Getting Fat

Getting fat

In 2008, my wife was getting really "fat" and at a discussion while watching TV I told her that she "not so small as she used to be". My wife looked at herself in the mirror and agreed that she had to lose some weight and some "centimeters" around her waist.

My wife was a Thai/Isaan woman and there was no way that an Isaan would go to exercise.
But she knew a Buddhist monk at her village in Chaiyaphum who was well known for helping people to lose weight without exercise. Only Buddhist magic.

As the weekend came, she planned a trip to Chaiyaphum. Visit her family and visit the monk.

A few days later she returned with 5 bottles of what seemed to be a mixture of honey and spices. She said that within 2 weeks she would be as small as she was before.

In the next days, she skipped all meals but drank every 4 hours a glass of the "Voodoo" mixture.

After a few days, instead of losing weight she was gaining weight and her belly was swelling beyond proportions. She started also to complain of strong ache in her belly.

Worried about her, I convinced her to go to the hospital and visit a doctor. At the hospital, a doctor started to examine her and I saw on his face that something was not right. He asked me if my wife had been on a trip and I told him that my wife did go to her family in Chaiyaphum a few days ago.

My wife was hastily laid on a table and driven to the operating room.

About 1 hour later, the doctor came to me and showed me an onion. Apparently, the monk had pushed an onion in her arse as a "magic trick" to lose weight. That monk was well known in Thailand for his "Buddhist Magic" tricks.

We never talked about "being fat" or "losing weight" again from that day on.

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