! "Cause I'm grown"

[@lesliesimmons2273]

"And what do I need wit em" just took me OUT!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ny2768]

It's called stress. 😂😂😂

[@uncommonfavor674]

In June of this year it’ll be 40 years since I graduated high school. I’m 30 pounds heavier, wrinkled, a mother of a 21 year old and a wife of 36 years. I’m completely gray. I look better to myself now than I did then. Totally imperfect but completely content.

[@yuhz1m1]

Love this.

[@YellowPaint100]

That last part is just 😚muah, 👌NICE!!!

[@jenerrabrown]

No Queen, totally perfect with your imperfections.

[@lonesparrow]

"They just here. They mine." That's the kind of body positivity energy we all need!

[@monibushan6714]

From the class of 87, I embrace and endorse your message completely!!! 😊❤😊❤

[@oahuviewlot2929]

omg, "we may drink tears and depression..." Sad and hilarious at the same time. So glad my friend turned me on to this comedian.

[@WholeHeartily]

I’m HAPPY not to look like I did in high school! I was a child! Now I’m a woman. I’ve had so many great stories since then, I’m an interesting person 😌

[@trnharris]

Love it

[@joll_d1303]

Most definitely agree I didn’t like how I looked in highschool either💀😭

[@iamalexisbaker]

We don't look like we use to because were are STRESSED 🙄. Facts as well.

[@prudencek7087]

I owe not one person an explanation. I don't look like I did in highschool nor do I behave like I did in highschool... why? BECAUSE I AM GROWN!

[@deegilbert2940]

Thank you EJ for talking about this. It’s a blessing to be alive❤

[@Carolynnin]

Imagine the AUDAITY of actually AGING! Like a HUMAN!!

[@mygirlcrushonlinesolaugh]

[@Redeemed2000]

Now... Why is it that we have to have the added pressure of looking the exact same that they did in high school, in addition to the other stuff? They going to stop playing with me!

[@AMinnie]

I could be wrong but I feel like Kiely was chosen for the post because she has a reputation for being a mean girl (the type of girl who would make fun of your weight) The post is actually saying the mean girl is now the “big girl” that she would’ve been making fun of in the past.

[@portraitofalady1598]

Right! That's how interpreted it too.

[@angeldelmoroable]

First thing that came to my mind, although what she said was accurate too.

[@destinixshakur]

I can see this

[@KaylasBestie]

Yes!! This was my interpretation ....

[@amyoung101]

No lies were detected! 💯 facts!!! I personally enjoy the aging process. It brings with it wisdom and perspective that I didn’t have in my younger days. I’ve always loved natural beauty and I step everyday owning mine 🥰

[@PhenomenonThePoet]

Ya know… this was a great post. I gotta get there babe… aging has always been seen as a bad thang for a woman. I gotta be comfortable w/ it cause God has blessed me. Thanks for the wisdom.

[@lcam9241]

​@@PhenomenonThePoet I second your comment with all my heart.

[@amyoung101]

@@PhenomenonThePoet I trust that you will ❤️

[@raziwellabdulrahman2362]

I really started loving life when I entered my 40s

[@trnharris]

💯

[@lynnelliott9038]

The way I hollered, screamed, said amen, shouted, gave you the go ahead and the thumbs up and became reflective ALL within the few moments of this public service announcement!? You Preached a whole sermon right here! #everyemotion

[@FunkyBruja]

"Aging without a fight" 🤣🤣🤣 You're so pretty, EJ. Love the hair!

[@jigg4u]

"Life be lifing". True that. As my momma used to say, every day above ground is a good one.

[@shwanagarner3966]

Girl! You covered every reason why we don't look like we did, and you are correct.

