text: My family sounds just like your family. It's frustraoccasionallybe very upsetting. I just refuse to discuss any ones weight with them at all and I shut down any weight conversations they attempt with me - positive or negative - because I figure that if I seek their approval I also invite them to criticise.\n\nTo answer the other part of your question - I have occassionally been known to comment on people's weight. BUt only when it is positive such as, someone who has been trying to lose weight and has been successful.