EDMONTON, Canada -- A 33-year-old mother was mocked for her stretch marks by three strangers as she attempted to sunbathe at the beach while her kids played nearby.
She said this was her first time wearing a bikini in 13 years.
According to GlobalNews, Tanis Jex-Blake, a mother of five children, was laying down relaxing on the beach when she heard people start talking about her.
“All of a sudden I heard, ‘oh my god, look at that, that’s f****ng nasty, that’s disgusting, look how gross that is,’” Jex-Blake told GlobalNews.
She said when she opened her eyes, she saw two men and a woman pointing at her and pretending to kick her.
Jex-Blake said at the time she acted as if the hurtful comments didn’t affect her, but later texted her husband about the encounter and cried in the car while driving home.
Instead of keeping quiet and letting the incident go, Jex-Blake took to social media where she posted an open letter to the two men and woman along with a close-up picture of herself laying down in her bikini to Facebook.
The letter said:
As of Saturday, her personal post had been shared nearly 5,000 times.