http://www.psychologies.co.uk/family/mothers-and-daughters/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.psychologies.co.uk/family/mothers-and-daughters/comment-page-1/#comment-30657 Annie Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:56:13 +0000 http://www.psychologies.co.uk/?p=275#comment-30657 What if you're mother makes casual negative comments regularly, but about your appearance and not hers? I have 2 pretty sisters, and I have always been the odd one out, especially as I'm 'the fat one'. It's near impossible to have a shopping trip together that's enjoyable, and often ends in tears after constant remarks such as, 'breathe in, you look pregnant!' We also have radically different taste about what looks good and I often get strict instructions about what I am not allowed to do (despite being in my 20s), for example, not being allowed to dye my hair darker, or wear certain items in public because she disapproves. What if you’re mother makes casual negative comments regularly, but about your appearance and not hers? I have 2 pretty sisters, and I have always been the odd one out, especially as I’m ‘the fat one’. It’s near impossible to have a shopping trip together that’s enjoyable, and often ends in tears after constant remarks such as, ‘breathe in, you look pregnant!’ We also have radically different taste about what looks good and I often get strict instructions about what I am not allowed to do (despite being in my 20s), for example, not being allowed to dye my hair darker, or wear certain items in public because she disapproves.

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