[@lynnettashobayo6315]

That hair stretch tho 👏👏👏

[@mrscollier26]

"But the desk be having snacks in 'em" 😂😂so true 😢😅

[@nathalia_z7639]

I wear wedges because I have worn-down the cushion on the bottoms of my feet, therefore, 3-4 inches heels are for special occasions only! And only for walking from front of the restaurant to my table! 🤣🤣🤣

[@morganwhite2176]

You couldn’t have said it better. I saw a person I went to school with the other day and he looked at me as if I was disgraced because I don’t look the same. I used to be slim and some thought pretty, I am now overweight from the burden of life, surviving, and I’ll never forget he shot me a look like I had committed a crime! like he was offended. As if I owed him money or something, that look. I actually thought it was disgusting of him to think he has some type of ownership over what I should look like, really offended me. So you couldn’t have said it better.

[@PunkyPrincessPop]

I saw a guy who I knew from school 20 years ago and he said to me “wow, you look…different” implying I looked bad. Without missing a beat I said “yeah…so do you” You should have seen his face, he started getting flustered talking about “yeah I might have put on a bit of weight” what a clown 🤡🙄 These men really think they look the same as they did as teenagers, meanwhile they have receding hairlines, pot bellies and premature wrinkles.

[@vetgirl71]

@@PunkyPrincessPop 🎯👏🏾👏🏾 well said! 😂😅 Throughout the years if I recognized a hs classmate at the mall or a store, I purposely wouldn’t acknowledge or speak to them! Some people is better of leaving in the past! When I went to my 20th HS reunion, even though we were all either 40 or almost 40, most of my classmates were the same ignorant fools! The “popular “ kids (ex cheerleaders & jocks) were still arrogant & drunks/druggies! The “nerds” were had successful careers because our parents kept us straight! The so called “cool kids” were either in prison, dead or on crack! It was amazing seeing the “awkward so called “ugly ducklings “ blossomed and looked amazing ! The bullies wasn’t there or worth talking too! Most of the people were the same! I never kept in touch with any of them and so glad! Life has brought us through roller coasters and I’m thankful that I had a great life regardless and love myself! At 60 years young my priority is protecting my peace by any means necessary ! God bless! 😊🙏🏾

[@dyoung2739]

The problems that we thought we had in high school were not really problems. Stress eating & crying over issues in adulthood like bills, illness & death have a way of aging you.

[@arleedennis791]

I really envy stress eaters. The more stressed I am the more weight I lose...hair too 😂

[@dyoung2739]

@@arleedennis791 🤣I’d prefer the weight loss

[@danyreese2052]

Whenever someone says my mom still looks the same she be like " so you saying I looked 50 in high school!"😂

[@chunky0077]

I wish I could thumb this up a MILLION TIMES! Not only funny, but factual! Educate them!

[@SavannahSylver]

I had to come back… for some of us we looked horrible In high school. BUT NOW… baby…we look alot better as we’ve gotten older! 💅🏾

[@sylviaespinoza8530]

This video is A GEM. You packed a treasure chest of wise advice into 8 minutes! Free Therapy Here! As an elderly woman/senior citizen/seasoned person, however it applies, applaud you for encouraging everyone to EMBRACE who you are today. Think on this: If you start taking better care of yourself today, and five years from now you are older but looking healthy and enjoying your life and age, your investment pays off. As another commenter stated, "Health is Wealth." Thanks, EJ! You're a gem yourself! 💚👏💚🥰💚

[@tweetybyrd2171]

💯💯👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 comments hey Health is wealth AMEN

[@netta911]

...but the desk be having snacks in it" took me out!! 😂😂😂😂

[@lovingmynaturalhair]

I was someone who was bullied incessantly in high school by the ‘popular and pretty’ kids because they stood on those aesthetics HARD and beat others down because of it. Soo now I hear about those people (because I have zero contact on social media because…why?) and I just chuckle because they look horrible, finances the same way they look, and they are stuck in the same city. My WHOLE LIFE glow up speaks for itself and if they would have focused less on picking on me and more on their future, they’d probably be better off. Oh how the tables turn because you either gonna pay now (in high school) or later (adulthood). I’ll make those payments young and enjoy this blessed life I’m experiencing now. And I try to tell other young folks the same today so they make better choices.

[@portraitofalady1598]

So glad that you were able to get through being bullied & doing good now. I can relate.

