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MUM THINKS DAUGHTER IS UGLY, OTHER PARENTS THINK THEIR KID IS BEAUTIFUL

My mom doesn’t think I’m attractive but I think I am. Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

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I always hear people say it’s not uncommon for a parent to think their child is beautiful. And “you’re only saying I’m beautiful because you’re my parent.”

But it’s not like that for me. I remember looking at myself in the mirror checking myself out and my mom telling me to stop showing off. I always thought I had a good body with curves in all the right places. I liked admiring myself.

But my mom didn’t. I remember asking her if I could play outside and she asked me “what you wanna show off your body? Or whatever you call a body? Is that what it is? You wanna model?”

That really sucked. I was really confident about my looks and I thought my mom would be proud of that. But instead she made me feel bad about myself.

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Netizens’ comments

  1. When I was putting the final touches on my makeup for prom night, my mother passed by the open bathroom door and said, “You’re not as pretty as you think you are.”
    Mind you, I was a shy girl. I almost never wore makeup or dresses. This was basically a one-time thing, and I’d just worked my way out of obesity, and for just that moment I’d felt like a princess.
    In that moment, it absolutely tore me up. I still feel a little gut clench when I think about it, not because it still hurts but because I feel so much pity for that poor girl I was who just wanted to feel pretty for one night and wasn’t allowed to. I look at the pictures now, and I looked amazing.
    Here’s the thing that I realize now: my mom was used to being the pretty one. That’s what her whole life was about. At that point, she was aging while I was hitting my prime, and she just couldn’t stand that.
    My daughter went to her first prom last year, and seeing her all made up (she doesn’t really dress up much either) brought tears to my eyes—she was so very beautiful. My beauty is fading and I’m getting older, but I’ve grown so much internally that I don’t really need it anymore, and I’m not jealous of her or any other young woman. That’s what we’re supposed to do.
    You are beautiful, too. It’s a shame your mom can’t see it, and I’m sorry for it.
  2. Your mom is projecting her own insecurities onto you instead of acknowledging that you look good. I’m sorry that you’re in that situation.

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