Email story 2

This is another email I received, from someone who saw a posting about this on another site:

Hi Tom,This may seem slightly long winded however, here goes. On August 14th I attend a work function at my employers head office. For one reason or another I haven't attended one of these functions in about 18 months or so. In this time I have lost a considerable amount of weight. This has changed both my physical and mental appearance. The person who said it to me may of meant it in a sincere way but I felt it wasn't. Maybe this is a throw back to my old, somewhat pessimistic trains of thought. However, I felt the word beautiful maynot of been the correct word to use in that situation. As you stated it a strong and emotive word that people may mean one this to some person and mean something different to someone else. It also stands out in my head so vividly because apart from this time I couldn't tell you the last time someone said I looked beautiful. I'm not saying knowone has, but when you have a bad mental picture of yourself you ridicule such a comment. The simple action of answering your post on the message board has made me re-think and re-play the conversation in my head and re-think my conclusions of it.