[@Nana-vx6mt]

I know the feeling I just wanted to graduate being bullied ain't NO! Fun at all. Now these people look old enough to be my parents.

[@deniesidney1723]

EJ, thank you so much for normalizing life, transitions, changing, and the roller coaster of life.

[@megaJ0Y]

Lifing is a Blessing!! We are still here by da grace of God! Keep on living babies...if your age is 50 + life is gonna show up somewhere! Face, teeth (or lack of), walk, talk, bank account. Jus saying! 🙄😂😊 Great talk! LIVE, L❤VE, and LAFF!🤭 Love ya girl!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@captivated388]

We don’t look like we did in high school because we are not CHILDREN anymore. We are adults. Stop expecting a 30/40 year old to look 16-18 years old. You want double the life at half the wrinkle price. Ain’t gonna happen! That’s an unrealistic expectation.

[@shirleyjensen417]

“Life really be lifing.” Facts for real!

[@rainemonet]

The amount of respect I have for you, for this video ❤️🙏🏻

[@Queenxmarquise]

Ma’am you had me at the HOA fees. Say no more 😂😂😂😂😂

[@catinadaniels8165]

I'm SCREAMING!!!! Love you're content

[@silvernblack21]

I haven't been in high school in 19 years, but I have gotten married, had 7 children in that time, improved my spiritual maturity, grown discernment, and am worlds healthier in ALL aspects now than I was then. Compare my bank account now to what it was 18, now THAT'S impressive 😂 But no, at nearly 37 I don't look like I'm 18 anymore...the world can either take these gray hairs and hips, or it can kick rocks 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@holliegrayson3276]

Wow!! I’m sure you look great!!

[@Livalorie]

You are a super woman!

[@quanyenwashere]

The way ej keep bringing up them loans 😂

[@donnabrooks5319]

This is so true!! I Thank God every day for letting me live 68 years, and still healthy 🙌🏽🙌🏽 Praising him for helping me through many storms!🙌🏽 So many of my classmates have passed away. So if I look different then I used to, I won't complain!! Thank you Lord!🙌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@user-fz7di5xq7y]

"you at these people job, and that's what you look like" I hollered! Love you EJ🤣🤣🤣

[@KardiairKing-su1qi]

Definitely sitting at the desk. And the desk do be having SNACKS IN THEM‼️🤣🤣🤣

[@pockahantiss]

To the girls that teased me for being fat, karma came back. I’m an hourglass ⌛️, and YOU’RE shaped like wisdom teeth 🦷!💯✌🏾

[@ab.6031]

😂😂😂

[@gloriawatters6539]

Yeah life has a way of humbling the ignorant and arrogant.

[@tbee1575]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samwilkins4569]

Wisdom teeth tho!? I ain't ever heard that one😂😂😂😁

[@traceypoellnitz688]

I'm stealing that one..😅😅😅

[@TheOnlyLadyBella]

I MIGHT BE PETTY BUT HEAR ME OUT! Ok, as someone who was picked on for my weight and developed issues, I'm sorry but it's satisfying to see post like this. I think ever since high school I go out of my way to improve my looks. I definitely do not look the same as I did in high school. I still have a little weight but I am a vast improvement. When I go back home and see those girls from high school. They look older than me, they have wrinkles ( I'm wrinkle free 😛) and they have gotten heavier, etc.... Maybe it's the petty in me but ummmm.... Hey what goes around comes around.

[@hiscountrigal1764]

THIS PART! Read my comment sis, I'm right there with you🙌🏿

[@kaylawaters2691]

Yes. Some of these people around my age didn't age well. Lol.

[@ingeborgbivins736]

THIS…

[@erinsmith7171]

I totally agree

[@pennydink72]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 That would be 1000

[@QuitasBanana]

Side note: alot of us have not changed personality wise since high school. Just as messy as you were 18 years ago.

[@QueenpinMesh]

Not “aging without a fight” 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dvnwifey222]

Girl drop the makeup tutorials 😭😭😭 the beat is always flawless!