A good guy friend of mine recently got engaged to his girlfriend and I couldn’t be happier for him. She is a wonderful woman who makes my friend very happy.

The thing is that she didn’t ask me to be a bridesmaid. Now, I recognize that she and I aren’t as good of friends as the groom and I are, but all of her bridesmaids are thin and I’m not. Most people would think that they’re just not a close enough friend to the bride to be asked to be a bridesmaid, which probably is the case in this situation. Although as a fat girl, I sometimes wonder if it’s because the fat girl in the bridesmaid dress would “ruin” the photos they would keep for the rest of their lives or if she didn’t want to deal with finding a dress style that works for all body sizes.

Thin privilege is not thinking that your body shape is what is keeping you from being involved in the happiest day of your friend’s life.