Can I ask you something is Darla reading into this and can she accept Phyllis’s answer when Phyllis said that Darla is thin and thin everywhere?
Phyllis and Darla went to see a movie
When they were on the bus going home Phyllis saw a girl on flag outside a Karate school in a bikini. And Phyllis said "IF you take Karate you can look like her too". Phyllis clarified YOU as meaning people in general. Darla thought she meant that Phyllis did not think Darla was thin so Darla asked Phyllis if Phyllis thought Darla is thin and she said the following:
(1) You are on the thin side
(2) Yes you can accept the fact you are thin
(3) But she also said "You have a thin face" and Darla said to Phyllis "But I am thin every where" and she replied yes you are
(4) I have a friend that is thinner than us
(5) No one would ever call you fat
Darla asked Phyllis if I had made the remark about "If you do Karate you can look like her too" and Phyllis said she would have laughed.
When they got off the bus at Chevy Chase Darla said to Phyllis that people tell Darla that Darla does not look like she eats and Phyllis said that she would not go that far. So Darla asked Phyllis what she meant and Phyllis said "you are not anorexic" Darla told Phyllis that she doesn’t want to be"
Darla is over the part about the Karate. But Darla keeps saying to herself if Phyllis just said "yes you are thin" then Darla would not have pursued it. But when they were sitting on the bus and Phyllis said "you have a thin face" which made Darla feel as if Phyllis did not think Darla was thin all over, HOWEVER, when Darla said “I am thin all over” PHYLLIS AGREED. But also getting off the bus Darla said that ppl tell Darla that she doesn’t look like Darla eats and Phyllis said "I wouldnt go that far" so Darla said "You mean I am not anorexic" and Phyllis said "Yes, you look healthy" and Darla asked Phyllis if Phyllis thinks Phyllis looks healthy and she said Yes I feel that I look healthy.
Also Darla’s cousin Beth told Darla when Darla told Beth the story: NO ONE WOULD EVER MISTAKE YOU FOR BEING ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIN
When Darla told Phyllis that everyone says I am skinny she replied: "Well it is better than every one telling you that you are fat"
THEN TWO DAYS LATER ON THE PHONE PHYLLIS CONFIRMED THAT SHE THINKS DARLA IS THIN