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Lessons ☝️From Being Chunky Kid

7 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Andy Neary recounts a childhood in southeastern Wisconsin as an overweight (“chunky”) kid who faced teasing and social exclusion. He describes wanting to fit in, mentions dreaming of playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, and recalls Levi’s making “husky” jeans — using humor to frame early body-image struggles and social rejection.

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I grew up in southeastern Wisconsin. I was a kid with a dream to play for my hometown team, the Milwaukee Brewers. But just look at this picture. Does that physique up on the screen scream athlete? I was a chunky kid. Attention to me as a child meant negativity. Kids picked on me. Girls were definitely not attracted to me. And before mental health was a mainstream issue, Levi's actually made a pair of jeans for me. They called it husky. Where are my husky wearing boys? Come on, now. As a child, all I wanted to do was fit in. But when you're a chunky kid, when you're a chubby kid, you want to be anybody but yourself.