Why Wednesday??

Ok every Wednesday is going to start being Why wednesday? It is going to be where I prose a question and try to make sense of it. I would love for some input from anyone as well. My question today is Why does society place so much emphasis on the way we look? I ask this question because,I was in a local drug store the other day to pick up pictures, I had my toddler with me. My toddler is going to be 2 in june. My toddler is big for her age and somewhat chubby. Honestly just the way I like my toddlers at my house. The clerk who was checking me out looked over at my cart, where my toddler sat and said "Oh my you got a big bundle in there!!" ha ha.... and then proceded to say " how big of a girl she was but how cute she was and how she wasn't missing any meals." I did not get upset because I know the lady was just making convo and she thought that my daughter was cute. But in the back of my mind I was screaming you are an idiot... Who cares how big or little a 2 year old is. who cares if your the skinniest person in the world it does not make you any better than anyone else. I try to teach my children to look at a person as a whole not by the way they look. I think it is ridiculous still that such emphasis is placed on your body type. Just because I am overweight it does not make me any less of a person. I am a good mother a good wife and I have held succesful careers. Why is the first thing people comment on is how good you look? I have found with experience that people that are superficial and only care about appearance most often are the people who are the most lonely and not so put together. I think people who judge by apperance are really missing out on some great people. Their loss!! I will leave you with this the pic of my chubby toddler. :)